Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderFemale
- Birthday1923-02-07
- Day of Death2014-07-23 (91 years)
- Place of BirthParbold, Lancashire, England, UK
- Also Known AsДора БрайенDora May Broadbent
Dora Bryan
Biography
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 2005
MirrorMask
As: Aunt Nan
- 2000
Doctors
As: Lily Anderson
- 1998
dinnerladies
As: Connie
- 1996
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
As: Millie
- 1995
Bed
As: Bosom Lady
- 1992
Absolutely Fabulous
As: Dolly
- 1992
Heartbeat
As: Jane Thompson
- 1991
Performance
As: Bosom Lady
1991Palmer
As: Monica
1989Apartment Zero
As: Margaret McKinney
1986Casualty
As: Hester Blewett
1983Screamtime
As: Emma
1973Last of the Summer Wine
As: Roz
1972Up the Front
As: Cora Crumpington
- 1971
Hands of the Ripper
As: Mrs. Golding
1967Two A Penny
As: Ruby Hopkins
1966The Sandwich Man
As: Mrs. De Vere
1966The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
As: Amber Spottiswood
- 1961
A Taste of Honey
As: Helen
1961Happily Ever After
As: Dora Morgan
1960Alice Through the Looking Box
As: Queen
1960The Night We Got the Bird
As: Julie Skidmore
1959Operation Bullshine
As: Pvt. Cox
1959Desert Mice
As: Gay Bennett
1958Carry On Sergeant
As: Norah
1958The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
As: Telephonist
1957Small Hotel
As: (uncredited)
1956The Green Man
As: Lily
1956Child in the House
As: Cassie
1955The Cockleshell Heroes
As: Myrtie
1955As Long as They're Happy
As: May
1955You Lucky People!
As: Hortense Tipp
1954Harmony Lane
As: Comedian
1954Mad About Men
As: Berengaria
1954The Crowded Day
As: Marge
1954The Young Lovers
As: Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
1954Fast and Loose
As: Mary Rawlings, the maid
1953The Intruder
As: Dora Bee
1953The Fake
As: Barmaid
1953Street Corner
As: Prostitute
1953Women of Twilight
As: Olga
1952The Ringer
As: Mrs. Hackett
1952Miss Robin Hood
As: Pearl
1952Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
As: Tilly
1952Time, Gentlemen, Please!
As: Peggy Stebbins
1952Gift Horse
As: Glad Flanagan
195213 East Street
As: Valerie
1952Whispering Smith Vs. Scotland Yard
As: Miss La Fosse
1951High Treason
As: Mrs. Bowers
1951Lady Godiva Rides Again
As: Movie Publicist
1951Scarlet Thread
As: Maggie
1951Circle of Danger
As: Bubbles Fitzgerald
1951The Quiet Woman
As: Elsie Tripp
1950Traveller's Joy
As: Eva
1950No Trace
As: Maisie
1950Something in the City
As: Waitress
1950The Blue Lamp
As: Maisie
1949The Cure for Love
As: Jenny Jenkins
1949The Interrupted Journey
As: the waitress
1949Don't Ever Leave Me
As: Talkative Hairdresser (uncredited)
1949Adam and Evelyne
As: Blonde Sales Assistant (uncredited)
1949Now Barabbas
As: Winnie
1949The Perfect Woman
As: Model in Shop
1949Once Upon a Dream
As: Barmaid
1948No Room at the Inn
As: The Girl
- 1948
The Fallen Idol
As: Rose
- 1947
Odd Man Out
As: Girl in Telephone Kiosk (uncredited)