Dora Bryan
Actor
Born February 7, 1923 in Parbold, Lancashire, England, UK
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.
Filmography
MirrorMask
Aunt Nan
Thora Hird Tribute
Self (archive footage, uncredited)
Doctors
Lily Anderson
Hippies
Dame Nelly Fletcher
dinnerladies
Connie
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
Millie
Bed
Bosom Lady
Frank Stubbs Promotes
Molly Bramley
Absolutely Fabulous
Dolly
Virtual Murder
Mrs Mim
Heartbeat
Jane Thompson
Performance
Bosom Lady
Palmer
Monica
On the Up
Apartment Zero
Margaret McKinney
Casualty
Hester Blewett
Screamtime
Emma
An Audience with...
Self
Last of the Summer Wine
Roz
Up the Front
Auntie Cora Crumpington
Hands of the Ripper
Mrs. Golding
Two a Penny
Ruby Hopkins
The Sandwich Man
Mrs. De Vere
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
Amber Spottiswood
World in Action
A Taste of Honey
Helen
Alice Through the Looking Box
Queen
The Night We Got the Bird
Julie Skidmore
Operation Bullshine
Pvt. Cox
Desert Mice
Gay Bennett
Carry On Sergeant
Norah
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Telephonist
Small Hotel
(uncredited)
Theatre Night
Julie Skidmore
The Green Man
Lily
Child in the House
Cassie
The Cockleshell Heroes
Myrtie
You Lucky People!
Hortense Tipp
As Long as They're Happy
May
The Sooty Show
Herself
Harmony Lane
Comedian
Mad About Men
Berengaria
The Crowded Day
Marge
The Young Lovers
Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
Fast and Loose
Mary Rawlings, the maid
You Know What Sailors Are
The Intruder
Dora Bee
The Fake
Barmaid
Street Corner
Prostitute
Women of Twilight
Olga
The Ringer
Mrs. Hackett
Miss Robin Hood
Pearl
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
Tilly
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
Peggy Stebbins
Gift Horse
Glad Flanagan
13 East Street
Valerie
Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard
Miss La Fosse
High Treason
Mrs. Bowers
Lady Godiva Rides Again
Movie Publicist
No Highway in the Sky
Scarlet Thread
Maggie
Circle of Danger
Bubbles Fitzgerald
The Quiet Woman
Elsie Tripp
Traveller's Joy
Eva
No Trace
Maisie
Something in the City
Waitress
The Blue Lamp
Maisie
The Cure for Love
Jenny Jenkins
The Interrupted Journey
the waitress
Don't Ever Leave Me
Talkative Hairdresser (uncredited)
Adam and Evelyne
Blonde Sales Assistant (uncredited)
Now Barabbas
Winnie
The Perfect Woman
Model in Shop
Once Upon a Dream
Barmaid
No Room at the Inn
The Girl
The Fallen Idol
Rose
Odd Man Out
Girl in Telephone Kiosk (uncredited)