Dora Bryan
Born in Parbold, Lancashire, England, UK — Feb 07 1923• Died Jul 23 2014
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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 199…
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Casualty
Hester Blewett
Heartbeat
Jane Thompson
Doctors
Lily Anderson
Last of the Summer Wine
Roz
Performance
Bosom Lady
Absolutely Fabulous
Dolly
The Sooty Show
Herself
dinnerladies
Connie
Theatre Night
Julie Skidmore
Virtual Murder
Frank Stubbs Promotes
Molly Bramley
Hippies
Dame Nelly Fletcher
The Fallen Idol
Rose
MirrorMask
Aunt Nan
The Sandwich Man
Mrs. De Vere
On the Up
Adam and Evelyne
Blonde Sales Assistant (uncredited)
No Highway in the Sky
Odd Man Out
Girl in Telephone Kiosk (uncredited)
Happily Ever After
Dora Morgan
Both Ends Meet
Dora Page
Up the Front
Auntie Cora Crumpington
Apartment Zero
Margaret McKinney
The Intruder
Dora Bee
Gift Horse
Glad Flanagan
Lady Godiva Rides Again
Movie Publicist
Carry On Sergeant
Norah
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
Millie
Hands of the Ripper
Mrs. Golding
Scarlet Thread
Maggie
Screamtime
Emma
The Fake
Barmaid
The Perfect Woman
Model in Shop
Operation Bullshine
Pvt. Cox
The Ringer
Mrs. Hackett
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Telephonist
The Green Man
Lily
The Blue Lamp
Maisie
A Taste of Honey
Helen
The Cockleshell Heroes
Myrtie
As Long as They're Happy
May
High Treason
Mrs. Bowers
Educating Archie
The Young Lovers
Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
Miss Robin Hood
Pearl
Bed
Bosom Lady
Desert Mice
Gay Bennett
Two a Penny
Ruby Hopkins
Mad About Men
Berengaria
Now Barabbas
Winnie
Street Corner
Prostitute
Fast and Loose
Mary Rawlings, the maid
Once Upon a Dream
Barmaid
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
Amber Spottiswood
Small Hotel
(uncredited)
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
Peggy Stebbins
Thora Hird Tribute
Self (archive footage, uncredited)
The Quiet Woman
Elsie Tripp
The Night We Got the Bird
Julie Skidmore
No Room at the Inn
The Girl
The Interrupted Journey
the waitress
Don't Ever Leave Me
Talkative Hairdresser (uncredited)
13 East Street
Valerie
Circle of Danger
Bubbles Fitzgerald
Alice Through the Looking Box
Queen
Child in the House
Cassie
You Know What Sailors Are
You Lucky People!
Hortense Tipp
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
Tilly
The Crowded Day
Marge
Traveller's Joy
Eva
Hello London
herself
No Trace
Maisie
Harmony Lane
Comedian
Palmer
Monica
Before The Fringe
The Cure for Love
Jenny Jenkins
Women of Twilight
Olga
Mother's Ruin
The Dream Machine
Self
Something in the City
Waitress
Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard
Miss La Fosse
Follow That Horse!
The Real Thing
Dora
According To Dora