Dora Bryan
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.
Odd Man Out
as Girl in Telephone Kiosk (uncredited)Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman wounded in a daring robbery.
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The Fallen Idol
as RosePhillipe, the son of an ambassador in London, idolizes Baines, his father's butler, a kind of...
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No Highway in the Sky
as uncreditedJames Stewart plays aeronautical engineer Theodore Honey, the quintessential absent-minded...
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The Blue Lamp
as MaisieP.C. George Dixon is a long-serving traditional copper who is due to retire shortly. He takes a...
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A Taste of Honey
as HelenWhile out to avoid spending time with her narcissistic and promiscuous mother, sixteen-year-old...
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MirrorMask
as Aunt NanIn a fantasy world of opposing kingdoms, a 15-year old girl must find the fabled MirrorMask in...
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Hands of the Ripper
as Mrs. GoldingA series of murders occur that mirror those committed by the Whitechapel Ripper. Through his...
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Carry On Sergeant
as NorahSergeant Grimshawe wants to retire in the flush of success by winning the Star Squad prize with...
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The Green Man
as LilyUnknown to everyone but his shady Middle Eastern bosses, watchmaker Hawkins is actually a...
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The Cockleshell Heroes
as MyrtieDuring WW2, German ships are "safely" docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of...
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Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
as TillyThe legendary Bela Lugosi as "the Vampire" teams up with Britain's much-loved "Mother Riley" in...
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High Treason
as Mrs. BowersMen from Scotland Yard and military intelligence build a dossier on a sabotage ring.
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Apartment Zero
as Margaret McKinneyIn a rundown area of Buenos Aires, at the dawn of the 1980s, Adrian LeDuc owns both a struggling...
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Lady Godiva Rides Again
as Movie PublicistMarjory Clark wins a competition in her Midland town and finds herself in a Festival of Britain...
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Gift Horse
as Glad FlanaganCompton Bennett's war drama The Gift Horse follows the fortunes of ageing destroyer The...
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The Interrupted Journey
as the waitressWhen John North, a budding author, pulls the communication cord of a late night train that is...
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Street Corner
as ProstituteA pseudo-documentary focusing on the daily work and routine of women police officers built...
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The Ringer
as Mrs. HackettAn underhand solicitor receives threatening notes, and the police are called in to protect him.
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Child in the House
as CassieA lonely child must stay with her uncaring aunt and uncle after her mother is hospitalized. Her...
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You Lucky People!
as Hortense TippReservist Tommy Smart - who has made his fortune since the war selling army surplus - arrives at...
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The Crowded Day
as MargeOne day in the lives and loves of the staff in a large department store.
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Don't Ever Leave Me
as Talkative Hairdresser (uncredited)Elderly crook Harry Denton, when challenged to prove he is "not past it," decides to kidnap...
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Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
as MillieEddy and Patsy prepare to go on a skiing holiday to hopefully indulge in the jet-setting...
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Miss Robin Hood
as PearlIn this delightful fantasy adventure, a mild-mannered writer of adventure stories for girls...
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The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
as Amber SpottiswoodThe all-girl school foil an attempt by train robbers to recover two and a half million pounds...
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Up the Front
as Cora CrumpingtonIn Frankie Howerd's third Up... film it's World War I and he plays Lurk, an absolute cowerd, er...
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Time, Gentlemen, Please!
as Peggy StebbinsBecause of its high productivity and "almost" 100 per cent employment, the town of Hayhoe,...
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The Sandwich Man
as Mrs. De VereA man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters.
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The Perfect Woman
as Model in ShopIn need of cash, Roger Cavendish and his valet take a job escorting the perfect woman for a...
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Mad About Men
as BerengariaFlirtatious mermaid Miranda swaps places with a schoolteacher who has gone on holiday. All is...
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Circle of Danger
as Bubbles FitzgeraldAn American comes to Britain to investigate the murky circumstances of his brother's death that...
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Whispering Smith Vs. Scotland Yard
as Miss La FosseMystery directed by Francis Searle.
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As Long as They're Happy
as MayThe suburban peace of the Bentley household is shattered when John Bentley is informed by his...
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Once Upon a Dream
as BarmaidAn officer's wife has a romantic dream about her husband's man (servant) and comes to believe it...
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The Fake
as BarmaidSomeone is stealing priceless paintings from the great museums of the world and replacing them...
