Dora Bryan

Dora Bryan

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...

Known For

Cast Credits

MirrorMask

as Aunt Nan

Thora Hird Tribute

as Self (archive footage, uncredited)

Bed

as Bosom Lady

Palmer

as Monica

Apartment Zero

as Margaret McKinney

Screamtime

as Emma

Up the Front

as Auntie Cora Crumpington

Hands of the Ripper

as Mrs. Golding

Two a Penny

as Ruby Hopkins

The Sandwich Man

as Mrs. De Vere

The Night We Got the Bird

as Julie Skidmore

Desert Mice

as Gay Bennett

Small Hotel

as (uncredited)

You Lucky People!

as Hortense Tipp

Harmony Lane

as Comedian

Mad About Men

as Berengaria

The Young Lovers

as Switchboard Operator (uncredited)