Sandra Dorne

Sandra Dorne

Born: June 19, 1924
Died: December 25, 1992
in Keighley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
British platinum blonde with leads in 1950s, later in supporting roles, but always with special 'presence'. Husky-voiced, "blonde bombshell" was a popular pinup early in her career. Appeared in some 35 films, many teleplays, specialized in mystery, suspense and horror titles.

Movies for Sandra Dorne...

Eat the Rich
Title: Eat the Rich
Character: Sandra
Released: October 23, 1987
Type: Movie
Alex is a disgruntled waiter at a snobby exclusive restaurant who falls on hard times. Forced to deal with the contempt and disgust of the upper class, Alex & cohorts attempt to go on a rampage. Meanwhile, General Karprov and Spider plot to involve the inept anarchists into their plans to derail the prime-minister-to-be's campaign.
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Five Go Mad in Dorset
Title: Five Go Mad in Dorset
Character: Aunt Fanny
Released: November 2, 1982
Type: Movie
In the 1950s, four children, Anne, described as a 'proper little housewife', the rather butch George who has an unhealthy relationship with her dog Timmy and their brothers Dick and Julian, whose relationship seems to be more than fraternal, go on a cycling holiday in Dorset where their flair for detection - plus their snobbery and xenophobia - gets a whole string of suspicious characters arrested.
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Title: The Comic Strip Presents...
Character: Aunt Fanny
Released: November 2, 1982
Type: TV
The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents... which was labelled as an example of alternative comedy. The core members are Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Saunders and Alexei Sayle with frequent appearances by Keith Allen, Robbie Coltrane and others.
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The Playbirds
Title: The Playbirds
Character: Dougan's Secretary
Released: July 6, 1978
Type: Movie
In order to unmask a pathological killer who is targeting the beautiful centrefolds of Playbirds magazine, a sexy policewoman Lucy Sheridan puts her life and reputation on the line by sleeping with millionaire publisher Harry Dougan. The Chief Superintendant and Police Commissioner are keeping a close eye on her, but time is running out fast.
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All Coppers Are...
Title: All Coppers Are...
Character: Sue's Mother
Released: January 24, 1972
Type: Movie
A young policeman and a small-time crook are both involved with the same girl.
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Devil Doll
Title: Devil Doll
Character: Magda Gardinas
Released: September 1, 1964
Type: Movie
An evil hyponotist/ventriloquist plots to gain an heiress' millions.
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The Secret Door
Title: The Secret Door
Character: Sonia
Released: June 4, 1964
Type: Movie
World War II espionage in Lisbon with Allied safe-crackers cultivating a master spy and his wife so they can steal Japanese codes that are keys to Axis battle plans.
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The Amorous Prawn
Title: The Amorous Prawn
Character: Busty Babs
Released: November 26, 1962
Type: Movie
While her husband, the General is abroad, Lady Fitzadam decides to convert their army residence into a fishing resort for rich American tourists in order to raise money for their dream retirement cottage.
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Title: Stryker of the Yard
Released: November 2, 1961
Type: TV
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Title: The Avengers
Released: January 7, 1961
Type: TV
The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr. David Keel and his assistant John Steed. Hendry left after the first series and Steed became the main character, partnered with a succession of assistants. His most famous assistants were intelligent, stylish and assertive women: Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King. Later episodes increasingly incorporated elements of science fiction and fantasy, parody and British eccentricity.
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Title: The Avengers
Character: Fiona Charles
Released: January 7, 1961
Type: TV
The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr. David Keel and his assistant John Steed. Hendry left after the first series and Steed became the main character, partnered with a succession of assistants. His most famous assistants were intelligent, stylish and assertive women: Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King. Later episodes increasingly incorporated elements of science fiction and fantasy, parody and British eccentricity.
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Title: The Pursuers
Character: Lisa
Released: January 4, 1961
Type: TV
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The House in Marsh Road
Title: The House in Marsh Road
Character: Valerie Stockley
Released: November 1, 1960
Type: Movie
When a woman inherits a valuable house, her nasty husband and his mistress plot murder. But the house has a protective poltergeist who thwarts the wicked pair.
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Not a Hope in Hell
Title: Not a Hope in Hell
Released: October 1, 1960
Type: Movie
The efforts of a female Customs Officer to challenge smugglers who hide illicit liquor in a steam roller.
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Title: The Third Man
Released: October 2, 1959
Type: TV
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Title: Interpol Calling
Character: Helen Mills
Released: September 13, 1959
Type: TV
The adventures of Interpol policemen Duval and Mornay as they fought against international drug-running, homicide, robbery and forgery.
