Dora Bryan
Biography by Hal Erickson
Though born in Southport, Dora Bryan convincingly portrayed many a Cockney and Northerner in her long British film career. In films from 1947, Bryan was more often than not cast as good-natured tarts and garrulous neighbors, her nasal line delivery adding credibility to her characterizations. Many feel that she delivered her best performance in the 1962 slice-of-life drama A Taste of Honey. Her prolific TV work has included the popular 1994 situation comedy Mother's Ruin. In 1987, Dora Bryan came out with her autobiography, According to Dora.
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| Full name at birth | Dora May Broadbent
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| Claim to fame | A Taste of Honey (1961)
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| Date of birth | 7 February 1923
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| Place of birth | Southport, Lancashire, England, UK
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| Date of death | 23 July 2014
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| Age | 91 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England, UK
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| Cause of death | Natural Causes
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| Occupation | Actress, Hotelier (former)
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- She chose the stage surname "Bryant" after the popular brand of matches Bryant and May but had to change it to "Bryan" after a theatre mis-spelled her chosen name in a theatre programme.
- She first appeared on stage, in a pantomime in Manchester, when she was 12. She worked with Ensa, the armed forces' entertainment body, during World War II.
- Used to own Clarges Hotel in Brighton which was seen in Carry on at Your Convenience (1971), when the workers' coach pulls up outside. Exterior shots of the hotel were used in Carry on Girls (1973). The hotel was later converted into a block of flats (an apartment building).
- Twice played the mother in a mother and daughter role with Anne Reid, both times for Victoria Wood, despite being only a dozen years older than Reid. The first time was in 1986 in a sketch in an episode of Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV (1985), and the second time was in 1998 in an episode of Dinnerladies (1998).
- The younger of two children of Albert Broadbent (1894-1959), the director of a cotton mill, and Georgina (née Hill) Broadbent (1896-1960), Dora, at age 12, made her stage debut in a pantomime in Manchester. At 15 she joined Oldham Repertory as an assistant stage manager and remained with the company for four years, by which time she had graduated to playing juvenile leads.
Dora Bryan is known for her role in the film Fast and Loose (1954) as Mary Rawlings, the maid.
She is also known for her role in the film The Cure for Love (1949) as Jenny Jenkins.
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