MirrorMask2005
As Aunt Nan
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Dora Bryan
Born
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 (66)
Odd Man Out1947
As Girl in Telephone Kiosk (uncredited)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
No Highway in the Sky1951
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Hands of the Ripper1971
As Mrs. Golding
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Apartment Zero1989
As Margaret McKinney
TMDb 6.7 / 10
A Taste of Honey1961
As Helen
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Fallen Idol1948
As Rose
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Carry On Sergeant1958
As Norah
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Hello London
Hello London1960
As herself
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk1958
As Telephonist
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Lady Godiva Rides Again1951
As Movie Publicist
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Scarlet Thread1951
As Maggie
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout1996
As Millie
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Green Man1956
As Lily
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Blue Lamp1950
As Maisie
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Sandwich Man1966
As Mrs. De Vere
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Intruder1953
As Dora Bee
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Bed1995
As Bosom Lady
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Adam and Evelyne1949
As Blonde Sales Assistant (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
As Long as They're Happy1955
As May
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery1966
As Amber Spottiswood
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Gift Horse1952
As Glad Flanagan
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Circle of Danger1951
As Bubbles Fitzgerald
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard1952
As Miss La Fosse
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Mad About Men1954
As Berengaria
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Ringer1952
As Mrs. Hackett
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Time, Gentlemen, Please!1952
As Peggy Stebbins
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Desert Mice1959
As Gay Bennett
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire1952
As Tilly
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Miss Robin Hood1952
As Pearl
TMDb 8.1 / 10
The Cure for Love1949
As Jenny Jenkins
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Cockleshell Heroes1955
As Myrtie
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Don't Ever Leave Me1949
As Talkative Hairdresser (uncredited)
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Two a Penny1967
As Ruby Hopkins
TMDb 3.5 / 10
High Treason1951
As Mrs. Bowers
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Screamtime1983
As Emma
TMDb 4.0 / 10
The Night We Got the Bird1960
As Julie Skidmore
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Once Upon a Dream1949
As Barmaid
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Child in the House1956
As Cassie
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Street Corner1953
As Prostitute
TMDb 5.5 / 10
You Know What Sailors Are1954
TMDb 5.2 / 10
The Interrupted Journey1949
As the waitress
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Something in the City1950
As Waitress
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Up the Front1972
As Auntie Cora Crumpington
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Now Barabbas1949
As Winnie
TMDb 6.5 / 10
You Lucky People!1955
As Hortense Tipp
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Palmer1991
As Monica
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Alice Through the Looking Box1960
As Queen
The Perfect Woman1949
As Model in Shop
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Small Hotel1957
As (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
No Room at the Inn1948
As The Girl
TMDb 8.5 / 10
The Fake1953
As Barmaid
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Quiet Woman1951
As Elsie Tripp
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Operation Bullshine1959
As Pvt. Cox
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Women of Twilight1953
As Olga
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Young Lovers1954
As Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Dream Machine
The Dream Machine1964
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Thora Hird Tribute2003
As Self (archive footage, uncredited)
The Crowded Day1954
As Marge
TMDb 5.8 / 10
No Trace1950
As Maisie
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Fast and Loose1954
As Mary Rawlings, the maid
TMDb 6.6 / 10
13 East Street1952
As Valerie
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Traveller's Joy1950
As Eva
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Harmony Lane1954
As Comedian
Follow That Horse!
Follow That Horse!1960
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Real Thing
The Real Thing1953
As Dora
Filmography and biography: TMDb