Dora Bryan
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 1968 she even had her own TV series, "According to Dora". At one point in her career she was Britain's h...
Known For
Filmography
MirrorMask
2005
as Aunt Nan
Thora Hird Tribute
2003
as Self (archive footage, uncredited)
Doctors
2000
as Lily Anderson
Hippies
1999
as Dame Nelly Fletcher
dinnerladies
1998
as Connie
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
1996
as Millie
Bed
1995
as Bosom Lady
Mother's Ruin
1994
Frank Stubbs Promotes
1993
as Molly Bramley
Heartbeat
1992
as Jane Thompson
Absolutely Fabulous
1992
as Dolly
Virtual Murder
1992
as Mrs Mim
Palmer
1991
as Monica
Performance
1991
as Bosom Lady
On the Up
1990
Apartment Zero
1989
as Margaret McKinney
Casualty
1986
as Hester Blewett
Screamtime
1983
as Emma
An Audience with...
1978
as Self
Last of the Summer Wine
1973
as Roz
Up the Front
1972
as Auntie Cora Crumpington
Both Ends Meet
1972
as Dora Page
Hands of the Ripper
1971
as Mrs. Golding
Two a Penny
1967
as Ruby Hopkins
Before The Fringe
1967
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
1966
as Amber Spottiswood
The Sandwich Man
1966
as Mrs. De Vere
The Dream Machine
1964
as Self
World in Action
1963
A Taste of Honey
1961
as Helen
Happily Ever After
1961
as Dora Morgan
The Night We Got the Bird
1960
as Julie Skidmore
Alice Through the Looking Box
1960
as Queen
Follow That Horse!
1960
Hello London
1960
as herself
Operation Bullshine
1959
as Pvt. Cox
Desert Mice
1959
as Gay Bennett
Carry On Sergeant
1958
as Norah
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1958
as Telephonist
Educating Archie
1958
Small Hotel
1957
as (uncredited)
Theatre Night
1957
as Julie Skidmore
Child in the House
1956
as Cassie
The Green Man
1956
as Lily
The Cockleshell Heroes
1955
as Myrtie
You Lucky People!
1955
as Hortense Tipp
As Long as They're Happy
1955
as May
The Sooty Show
1955
as Herself
Mad About Men
1954
as Berengaria
Fast and Loose
1954
as Mary Rawlings, the maid
You Know What Sailors Are
1954
Harmony Lane
1954
as Comedian
The Young Lovers
1954
as Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
The Crowded Day
1954
as Marge
The Fake
1953
as Barmaid
The Real Thing
1953
as Dora
Street Corner
1953
as Prostitute
Women of Twilight
1953
as Olga
The Intruder
1953
as Dora Bee
Miss Robin Hood
1952
as Pearl
The Ringer
1952
as Mrs. Hackett
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
1952
as Tilly
Gift Horse
1952
as Glad Flanagan
13 East Street
1952
as Valerie
Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard
1952
as Miss La Fosse
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
1952
as Peggy Stebbins
High Treason
1951
as Mrs. Bowers
Scarlet Thread
1951
as Maggie
The Quiet Woman
1951
as Elsie Tripp
Lady Godiva Rides Again
1951
as Movie Publicist
Circle of Danger
1951
as Bubbles Fitzgerald
No Highway in the Sky
1951
No Trace
1950
as Maisie
The Blue Lamp
1950
as Maisie
Traveller's Joy
1950
as Eva
Something in the City
1950
as Waitress
Now Barabbas
1949
as Winnie
The Interrupted Journey
1949
as the waitress
Once Upon a Dream
1949
as Barmaid
The Cure for Love
1949
as Jenny Jenkins
Adam and Evelyne
1949
as Blonde Sales Assistant (uncredited)
The Perfect Woman
1949
as Model in Shop
Don't Ever Leave Me
1949
as Talkative Hairdresser (uncredited)
The Fallen Idol
1948
as Rose
No Room at the Inn
1948
as The Girl
Odd Man Out
1947
as Girl in Telephone Kiosk (uncredited)