Dora Bryan

Dora Bryan

Birthday: 1923-02-07

Deathday: 2014-07-23

Place of birth: Parbold, Lancashire, England, UK

Also known as: Дора Брайен, Dora May Broadbent

imdb_id: nm0116932

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. She was active on stage until the mid 1990s and continued to work in film and television until 2005, when she finally had to give up the acting profession as she could no longer remember her lines.  Her autobiography According To Dora was published in 1987. In 1996, she was awarded an OBE in recognition of her services to acting and the same year she was also awarded the Laurence Olivier Award for her role in the West End production of the Harold Pinter play "The Birthday Party". She was married to British cricket player Bill Lawton from 1954 to his death in 2008. She lived in a nursing home in Hove, outside Brighton, until her death in 2014. 

Played in movies:

Time, Gentlemen, Please!

Score: 8.0

As Long as They're Happy

Score: 7.7

Don't Ever Leave Me

Score: 7.5

Miss Robin Hood

Score: 7.5

Odd Man Out

Score: 7.3

Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout

Score: 7.3

The Intruder

Score: 7.2

The Fallen Idol

Score: 7.2

The Dream Machine

Score: 7.0

No Room at the Inn

Score: 7.0

The Green Man

Score: 7.0

Palmer

Score: 7.0

A Taste of Honey

Score: 7.0

No Highway in the Sky

Score: 6.9

No Trace

Score: 6.8

Apartment Zero

Score: 6.8

Adam and Evelyne

Score: 6.6

Gift Horse

Score: 6.6

The Blue Lamp

Score: 6.6

Small Hotel

Score: 6.5

Circle of Danger

Score: 6.5

Now Barabbas

Score: 6.5

MirrorMask

Score: 6.4

Carry On Sergeant

Score: 6.4

Fast and Loose

Score: 6.3

Mad About Men

Score: 6.2

Hands of the Ripper

Score: 6.2

The Sandwich Man

Score: 6.1

The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery

Score: 6.1

The Cockleshell Heroes

Score: 6.0

The Perfect Woman

Score: 6.0

The Cure for Love

Score: 6.0

The Young Lovers

Score: 6.0

Whispering Smith Vs. Scotland Yard

Score: 6.0

Desert Mice

Score: 6.0

Once Upon a Dream

Score: 6.0

The Interrupted Journey

Score: 6.0

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

Score: 6.0

Lady Godiva Rides Again

Score: 5.8

Street Corner

Score: 5.8

Child in the House

Score: 5.8

The Quiet Woman

Score: 5.8

The Ringer

Score: 5.8

Something in the City

Score: 5.7

Traveller's Joy

Score: 5.7

The Fake

Score: 5.5

The Crowded Day

Score: 5.4

Women of Twilight

Score: 5.3

High Treason

Score: 5.3

13 East Street

Score: 5.2

You Lucky People!

Score: 5.2

Operation Bullshine

Score: 5.1

Hello London

Score: 5.0

Scarlet Thread

Score: 4.9

The Night We Got the Bird

Score: 4.5

You Know What Sailors Are

Score: 4.2

Mother Riley Meets the Vampire

Score: 4.2

Up the Front

Score: 4.2

Screamtime

Score: 3.9

Two A Penny

Score: 1.5

Thora Hird Tribute

Score: 0.0

Harmony Lane

Score: 0.0

Follow That Horse!

Score: 0.0

Alice Through the Looking Box

Score: 0.0

The Real Thing

Score: 0.0

Bed

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Absolutely Fabulous

Score: 7.5

dinnerladies

Score: 7.4

Heartbeat

Score: 7.1

Last of the Summer Wine

Score: 7.1

Mother's Ruin

Score: 7.0

Virtual Murder

Score: 6.5

On the Up

Score: 6.3

Casualty

Score: 6.1

Frank Stubbs Promotes

Score: 6.0

The Sooty Show

Score: 6.0

Performance

Score: 6.0

An Audience with...

Score: 5.3

Doctors

Score: 4.8

Happily Ever After

Score: 0.0

Educating Archie

Score: 0.0

Both Ends Meet

Score: 0.0

According To Dora

Score: 0.0

Before The Fringe

Score: 0.0