8.0
8.0
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
1952
as Peggy Stebbins
Dora Bryan
Acting
Born:February 7, 1923
Died:July 23, 2014(aged 91)
Birthplace:Parbold, Lancashire, England, UK
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (64 movies)
7.7
7.7
As Long as They're Happy
1955
as May
7.5
7.5
Miss Robin Hood
1952
as Pearl
7.3
7.3
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
1996
as Millie
7.2
7.2
The Intruder
1953
as Dora Bee
7.1
7.1
The Fallen Idol
1948
as Rose
7.0
7.0
The Dream Machine
1964
as Self
7.0
7.0
No Room at the Inn
1948
as The Girl
6.9
6.9
A Taste of Honey
1961
as Helen
6.9
6.9
No Highway in the Sky
1951
6.9
6.9
The Green Man
1956
as Lily
6.8
6.8
No Trace
1950
as Maisie
6.7
6.7
Apartment Zero
1989
as Margaret McKinney
6.6
6.6
Gift Horse
1952
as Glad Flanagan
6.6
6.6
Adam and Evelyne
1949
as Blonde Sales Assistant (uncredited)
6.6
6.6
The Blue Lamp
1950
as Maisie
6.5
6.5
Small Hotel
1957
as (uncredited)
6.5
6.5
Circle of Danger
1951
as Bubbles Fitzgerald
6.5
6.5
Now Barabbas
1949
as Winnie
6.4
6.4
MirrorMask
2005
as Aunt Nan
6.4
6.4
Carry On Sergeant
1958
as Norah
6.3
6.3
Fast and Loose
1954
as Mary Rawlings, the maid
6.2
6.2
Mad About Men
1954
as Berengaria
6.1
6.1
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
1966
as Amber Spottiswood
6.1
6.1
Hands of the Ripper
1971
as Mrs. Golding
6.1
6.1
The Sandwich Man
1966
as Mrs. De Vere
6.0
6.0
The Young Lovers
1954
as Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
The Cure for Love
1949
as Jenny Jenkins
6.0
6.0
The Perfect Woman
1949
as Model in Shop
6.0
6.0
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1958
as Telephonist
6.0
6.0
Whispering Smith Hits London
1952
as Miss La Fosse
6.0
6.0
Once Upon a Dream
1949
as Barmaid
6.0
6.0
Desert Mice
1959
as Gay Bennett
5.9
5.9
The Cockleshell Heroes
1955
as Myrtie
5.8
5.8
The Quiet Woman
1951
as Elsie Tripp
5.8
5.8
Child in the House
1956
as Cassie
5.8
5.8
Lady Godiva Rides Again
1951
as Movie Publicist
5.8
5.8
The Ringer
1952
as Mrs. Hackett
5.7
5.7
The Interrupted Journey
1949
as the waitress
5.7
5.7
Something in the City
1950
as Waitress
5.7
5.7
Traveller's Joy
1950
as Eva
5.5
5.5
The Fake
1953
as Barmaid
5.4
5.4
Street Corner
1953
as Prostitute
5.4
5.4
The Crowded Day
1954
as Marge
5.3
5.3
High Treason
1951
as Mrs. Bowers
5.3
5.3
Women of Twilight
1953
as Olga
5.2
5.2
You Lucky People!
1955
as Hortense Tipp
5.2
5.2
13 East Street
1952
as Valerie
5.1
5.1
Operation Bullshine
1959
as Pvt. Cox
5.0
5.0
Hello London
1960
as herself
4.9
4.9
Scarlet Thread
1951
as Maggie
4.5
4.5
The Night We Got the Bird
1960
as Julie Skidmore
4.2
4.2
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
1952
as Tilly
4.2
4.2
You Know What Sailors Are
1954
4.2
4.2
Up the Front
1972
as Auntie Cora Crumpington
4.0
4.0
Palmer
1991
as Monica
3.7
3.7
Screamtime
1983
as Emma
1.7
1.7
Two a Penny
1967
as Ruby Hopkins
Alice Through the Looking Box
1960
as Queen
Follow That Horse!
1960
Harmony Lane
1954
as Comedian
The Real Thing
1953
as Dora
Bed
1995
as Bosom Lady
Thora Hird Tribute
2003
as Self (archive footage, uncredited)
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