Dora Bryan
Birthday
1923/02/07
Day of death
2014/07/23 (91 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Parbold, Lancashire, England, UK
Also know as
Дора Брайен, Dora May Broadbent
Biography
Dora May Bryan OBE was an English actress of stage, film and television. Born Dora May Broadbent, her career began in pantomime as a child actor. In World War II she joined the ENSA in Italy to entertain British troops. After having established herself as a versatile stage actress, covering everything from drama and comedy to musicals, she started to appear in film in the late 1940s, and in 1968 she even had her own TV series, "According to Dora". At one point in her career she was Britain's h...Read more
Acting
(1989) Apartment Zero
as Margaret McKinney
(1961) A Taste of Honey
as Helen
(1958) Carry On Sergeant
as Norah
(1966) The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
as Amber Spottiswood
(2005) MirrorMask
as Aunt Nan
(1955) The Cockleshell Heroes
as Myrtie
(1972) Up the Front
as Cora Crumpington
(1950) No Trace
as Maisie
(1971) Hands of the Ripper
as Mrs. Golding
(1950) The Blue Lamp
as Maisie
(1966) The Sandwich Man
as Mrs. De Vere
(1958) The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as Telephonist
(1953) The Fake
as Barmaid
(1954) Mad About Men
as Berengaria
(1949) Now Barabbas
as Winnie
(1954) Fast and Loose
as Mary Rawlings, the maid
(1955) You Lucky People!
as Hortense Tipp
(1967) Two A Penny
as Ruby Hopkins
(1952) Miss Robin Hood
as Pearl
(1995) Bed
as Bosom Lady
(1960) The Night We Got the Bird
as Julie Skidmore
(1950) Traveller's Joy
as Eva
(1996) Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
as Millie
(1952) The Ringer
as Mrs. Hackett
(1959) Operation Bullshine
as Pvt. Cox
(1954) You Know What Sailors Are
as ---
(1949) The Interrupted Journey
as the waitress
(1951) High Treason
as Mrs. Bowers
(1949) Once Upon a Dream
as Barmaid
(1959) Desert Mice
as Gay Bennett
(1951) Scarlet Thread
as Maggie
(1952) Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
as Tilly
(1950) Something in the City
as Waitress
(1953) The Real Thing
as Dora
(1960) Alice Through the Looking Box
as ---
(1960) Follow That Horse!
as ---
(1951) The Quiet Woman
as Elsie Tripp
(1952) Gift Horse
as Glad Flanagan
(1991) Palmer
as Monica
(1956) Child in the House
as Cassie
(1952) 13 East Street
as Valerie
(1960) Hello London
as herself
(1953) Street Corner
as Prostitute
(1956) The Green Man
as Lily
(1952) Whispering Smith Vs. Scotland Yard
as Miss La Fosse
(1953) Women of Twilight
as Olga
(1954) Harmony Lane
as Comedian
(1954) The Young Lovers
as Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
(1951) Lady Godiva Rides Again
as Movie Publicist
(1953) The Intruder
as Dora Bee
(1948) The Fallen Idol
as Rose
(1983) Screamtime
as Emma
(1951) Circle of Danger
as Bubbles Fitzgerald
(1949) The Cure for Love
as Jenny Jenkins
(1952) Time, Gentlemen, Please!
as Peggy Stebbins
(1954) The Crowded Day
as Marge
(1955) As Long as They're Happy
as May
(1951) No Highway in the Sky
as ---
(1948) No Room at the Inn
as The Girl
(1957) Small Hotel
as (uncredited)
(1947) Odd Man Out
as Girl in Telephone Kiosk (uncredited)
(1949) Adam and Evelyne
as Blonde Sales Assistant (uncredited)
(1949) The Perfect Woman
as Model in Shop
(1949) Don't Ever Leave Me
as Talkative Hairdresser (uncredited)
(1964) The Dream Machine
as Self
(1990) On the Up
as ---
(1992) Heartbeat
as Jane Thompson
(1973) Last of the Summer Wine
as Roz
(1992) Absolutely Fabulous
as Dolly
(1992) Virtual Murder
as ---
(1998) dinnerladies
as Connie
(1967) Before The Fringe
as ---
According To Dora
as ---
(1991) Performance
as Bosom Lady
(1986) Casualty
as Hester Blewett
(1978) An Audience with...
as Self
(1955) The Sooty Show
as Herself
(1994) Mother's Ruin
as ---
(1993) Frank Stubbs Promotes
as Molly Bramley
(2000) Doctors
as Lily Anderson
(1972) Both Ends Meet
as Dora Page
(1973) Last of the Summer Wine
as Ros