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Дора Брайен, Dora May Broadbent
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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 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.
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- wc Gender: Female
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1923-02-07
- event Death Date 2014-07-23
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 2.4
- info Birth Place Parbold, Lancashire, England, UK
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Dora Bryan
6.8
Apartment Zero
1989-09-02
7
A Taste of Honey
1961-10-01
6.4
Carry On Sergeant
1958-08-15
5.8
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
1966-03-11
6.5
MirrorMask
2005-01-25
5.8
The Cockleshell Heroes
1955-11-16
4.1
Up the Front
1972-01-01
6.5
No Trace
1950-09-08
6.2
Hands of the Ripper
1971-10-17
6.7
The Blue Lamp
1950-01-19
6.1
The Sandwich Man
1966-07-01
6
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1958-01-21
5.6
The Fake
1953-09-25
6.1
Mad About Men
1954-11-16
6.5
Now Barabbas
1949-05-24
5.8
Fast and Loose
1954-02-12
5.2
You Lucky People
1955-01-01
1.5
Two A Penny
1967-12-31
7.4
Miss Robin Hood
1952-11-12
0
Bed
1995-10-20
4.5
The Night We Got the Bird
1960-11-03
5.7
Traveller's Joy
1950-12-25
7.4
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
1996-11-06
5.8
The Ringer
1952-11-24
5.1
Operation Bullshine
1959-06-30
4.2
You Know What Sailors Are
1954-02-09
6
The Interrupted Journey
1949-10-11
5.2
High Treason
1951-11-13
6
Once Upon a Dream
1949-02-01
6
Desert Mice
1959-01-05
4.9
Scarlet Thread
1951-05-01
4.2
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
1952-07-11
5.7
Something in the City
1950-09-01
0
The Real Thing
1953-01-01
0
Alice Through the Looking Box
1960-12-25
0
Follow That Horse!
1960-07-11
5.8
The Quiet Woman
1951-03-01
6.6
Gift Horse
1952-06-01
0
Palmer
1991-01-05
5.8
Child in the House
1956-08-14
5.2
13 East Street
1952-03-01
5
Hello London
1960-11-05
5.6
Street Corner
1953-03-17
7
The Green Man
1956-12-21
6
Whispering Smith Vs. Scotland Yard
1952-01-01
5.3
Women of Twilight
1953-01-16
0
Harmony Lane
1954-11-20
5.8
The Young Lovers
1954-08-24
5.9
Lady Godiva Rides Again
1951-10-25
7.2
The Intruder
1953-10-18
7.2
The Fallen Idol
1948-09-30
4.4
Screamtime
1983-01-01
6.5
Circle of Danger
1951-04-17
0
The Cure for Love
1949-12-29
8
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
1952-07-01
5.4
The Crowded Day
1954-10-01
8
As Long as They're Happy
1955-03-15
7
No Highway in the Sky
1951-06-28
7
No Room at the Inn
1948-11-22
6.5
Small Hotel
1957-10-14
7.3
Odd Man Out
1947-01-30
6.6
Adam and Evelyne
1949-05-31
5.8
The Perfect Woman
1949-05-23
6.3
On the Up
1990-09-04
7
Heartbeat
1992-04-10
7.2
Last of the Summer Wine
1973-01-04
7.5
Absolutely Fabulous
1992-11-12
6.5
Virtual Murder
1992-07-24
7.4
Dinnerladies
1998-11-12
0
Before The Fringe
1967-01-30
0
According To Dora
0
Performance
1991-02-22
6
Casualty
1986-09-06
5.3
An Audience with...
1978-01-08
6.1
The Sooty Show
1955-01-16
0
Mother's Ruin
1994-05-29
0
Frank Stubbs Promotes
1993-07-12
4.6
Doctors
2000-03-27
0
Both Ends Meet
1972-02-19
7.2
Last of the Summer Wine
1973-01-04