Dora Bryan

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Dora May Broadbent (2007-07) was a British actress of stage, film, and television.

Early life

Bryan was born in Southport, Lancashire, and he was destined for a life of adventure. Her father, a salesman, was a salesman, and she attended Hathershaw County Primary School in Oldham, Lancashire. Her career began in pantomime before the Second World War, during which she joined ENSA in Italy to assist British troops.

Personal life

Dora was married for 54 years to former Lancashire and Cumberland cricketer Bill Lawton until his death in August 2008. The couple met in Oldham during World War II and were married in 1954 at Werneth St Thomas, Oldham. She reduced her public responsibilities to ensure her husband's wellbeing, including a major surgery for a hernia.

Bryan lived at the Clarges Hotel on Brighton's seafront, which was used as an exterior location in the films Carry On Girls and Carry On At Your Convenience. She and her husband were married for more than 40 years, but they were forced to sell the majority of the house as a result of bankruptcy, but they maintained a flat with a sea view on the first floor for many years. The hotel's rooms have been converted into flats, while still maintaining the original building. She was a wheelchair user and lived in a nursing home in Hove in frailty by 2013.

Dora – A Gala Charity Exhibition held at Her Majesty's Theatre in London on May 31 to raise funds for two charities chosen by Bryan: the Variety Club Children's Charity and the Alzheimer's Society. Sir Cliff Richard was the actor on stage, but the audience and celebrities included June Whitfield, Rita Tushingham, and Joanna Lumley. Bryan was able to attend.

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Career

Bryan appeared in a pantomime in Manchester and was urged by her mother to attend the Oldham Repertory as a child. She went to London to develop her stage career, becoming a regular performer in the West End after six years honing her craft there. The actress was encouraged to use a stage name by Coward himself in a production of No.l Coward's Private Lives. She opted for Dora Bryant, which she often said was inspired by a box of Bryant and May matches on the table, but the last letter on the theatre credits was missing, and she became Dora Bryant.

Bryan won national recognition in 1955, after attending the first night of A.P.'s production. The name of Herbert's The Water Gypsies had been changed to "Dora Bryan in A.P." The Water Gipsies by Herbert. It was Bryan's first venture into West End musical comedy, in which she portrayed Lily Bell, and was a personal triumph. "Why Did You Call Me Lily?" Bryan, one of the show's hit songs, included "Why Did You Call Me Lily?" "You Never Know with Men" and "It Would Cramp My Style" are two of the items on "It Would Cramp My Style."

She continued to perform on stage throughout her career, appearing in musicals including Gentleman Prefer Blondes (1962) and Hello, Dolly! (1966-196,1968). She also appeared on several stage revues, including The Dora Bryan Show (1966), "My Name Is Dora" (1967), and An Evening with Dora Bryan and Friends (1968). Mrs. Pierce in Pygmalion (1987), starring Peter O'Toole and Amanda Plummer, was her first appearance on Broadway. In the 1986 London production of the Stephen Sondheim-James Goldman musical Follies, Misstress Quickly in The Merry Wives of Windsor (1984), Mrs. Hardcastle in She Stoops to Conquer (1985) and Carlotta Campion (sing "I'm Still Here") include her first Shakespearean role. She toured the country in 1992, including appearances at the Theatre Royal, Brighton, her hometown, and appeared in London's West End at the Valiant Theatre in Kander and Ebb's 70 Girls 70 to high praise. In The Birthday Party, she appeared with Trevor Peacock in the National Theatre's 1994 revival of Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party.

She converted many of her theatre contemporaries to film acting, with some of her actors shifting to supporting roles. She became instantly recognisable from her voice, which became a signature of her appearances. She starred in The Fallen Idol (1948), one of her early films, and Ealing's The Blue Lamp (1950). In other films, she appeared in similar stereotypical female roles, such as Gift Horse (1952), The Cockleshell Heroes (1956), and Carry On Sergeant (1958).

She appeared in a cameo on a radio comedy film starring Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh (1951), Hancock's Half Hour an episode commonly known as "Cinderella Hancock" (1955). In 1957, British Pathe filmed Bryan in 'Home on Wheels,' featuring her and her companions in her personal caravan. She appeared in the film A Taste of Honey (1961), which received four BAFTA awards, including Best Actress for Bryan and Best British Film. She recorded the Christmas album "All I Want for Christmas Is a Beatle" in 1963, which attracted no. On the UK charts, 20 is in the top 20. She appeared in According to Dora (1968–1969), her own television series for the BBC, as the Headmistress in The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery (1966).

Bryan appeared in Apartment Zero, a British-Argentine thriller (1988). Martin Donovan produced the film, which starred Hart Bochner and Colin Firth. Bryan plays one of two eccentric characters (the other was played by Liz Smith) in The Washington Post as two "tea-and-crumpet gargoyle-featured spinsters who snoop the corridors." It was on display in the 1988 Sundance Film Festival. Mrs Carpenter (the mother of main character Tony, played by Dennis Waterman), appeared in two episodes of BBC series On The Up and Down in 1990, but she was forced to be replaced by actress Pauline Letts for series two and three. She joked with Terry Wogan and Michael Barrymore on television shows that she was younger than 70, not 70, but "sixty-several" and could even kick her leg higher than her head.

In 1999, she appeared in the Victoria Wood sitcom dinnerladies. Aunt Ros Utterthwaite appeared on The cast of Last of the Summer Wine in 2000, and she appeared on Absolutely Fabulous as June Whitfield's on-screen companion Dolly (originally called Milly). In 2002, she received a BAFTA award for her work in this sector.

She came to an end a few years ago in 2005, after her time in Last of the Summer Wine came to an end. She stopped making films at the same time. Antony Booth's last screen appearance was in the short film Gone to the Dogs (2006). She wanted to perform at both Rock-a-Hula Rest Home at a Brighton theatre and in the film There's No Place Like a Home, but she had to cancel due to her inability to memorise her lines.

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