Dora Bryan

Personal Info

Birthday

February 7, 1923

Day of Death

2014-07-23

(91 years old)

Place of Birth

Parbold, Lancashire, England, UK

Also Known As

Дора Брайен

Dora May Broadbent

Dora Bryan

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 highest-paid star.

Known For

Last of the Summer Wine

Heartbeat

Casualty

Doctors

Performance

Absolutely Fabulous

dinnerladies

Frank Stubbs Promotes

Filmography

2005
MirrorMask
as Aunt Nan
1996
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
as Millie
1995
Bed
as Bosom Lady
1991
Palmer
as Monica
1989
Apartment Zero
as Margaret McKinney
1983
Screamtime
as Emma
1972
Up the Front
as Cora Crumpington
1971
Hands of the Ripper
as Mrs. Golding
1967
Two A Penny
as Ruby Hopkins
1966
The Sandwich Man
as Mrs. De Vere
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
as Amber Spottiswood
1964
The Dream Machine
as Self
1961
A Taste of Honey
as Helen
1960
Alice Through the Looking Box
as Queen
Hello London
as herself
The Night We Got the Bird
as Julie Skidmore
1959
Operation Bullshine
as Pvt. Cox
Desert Mice
as Gay Bennett
1958
Carry On Sergeant
as Norah
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as Telephonist
1957
Small Hotel
as (uncredited)
1956
The Green Man
as Lily
Child in the House
as Cassie
1955
The Cockleshell Heroes
as Myrtie
As Long as They're Happy
as May
You Lucky People!
as Hortense Tipp
1954
Harmony Lane
as Comedian
Mad About Men
as Berengaria
The Crowded Day
as Marge
The Young Lovers
as Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
Fast and Loose
as Mary Rawlings, the maid
1953
The Intruder
as Dora Bee
The Fake
as Barmaid
Street Corner
as Prostitute
Women of Twilight
as Olga
The Real Thing
as Dora
1952
The Ringer
as Mrs. Hackett
Miss Robin Hood
as Pearl
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
as Tilly
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
as Peggy Stebbins
Gift Horse
as Glad Flanagan
13 East Street
as Valerie
Whispering Smith Vs. Scotland Yard
as Miss La Fosse
1951
High Treason
as Mrs. Bowers
Lady Godiva Rides Again
as Movie Publicist
Scarlet Thread
as Maggie
Circle of Danger
as Bubbles Fitzgerald
The Quiet Woman
as Elsie Tripp
1950
Traveller's Joy
as Eva
No Trace
as Maisie
Something in the City
as Waitress
The Blue Lamp
as Maisie
1949
The Cure for Love
as Jenny Jenkins
The Interrupted Journey
as the waitress
Don't Ever Leave Me
as Talkative Hairdresser (uncredited)
Adam and Evelyne
as Blonde Sales Assistant (uncredited)
Now Barabbas
as Winnie
The Perfect Woman
as Model in Shop
Once Upon a Dream
as Barmaid
1948
No Room at the Inn
as The Girl
The Fallen Idol
as Rose
1947
Odd Man Out
as Girl in Telephone Kiosk (uncredited)