Person
Dora Bryan
Born 7 February 1923 Died 23 July 2014, aged 91 Parbold, Lancashire, England, UK TMDB ↗
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.
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23age in their first credit on record (1947)
58years on screen and counting
7credits in 1952, their busiest year
80dated credits on record
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Movie credits
Age: 81 MirrorMask
2005as Aunt Nan
Age: 73 Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
1996as Millie
Age: 72 Bed
1995as Bosom Lady
Age: 67 Palmer
1991as Monica
Age: 66 Apartment Zero
1989as Margaret McKinney
Age: 59 Screamtime
1983as Emma
Age: 49 Up the Front
1972as Auntie Cora Crumpington
Age: 48 Hands of the Ripper
1971as Mrs. Golding
Age: 44 Two a Penny
1967as Ruby Hopkins
Age: 43 The Sandwich Man
1966as Mrs. De Vere
Age: 43 The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
1966as Amber Spottiswood
Age: 38 A Taste of Honey
1961as Helen
Age: 37 Alice Through the Looking Box
1960as Queen
Age: 37 The Night We Got the Bird
1960as Julie Skidmore
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Age: 37 Follow That Horse!
1960
Age: 36 Operation Bullshine
1959as Pvt. Cox
Age: 35 Desert Mice
1959as Gay Bennett
Age: 35 Carry On Sergeant
1958as Norah
Age: 34 The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1958as Telephonist
Age: 33 The Green Man
1956as Lily
Age: 33 Child in the House
1956as Cassie
Age: 32 The Cockleshell Heroes
1955as Myrtie
Age: 32 You Lucky People!
1955as Hortense Tipp
Age: 32 As Long as They're Happy
1955as May
Age: 31 Harmony Lane
1954as Comedian
Age: 31 Mad About Men
1954as Berengaria
Age: 31 The Crowded Day
1954as Marge
Age: 31 The Young Lovers
1954as Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
Age: 31 Fast and Loose
1954as Mary Rawlings, the maid
Age: 31 You Know What Sailors Are
1954
Age: 30 The Intruder
1953as Dora Bee
Age: 30 The Fake
1953as Barmaid
Age: 30 Street Corner
1953as Prostitute
Age: 29 Women of Twilight
1953as Olga
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Age: 29 The Real Thing
1953as Dora
Age: 29 The Ringer
1952as Mrs. Hackett
Age: 29 Miss Robin Hood
1952as Pearl
Age: 29 Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
1952as Tilly
Age: 29 Time, Gentlemen, Please!
1952as Peggy Stebbins
Age: 29 Gift Horse
1952as Glad Flanagan
Age: 29 13 East Street
1952as Valerie
Age: 28 Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard
1952as Miss La Fosse
Age: 28 High Treason
1951as Mrs. Bowers
Age: 28 Lady Godiva Rides Again
1951as Movie Publicist
Age: 28 No Highway in the Sky
1951
Age: 28 Scarlet Thread
1951as Maggie
Age: 28 Circle of Danger
1951as Bubbles Fitzgerald
Age: 28 The Quiet Woman
1951as Elsie Tripp
Age: 27 Traveller's Joy
1950as Eva
Age: 27 No Trace
1950as Maisie
Age: 27 Something in the City
1950as Waitress
Age: 26 The Blue Lamp
1950as Maisie
Age: 26 The Cure for Love
1949as Jenny Jenkins
Age: 26 The Interrupted Journey
1949as the waitress
Age: 26 Don't Ever Leave Me
1949as Talkative Hairdresser (uncredited)
Age: 26 Adam and Evelyne
1949as Blonde Sales Assistant (uncredited)
Age: 26 Now Barabbas
1949as Winnie
Age: 26 The Perfect Woman
1949as Model in Shop
Age: 25 Once Upon a Dream
1949as Barmaid
Age: 25 No Room at the Inn
1948as The Girl
Age: 25 The Fallen Idol
1948as Rose
Age: 23 Odd Man Out
1947as Girl in Telephone Kiosk (uncredited)
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TV credits
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According To Dora
Age: 77 Doctors
2000as Lily Anderson
Age: 76 Hippies
1999as Dame Nelly Fletcher
Age: 75 dinnerladies
1998as Connie
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Age: 71 Mother's Ruin
1994
Age: 70 Frank Stubbs Promotes
1993as Molly Bramley
Age: 69 Absolutely Fabulous
1992as Dolly
Age: 69 Virtual Murder
1992as Mrs Mim
Age: 69 Heartbeat
1992as Jane Thompson
Age: 68 Performance
1991as Bosom Lady
Age: 67 On the Up
1990
Age: 63 Casualty
1986as Hester Blewett
Age: 49 Last of the Summer Wine
1973as Roz
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Age: 49 Both Ends Meet
1972as Dora Page
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Age: 43 Before The Fringe
1967
Age: 39 World in Action
1963No poster
Age: 38 Happily Ever After
1961as Dora Morgan
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Age: 35 Educating Archie
1958
Age: 33 Theatre Night
1957as Julie Skidmore