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Desert Mice
as Gay BennettA World War II farce that follows the antics of an ENSA (Entertainment National Service...
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Adam and Evelyne
as Blonde Sales Assistant (uncredited)A handsome gambler unwittingly becomes guardian of an orphaned, teenaged girl.
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The Intruder
as Dora BeeWhen Ex Colonel Merton discovers a burglar ransacking his home, he is shocked to find out that...
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The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as TelephonistAmerican scientist Dr. Frank Smith is brought to Britain to help the C.I.A. There is a defecting...
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The Night We Got the Bird
as Julie SkidmoreGood natured comic caper charting the misadventures of a hapless bunch of Brighton based petty...
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Women of Twilight
as OlgaWhen a nightclub singer is arrested for murder, his pregnant girlfriend moves into a boarding...
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Operation Bullshine
as Pvt. CoxDuring World War II, a Royal Artillery officer is assigned to an anti-aircraft battery that is...
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Screamtime
as EmmaCompilation of three short horror films: "That's The Way To Do It", "Dreamhouse" and "Do You...
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Scarlet Thread
as MaggieTale of Cambridge college exploits of two smash-and-grab thieves on the run.
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The Cure for Love
as Jenny JenkinsSergeant Jack Hardacre returns from the war to his contemptible fiancée Janey Jenkins intending...
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Two A Penny
as Ruby HopkinsSet in London's Swiinging Sixties, Cliff Richard plays Jamie Hopkins, an art student whose...
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The Young Lovers
as Switchboard Operator (uncredited)A young employee of the British State Department falls in love with the daughter of a top...
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Alice Through the Looking Box
as uncreditedA Christmas TV special in which Alice does not go through a looking glass, but through a TV set.
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13 East Street
as ValerieWhen police inspector Gerald Blake wants to infiltrate a London stolen-goods gang, he does a...
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Now Barabbas
as WinnieA prison governor deals with a variety of different prisoners, including a charming murderer.
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You Know What Sailors Are
as uncreditedThe best of British humor is on display in this satirical cold war romp! Donald Sinden plays...
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No Room at the Inn
as The GirlA group of children are evacuated during world war two into the care of an alcoholic woman.
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Something in the City
as WaitressA man hides the fact that he lost his job from his wife by apparently going off to work each day...
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The Quiet Woman
as Elsie TrippThe former wife of a criminal moves to a coastal town and takes over the running of a bar known...
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Small Hotel
as (uncredited)The dining room of the Jolly Fiddler has long been presided over by Albert, an aged but very...
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Fast and Loose
as Mary Rawlings, the maidAn unmarried couple are forced to adopt a series of pretexts when they stay at a country inn...
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No Trace
as MaisieA famous mystery writer uses his own plot tricks to murder a blackmailer in this British thriller.
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Palmer
as MonicaEddie Palmer attempts to run a private investigation bureau while coping with eccentric staff,...
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Harmony Lane
as ComedianThe first British 3D short, this delightful 27 minute short is like spending a night at the...
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Bed
as Bosom LadySurreal drama about seven old people living in the same bed, by Jim Cartwright.
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Traveller's Joy
as EvaA divorced couple, living hand-to-mouth in Stockholm, must first pay their hotel bill before...
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Casualty
as Hester BlewettDrama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department,...
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Heartbeat
as Jane ThompsonSet during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly...
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Last of the Summer Wine
as RozUnencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never...
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Last of the Summer Wine
as RosUnencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never...
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Doctors
as Lily AndersonSet in the fictional Midlands town of Letherbridge, defined as being close to the city of...
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Absolutely Fabulous
as DollySet in the world of fashion and PR, immature fun-loving mother Edina Monsoon and her best friend...
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An Audience with...
as SelfAn Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend...
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The Sooty Show
as HerselfThe Sooty Show is a British children's Puppet series which aired on the BBC from 1955 to 1967...
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Performance
as Bosom LadyAn anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.
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Dinnerladies
as ConnieDinnerladies is a BBC sitcom written by and starring Victoria Wood that chronicles the antics of...
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Virtual Murder
as uncreditedJohn Cornelius (called JC) is a university don who also works for his city police force as a...
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On the Up
as uncreditedOn the Up is a British sitcom written by Bob Larbey about a self-made millionaire and his staff...
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