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The Bank Raiders
Title: The Bank Raiders
Character: Della Byrne
Released: October 1, 1958
Type: Movie
A third rate con man lands himself the job of a get-away driver for a bank heist that has complications.
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Orders to Kill
Title: Orders to Kill
Character: Blonde with German Officer
Released: July 25, 1958
Type: Movie
A grounded American fighter pilot is switched to espionage on a special job in which he must kill a small-time Paris lawyer suspected of double-crossing France by selling out radio operators to the Nazis.
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Portrait of a Matador
Title: Portrait of a Matador
Released: January 1, 1958
Type: Movie
A matador curses the painter of his portrait.
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Three Sundays to Live
Title: Three Sundays to Live
Character: Ruth Chapman
Released: October 1, 1957
Type: Movie
Band leader Frank Martin is convicted and sentenced to death for murdering the owner of a club in which he had performed. Frank's innocent of the crime, and singer Ruth Chapman can provide him with an alibi. But Ruth is missing, and records show she died years before. As Frank awaits execution, he enlists the help of his heiress girlfriend and his lawyer to clear his name.
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Title: Wire Service
Character: Francesca
Released: October 4, 1956
Type: TV
Wire Service is an American drama series that aired on ABC as part of its 1956-57 season lineup.
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The Iron Petticoat
Title: The Iron Petticoat
Character: Tityana
Released: September 1, 1956
Type: Movie
Captain Vinka Kovalenko defects from Russia, but not for political reasons. She defects because she feels discriminated against as a woman. Captain Chuck Lockwood gets the order to show her the bright side of capitalism, while she tries to convince him of the superiority of communism. Naturally, they fall in love, but there's still the KGB, which doesn't like the idea of having a defected Russian officer running around in London.
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Title: The Charlie Farnsbarns Show
Released: July 30, 1956
Type: TV
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The Gelignite Gang
Title: The Gelignite Gang
Character: Sally Morton
Released: June 20, 1956
Type: Movie
A tense thriller that tears the lid off Soho's underworld and reveals the cunning organization behind a gang of safe-breakers who will stop at nothing, not even murder, to achieve their goals.
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Title: Colonel March of Scotland Yard
Character: Rosie
Released: February 22, 1956
Type: TV
Colonel March of The Department of Queer Complaints investigates unusual cases, locked-room murders, and mysteries concerning the supernatural.
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Alias John Preston
Title: Alias John Preston
Character: Sylvia
Released: December 14, 1955
Type: Movie
A mysterious young man settles in a rural English town and immediately starts making a good impression. Before long he has insinuated himself into local life, is married and is serving on the board of the local hospital. Everything seems to be going well for him until a newly appointed consultant psychiatrist shows up and starts asking some probing questions.
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Police Dog
Title: Police Dog
Character: Blonde
Released: May 1, 1955
Type: Movie
When his colleague is killed during a chase in Kentish Town, London bobby Frank volunteers to become a dog-handler.
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Title: Mark Saber
Released: October 1, 1954
Type: TV
Mark Saber refers to a half-hour 1950s detective television series that took different forms and titles during its run. Tom Conway portrayed Mark Saber as a plainclothes English detective working with the Homicide Division of the N.Y.P.D. in Mystery Theater which aired on ABC from October 1951 to June 1954. Donald Gray portrayed Mark Saber as a one-armed private detective based in London. In The Vise which aired on ABC from September 1955 to June 1957. Donald Gray also portrayed Mark Saber in Saber of London which aired on NBC from October 1957 to May 1960.
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The Good Die Young
Title: The Good Die Young
Character: Pretty Girl
Released: March 2, 1954
Type: Movie
An amoral, psychotic playboy incites three men who are down on their luck to commit a mail van robbery, which goes badly wrong.
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The Weak and the Wicked
Title: The Weak and the Wicked
Character: Stella
Released: February 2, 1954
Type: Movie
Jean Raymond an upper class woman with a gambling addiction, is given a twelve-month prison sentence resulting from her inability to pay her debts. At first she is overwhelmingly depressed by life in the women's prison; gradually, however, her misery is relieved by the many close friends she makes there. This sympathetic drama traces the contrasting lives and often faltering progress of the inmates of a women's prison.
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Roadhouse Girl
Title: Roadhouse Girl
Character: Marilyn Saunders
Released: November 1, 1953
Type: Movie
A middle-aged garage owner's life is turned upside down when his new mechanics gets it on with his sexy younger wife.
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The Beggar's Opera
Title: The Beggar's Opera
Character: Sukey Tawdry
Released: August 24, 1953
Type: Movie
Adaptation of John Gay's 18th century opera, featuring Laurence Olivier as MacHeath and Hugh Griffith as the Beggar.
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Wheel of Fate
Title: Wheel of Fate
Character: Lucky Price
Released: July 1, 1953
Type: Movie
Two brothers work in their invalid father's repair garage. Johnny is the quiet, reliable one while Ted is younger and wilder. The brothers feud over Lucky, a beautiful band singer. Then their life is complicated: first by a police search for the unknown killer of a man in a dance hall fight, and then by a bookie pressuring Ted to pay his gambling debts.
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The Yellow Balloon
Title: The Yellow Balloon
Character: Iris
Released: February 10, 1953
Type: Movie
A young boy is blackmailed by a crook who saw him unwittingly cause his friend's death.
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Alf's Baby
Title: Alf's Baby
Character: Enid Wetherby
Released: February 1, 1953
Type: Movie
Three old bachelors 'inherit' an orphan baby, Pam, who is pursued by a car-stealing spiv after she turns 21.
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Hindle Wakes
Title: Hindle Wakes
Character: Mary Hollins
Released: November 10, 1952
Type: Movie
During a holiday to the beach Jenny meets Alan and agrees to spend the week with him. Wanting to keep this a secret from her parents Jenny gets help from her friend Mary to pretend her whereabouts but disaster strikes during a boating accident. It is soon discovered Jenny was not with Mary. When the parents find out the truth they pressure the couple to get married, but Jenny thinks otherwise.
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13 East Street
Title: 13 East Street
Character: Judy
Released: March 1, 1952
Type: Movie
When police inspector Gerald Blake wants to infiltrate a London stolen-goods gang, he does a thorough job of it. First, he robs a jewelry store, gets caught and is sentenced to prison. Then he teams up with gang-member Joey to make their escape. Once in the gang, Blake identifies the boss, Larry, and most of the other thieves, but not the "inside man." As a big fur job looms closer, the detective's task is complicated by the playful but seductive advances of Judy, a dazzling blonde who happens also to be the jealous Larry's girl friend.
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Traveller's Joy
Title: Traveller's Joy
Character: Flower Shop Assistant
Released: December 25, 1950
Type: Movie
A divorced couple, living hand-to-mouth in Stockholm, must first pay their hotel bill before returning to England. To raise the necessary funds, they must pretend that they're still married.
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The Clouded Yellow
Title: The Clouded Yellow
Character: Kyra
Released: November 21, 1950
Type: Movie
After leaving the British Secret Service, David Somers (played by Trevor Howard) finds work cataloging butterflies at the country house of Nicholas and Jess Fenton. After the murder of a local gamekeeper, suspicion (wrongfully) falls on their niece, Sophie Malraux (Jean Simmons). Somers helps Sophie to escape arrest and they go on the run together. After a cross-country chase they arrive at a coastal city with the intention of leaving the country by ship. All's well that ends well after the true identity of the murderer is revealed.
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Golden Arrow
Title: Golden Arrow
Character: Nightclub Hostess #2
Released: December 31, 1949
Type: Movie
On a journey from Paris to London, a Briton, a Frenchman and an American bond with each other and indulge in a romantic fantasy about a girl they see.
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Don't Ever Leave Me
Title: Don't Ever Leave Me
Character: Ruby Baines
Released: July 19, 1949
Type: Movie
Elderly crook Harry Denton, when challenged to prove he is "not past it," decides to kidnap Sheila Farlane, the 16 year old daughter of a famous actor. When Harry loses his nerve, Sheila won't let him give up.
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Marry Me
Title: Marry Me
Character: Giggly Girl (uncredited)
Released: June 7, 1949
Type: Movie
The stories of several individuals who consult a marriage bureau, including a peer of the realm, his butler, a lonely school teacher, a French girl on the run from a violent boyfriend, a country vicar, and a newspaper reporter, sent by his editor, to do an undercover story.
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Once a Jolly Swagman
Title: Once a Jolly Swagman
Character: Kay Fox
Released: February 2, 1949
Type: Movie
A factory worke quits his job to become a motorcycle racer.
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Helter Skelter
Title: Helter Skelter
Character: Receptionist
Released: January 7, 1949
Type: Movie
A detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccuping.