Dora Bryan

Dora Bryan

Born: February 7, 1923
Died: July 23, 2014
in Parbold, Lancashire, England, UK
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 1968 she even had her own TV series, "According to Dora". At one point in her career she was Britain's highest-paid star.

She was active on stage until the mid 1990s and continued to work in film and television until 2005, when she finally had to give up the acting profession as she could no longer remember her lines. 

Her autobiography According To Dora was published in 1987. In 1996, she was awarded an OBE in recognition of her services to acting and the same year she was also awarded the Laurence Olivier Award for her role in the West End production of the Harold Pinter play "The Birthday Party".

She was married to British cricket player Bill Lawton from 1954 to his death in 2008. She lived in a nursing home in Hove, outside Brighton, until her death in 2014. 

Movies for Dora Bryan...

MirrorMask
Title: MirrorMask
Character: Aunt Nan
Released: January 25, 2005
Type: Movie
In a fantasy world of opposing kingdoms, a 15-year old girl must find the fabled MirrorMask in order to save the kingdom and get home.
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Title: Doctors
Character: Lily Anderson
Released: March 27, 2000
Type: TV
Set in the fictional Midlands town of Letherbridge, defined as being close to the city of Birmingham, this soap opera follows the staff and families of a doctor's surgery.
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Title: Dinnerladies
Character: Connie
Released: November 12, 1998
Type: TV
Dinnerladies is a BBC sitcom written by and starring Victoria Wood that chronicles the antics of a group of workers in a canteen in the north of England. Bren tries to maintain a semblance of order in amongst the chaos, while dealing with the canteen supervisor, slightly sex-obsessed cancer sufferer Tony. Dolly and Jean are the bickering menopausal older women, always at odds but best friends beneath it all. Then there's thick-as-two-short-planks Anita, and the terminally uninterested Twinkle, more concerned with having a good time than anything else. Making up the motley crew are military man handyman Stan, all rules and regulations, and ditzy Philippa, who never seems to get anything right.
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Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
Title: Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
Character: Millie
Released: November 6, 1996
Type: Movie
Eddy and Patsy prepare to go on a skiing holiday to hopefully indulge in the jet-setting lifestyle of the international celebrity elite when Saffy is proposed to by her stuffy, upper-class boyfriend, Paolo. Eddy hits the slopes and has a near death experience where God appears to her and tells her it's not yet her time. When Eddy comes to, she waits for a sign that she should get involved in Saffy's wedding. As she returns to the house, it appears all hell has broken loose- relatives piling up, practically squatting, and Saffy about to lose her mind. Eddy calms her by throwing money at her as they bond together, planning Saffy's dream wedding. What could go wrong?
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Bed
Title: Bed
Character: Bosom Lady
Released: October 20, 1995
Type: Movie
Surreal drama about seven old people living in the same bed, by Jim Cartwright.
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Title: Mother's Ruin
Released: May 29, 1994
Type: TV
Leslie Flitcroft runs a small health food store ambiguously called 'Nurse Nature'. He plans to run away with his lady friend, Wendy Watson but is continually thwarted by his domineering mother Kitty. Leslie is constantly at loggerheads with his mother.
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Title: Frank Stubbs Promotes
Character: Molly Bramley
Released: July 12, 1993
Type: TV
Frank Stubbs (Timothy Spall) is a down-at-heel ticket tout with grand ideas. He has an ambition to become a 'high class' promoter of famous and talented performers. In reality, his ambitions tend to outstrip his capabilities.
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Title: Absolutely Fabulous
Released: November 12, 1992
Type: TV
Set in the world of fashion and PR, immature fun-loving mother Edina Monsoon and her best friend Patsy drive Eddie's sensible daughter, Saffron, up the wall with their constant drug abuse and outrageous selfishness. Numerous in-jokes and heavy doses of cruel humour have made this series a cult hit in the UK and abroad.
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Title: Virtual Murder
Released: July 24, 1992
Type: TV
John Cornelius (called JC) is a university don who also works for his city police force as a consultant psychologist. Samantha Valentine is his offbeat personal assistant and lover, while Inspector Cadogan is their police contact and Professor Owen Griffiths is Cornelius's head of department.
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Title: Heartbeat
Character: Jane Thompson
Released: April 10, 1992
Type: TV
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.
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Title: Performance
Character: Bosom Lady
Released: February 22, 1991
Type: TV
An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.
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Title: On the Up
Released: September 4, 1990
Type: TV
On the Up is a British sitcom written by Bob Larbey about a self-made millionaire and his staff of domestic helpers who he treats like family, much to the annoyance of his upper class wife. The show ran for three series, from 1990 to 1992.
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Apartment Zero
Title: Apartment Zero
Character: Margaret McKinney
Released: September 2, 1989
Type: Movie
In a rundown area of Buenos Aires, at the dawn of the 1980s, Adrian LeDuc owns both a struggling movie theater and a shabby apartment building filled with eccentric, squabbling tenants. To make ends meet, Adrian takes in a roommate, Jack Carney, but soon begins to suspect that the quiet American is responsible for a series of political assassinations that are rocking the city.
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Title: Casualty
Character: Hester Blewett
Released: September 6, 1986
Type: TV
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.
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Screamtime
Title: Screamtime
Character: Emma
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
Compilation of three short horror films: "That's The Way To Do It", "Dreamhouse" and "Do You Believe In Fairies?" plus some new linking material.
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Title: An Audience with...
Character: Self
Released: January 8, 1978
Type: TV
An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend Television, in which a host, usually a singer or comedian, performs for an invited audience of celebrity guests, interspersed with questions from the audience, in a light hearted revue/tribute style.
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Title: Last of the Summer Wine
Character: Roz
Released: January 4, 1973
Type: TV
Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never really grown up explore their world in the Yorkshire Dales. They spend their days speculating about their fellow townsfolk and thinking up adventures not usually favored by the elderly. Last of the Summer Wine premiered as an episode of Comedy Playhouse in 1973. The show ran for 295 episodes until 2010. It is the longest running comedy Britain has produced and the longest running sitcom in the world.
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Title: Last of the Summer Wine
Character: Ros
Released: January 4, 1973
Type: TV
Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never really grown up explore their world in the Yorkshire Dales. They spend their days speculating about their fellow townsfolk and thinking up adventures not usually favored by the elderly. Last of the Summer Wine premiered as an episode of Comedy Playhouse in 1973. The show ran for 295 episodes until 2010. It is the longest running comedy Britain has produced and the longest running sitcom in the world.
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Title: Both Ends Meet
Character: Dora Page
Released: February 19, 1972
Type: TV
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Up the Front
Title: Up the Front
Character: Cora Crumpington
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
In Frankie Howerd's third Up... film it's World War I and he plays Lurk, an absolute cowerd, er coward. He's evading the call-up for all he's worth. But one evening he's hypnotised by a drunken hypnotist (Stanley Holloway) into being brave, but he fails to be released from it. So with his yellow streak gone Lurk is down that army office before you can say "titter ye not." Off to war he goes, mingling with sexy spies like Zsa Zsa Gabor and before long, the spellbound recruit is heading hot-foot back to Blighty with the Germans' plan of attack tattooed on his bum, and the Germans are bringing up the rear...! Full of sauce, knowing real-life references and witty remarks to camera, this is a cheeky incorrigible final instalment.
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Hands of the Ripper
Title: Hands of the Ripper
Character: Mrs. Golding
Released: October 17, 1971
Type: Movie
A series of murders occur that mirror those committed by the Whitechapel Ripper. Through his experiments with psychoanalysis Dr Pritchard discovers a deadly violence in one of his young female patients. As he delves into the recesses of her mind he uncovers that Anna is possessed by her dead father's spirit, willing her to commit acts of gruesome savagery over which she has no control. But the most chilling revelation of all is the identity of her father: Jack the Ripper himself.
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Two A Penny
Title: Two A Penny
Character: Ruby Hopkins
Released: December 31, 1967
Type: Movie
Set in London's Swiinging Sixties, Cliff Richard plays Jamie Hopkins, an art student whose desperate need for money leads him to dabble in the underworld of drug dealing. Cliff has stated that Two A Penny, his most dramatically challenging movie role ever, is the film he is proudest of. He has stated, "if I did want to send a fiolm as a CV, I would send that one". It is certainly his most demanding and controversial role; cynical, self centered and highly manipulative, Jamie Hopkins lies, steals and double-crosses his mother (Dora Bryan), forces himself on his girlfriend (Ann Holloway) and gets involved in fist fights with criminals. Through the influence of his girlfriend, a born again Christian, is the possibility that he may reform, yet in the mystery of the film's by-line "He promised to love her forever….today" lies the possibility that he may well not.
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Title: Before The Fringe
Released: January 30, 1967
Type: TV
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The Sandwich Man
Title: The Sandwich Man
Character: Mrs. De Vere
Released: July 1, 1966
Type: Movie
A man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters.
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The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
Title: The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
Character: Amber Spottiswood
Released: March 11, 1966
Type: Movie
The all-girl school foil an attempt by train robbers to recover two and a half million pounds hidden in their school.
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A Taste of Honey
Title: A Taste of Honey
Character: Helen
Released: October 1, 1961
Type: Movie
Jo is a neglected 16-year-old girl whose promiscuous mother marries a dandy. Jo gets pregnant after a tryst with a black cook, who leaves her over his impending responsibilities of fatherhood, and she only finds support in a gay male friend.
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Alice Through the Looking Box
Title: Alice Through the Looking Box
Released: December 25, 1960
Type: Movie
A Christmas TV special in which Alice does not go through a looking glass, but through a TV set.
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Hello London
Title: Hello London
Character: herself
Released: November 5, 1960
Type: Movie
Hello London is a 1958 documentary film starring Sonja Henie and Michael Wilding.
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The Night We Got the Bird
Title: The Night We Got the Bird
Character: Julie Skidmore
Released: November 3, 1960
Type: Movie
Good natured comic caper charting the misadventures of a hapless bunch of Brighton based petty crooks dogged with disaster at every turn.
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Follow That Horse!
Title: Follow That Horse!
Released: July 11, 1960
Type: Movie
A race horse swallows a microfilm and is pursued by the major superpowers spy agencies.
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Operation Bullshine
Title: Operation Bullshine
Character: Pvt. Cox
Released: June 30, 1959
Type: Movie
During World War II, a Royal Artillery officer is assigned to an anti-aircraft battery that is filled with female soldiers of the Auxiliary Territorial Service. His wife who has enlisted is mistakenly posted to the battery in violation of regulations of husbands and wives serving together in the same formation. She becomes jealous of what she perceives as him paying too much attention to the other Auxiliary Territorial Service women.
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Desert Mice
Title: Desert Mice
Character: Gay Bennett
Released: January 5, 1959
Type: Movie
A World War II farce that follows the antics of an ENSA (Entertainment National Service Association) group. Fresh from the music halls, they bumble their way from army camp to camp.
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Carry On Sergeant
Title: Carry On Sergeant
Character: Norah
Released: August 15, 1958
Type: Movie
Fall in for the first ever film in the highly successful Carry On comedy series—now an acclaimed British institution. Kenneth Connor and Charles Hawtrey are the prankish misfits who become the hilarious bane of Army Officers existence when he makes a bet he will turn them into ‘Star Squad’ Award soldiers—or bust!
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The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Title: The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Character: Telephonist
Released: January 21, 1958
Type: Movie
American scientist Dr. Frank Smith is brought to Britain to help the C.I.A. There is a defecting East block scientist they want him to debrief. The commies are less than amused and set Dr. Smith up for a murder.
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Small Hotel
Title: Small Hotel
Character: (uncredited)
Released: October 14, 1957
Type: Movie
The dining room of the Jolly Fiddler has long been presided over by Albert, an aged but very shrewd waiter. A past master of the gentle art of fiddling, he extracts the maximum profit from his job while managing to endear himself to both the customers and staff. Then, there's a visit from Mr Finch, who feels it's time Albert was replaced.
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The Green Man
Title: The Green Man
Character: Lily
Released: December 21, 1956
Type: Movie
Unknown to everyone but his shady Middle Eastern bosses, watchmaker Hawkins is actually a professional hired assassin with a predilection for killing his targets with bombs. After disposing of a dictator and millionaire, Hawkins is assigned to kill a politician who is heading to a remote hotel, The Green Man, for a secret tryst with his secretary. There, however, Hawkins' plot is discovered by vacuum salesman William Blake, who determines to stop him.
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Child in the House
Title: Child in the House
Character: Cassie
Released: August 14, 1956
Type: Movie
A lonely child must stay with her uncaring aunt and uncle after her mother is hospitalized. Her estranged father is a fugitive. For love and companionship, the eleven-year old girl becomes friends with the housemaid. When at long last, she meets her dad, she must vow to never reveal his location to the police.
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The Cockleshell Heroes
Title: The Cockleshell Heroes
Character: Myrtie
Released: November 16, 1955
Type: Movie
During WW2, German ships are "safely" docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of kayakers to attack them.
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As Long as They're Happy
Title: As Long as They're Happy
Character: May
Released: March 15, 1955
Type: Movie
The suburban peace of the Bentley household is shattered when John Bentley is informed by his wife Stella that their two married daughters, Pat and Corrine are in trouble and need funds to come home and bring their husbands, Peter, a penniless Parisian artist and Barnaby, a Texas cowboy, with them. And the youngest daughter, Gwen, has tricked an American singer, Bobby Denver, into visiting them on the pretext that it is the home of a noted British film magnate. When all the women in the household --- including the maid --- fall for the singer's charms, Bentley consults a crackpot psychiatrist, Dr. Schneider, who almost succeeds in ousting, not the singer, but Bentley's wife, with his advice to Bentley to make her jealous by living it up with Pearl, a showgirl recruited for the purpose.
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Title: The Sooty Show
Character: Herself
Released: January 16, 1955
Type: TV
The Sooty Show is a British children's Puppet series which aired on the BBC from 1955 to 1967 and ITV from 1968 to 1992. It follows the adventures and comedic day to day life of puppets Sooty, Sweep and Soo with their owner Harry Corbett, and in later years, his son Matthew.
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You Lucky People
Title: You Lucky People
Character: Hortense Tipp
Released: January 1, 1955
Type: Movie
Reservist Tommy Smart - who has made his fortune since the war selling army surplus - arrives at an army camp, with his chauffeur/valet, for two weeks' training. Bank manager Corporal Jones is in Tommy's squad. Sylvia, Jones' daughter, wishes to marry Lieutenant Robson, a National Service officer. Smart is under the orders of his old enemy Sergeant Thickpenny and R.S.M. Brittain; various parade ground antics ensue.
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Harmony Lane
Title: Harmony Lane
Character: Comedian
Released: November 20, 1954
Type: Movie
The first British 3D short, this delightful 27 minute short is like spending a night at the Palladium with several variety acts. They include dancing by the Jack Billings Trio; a song by the Beverley Sisters; "Swan Lake" by Svetlana Beriosova and David Paltenghi of the Sadler's Wells Ballet; precision dancing by The Television Toppers and a comedy routine with Dora Bryan and Max Bygraves.
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Mad About Men
Title: Mad About Men
Character: Berengaria
Released: November 16, 1954
Type: Movie
Flirtatious mermaid Miranda swaps places with a schoolteacher who has gone on holiday. All is well until she falls in love with a human.
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The Crowded Day
Title: The Crowded Day
Character: Marge
Released: October 1, 1954
Type: Movie
One day in the lives and loves of the staff in a large department store.
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The Young Lovers
Title: The Young Lovers
Character: Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
Released: August 24, 1954
Type: Movie
A young employee of the British State Department falls in love with the daughter of a top Russian diplomat, much to the panic of their respective countries' officials, who suspect espionage. The cast includes David Knight, Odile Versois, Theodore Bikel and David Kossoff.
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Fast and Loose
Title: Fast and Loose
Character: Mary Rawlings, the maid
Released: February 12, 1954
Type: Movie
An unmarried couple are forced to adopt a series of pretexts when they stay at a country inn together with only one spare room.
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You Know What Sailors Are
Title: You Know What Sailors Are
Released: February 9, 1954
Type: Movie
The best of British humor is on display in this satirical cold war romp! Donald Sinden plays Lieutenant Green, a radar expert in the Royal Navy. One night, whilst under the influence of alcohol, he welds an old pram to the deck of a foreign destroyer for a joke. The next morning, British Intelligence is desperate to know what the enemy’s new weapon is. To cover his tracks, Green calls it the ‘998’. When he is posted to the destroyer to explain about radar techniques, Green soon realizes that his prank has gone too far.
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The Intruder
Title: The Intruder
Character: Dora Bee
Released: October 18, 1953
Type: Movie
When Ex Colonel Merton discovers a burglar ransacking his home, he is shocked to find out that the thief is a former soldier from his tank regiment. When the thief escapes, Merton tries to contact former members of the regiment, in order to find out what set the thief on the road to crime.
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The Fake
Title: The Fake
Character: Barmaid
Released: September 25, 1953
Type: Movie
Someone is stealing priceless paintings from the great museums of the world and replacing them with nearly flawless forgeries. Leonardo da Vinci's "Madonna and Child" is being shipped to London's Tate Gallery for a special exhibition, and Paul Mitchell is assigned to protect it. Upon the painting's arrival, Paul realizes it has been switched. Eager to collect the museum's $50,000 reward, he teams up with Mary Mason, a Tate employee, to recover the original.
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Street Corner
Title: Street Corner
Character: Prostitute
Released: March 17, 1953
Type: Movie
London policewomen handle rescues and larceny as they go about their work in Chelsea.
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Women of Twilight
Title: Women of Twilight
Character: Olga
Released: January 16, 1953
Type: Movie
When a nightclub singer is arrested for murder, his pregnant girlfriend moves into a boarding house for women, but the mother-to-be soon discovers that her new lodgings harbors a horrific secret.
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The Ringer
Title: The Ringer
Character: Mrs. Hackett
Released: November 24, 1952
Type: Movie
An underhand solicitor receives threatening notes, and the police are called in to protect him.
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Miss Robin Hood
Title: Miss Robin Hood
Character: Pearl
Released: November 12, 1952
Type: Movie
In this delightful fantasy adventure, a mild-mannered writer of adventure stories for girls (Richard Hearne) finds himself presented with an intriguing proposition from an elderly fan (Margaret Rutherford). She suggests that they conspire to steal a secret whiskey formula from ruthless distillers, who themselves stole it from her family in years gone by. With the recipe back in hand however, it's not long before they attract attention from the Inspectors of Scotland Yard.
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Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
Title: Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
Character: Tilly
Released: July 11, 1952
Type: Movie
The legendary Bela Lugosi as "the Vampire" teams up with Britain's much-loved "Mother Riley" in this hilarious comedy adventure. The Vampire plans to control the world with the help of his robot, which accidentally gets shipped to Mother Riley. Through radar control, he contacts the robot and orders it to come to him, bringing along Mother Riley! But his life is turned upside down when he holds this most meddling of mothers captive.
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Time, Gentlemen, Please!
Title: Time, Gentlemen, Please!
Character: Peggy Stebbins
Released: July 1, 1952
Type: Movie
Because of its high productivity and "almost" 100 per cent employment, the town of Hayhoe, England is expecting a visit from the Prime Minister. The "almost" is because of Dan Dance (Eddie Byrne), an old rogue who would rather drink and philosophize than work. The Village Council are determined to have a perfect record so they connive to have the old man put into the alms-house which has been unoccupied for many years, where he must abide by rules laid down 400 years ago. A new Vicar arrives and discovers that, because of the circumstances created by the Council, Dan Dance is entitled to 6,000 pounds a year at the expense of the village.
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Gift Horse
Title: Gift Horse
Character: Glad Flanagan
Released: June 1, 1952
Type: Movie
Compton Bennett's war drama The Gift Horse follows the fortunes of ageing destroyer The Ballantrae and her crew from the time they come together in 1940 until the climactic raid on occupied St Nazaire in 1942. Trevor Howard plays Lt Cmdr Hugh Alginon Fraser, the newly appointed captain, back in service after having left the navy following a court martial.
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13 East Street
Title: 13 East Street
Character: Valerie
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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Whispering Smith Vs. Scotland Yard
Title: Whispering Smith Vs. Scotland Yard
Character: Miss La Fosse
Released: January 1, 1952
Type: Movie
Mystery directed by Francis Searle.
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High Treason
Title: High Treason
Character: Mrs. Bowers
Released: November 13, 1951
Type: Movie
Men from Scotland Yard and military intelligence build a dossier on a sabotage ring.
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Lady Godiva Rides Again
Title: Lady Godiva Rides Again
Character: Movie Publicist
Released: October 25, 1951
Type: Movie
Marjory Clark wins a competition in her Midland town and finds herself in a Festival of Britain procession as Lady Godiva - though not in the buff. This leads by way of a suspect beauty competition to the show-business world of London. But it could be a slippery slope for simple home-town Marge.
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No Highway
Title: No Highway
Released: June 28, 1951
Type: Movie
James Stewart plays aeronautical engineer Theodore Honey, the quintessential absent-minded professor: eccentric, forgetful, but brilliant. His studies show that the aircraft being manufactured by his employer has a subtle but deadly design flaw that manifests itself only after the aircraft has flown a certain number of hours. En route to a crash site to prove his theory, Honey discovers that he is aboard a plane rapidly approaching his predicted deadline.
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Scarlet Thread
Title: Scarlet Thread
Character: Maggie
Released: May 1, 1951
Type: Movie
Tale of Cambridge college exploits of two smash-and-grab thieves on the run.
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Circle of Danger
Title: Circle of Danger
Character: Bubbles Fitzgerald
Released: April 17, 1951
Type: Movie
An American comes to Britain to investigate the murky circumstances of his brother's death that occurred during a WW2 commando raid.
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The Quiet Woman
Title: The Quiet Woman
Character: Elsie Tripp
Released: March 1, 1951
Type: Movie
The former wife of a criminal moves to a coastal town and takes over the running of a bar known as The Quiet Woman. She becomes outraged when she discovers the previous owner had allowed local smugglers to use it as a base. She soon has become romantically involved with one of the smugglers, which causes enormous problems when a customs officer turns up, followed closely by her former husband.
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Traveller's Joy
Title: Traveller's Joy
Character: Eva
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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No Trace
Title: No Trace
Character: Maisie
Released: September 8, 1950
Type: Movie
A famous mystery writer uses his own plot tricks to murder a blackmailer in this British thriller.
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Something in the City
Title: Something in the City
Character: Waitress
Released: September 1, 1950
Type: Movie
A man hides the fact that he lost his job from his wife by apparently going off to work each day as normal but runs into trouble when he is tailed by a reporter.
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The Blue Lamp
Title: The Blue Lamp
Character: Maisie
Released: January 19, 1950
Type: Movie
P.C. George Dixon is a long-serving traditional copper who is due to retire shortly. He takes a new recruit under his aegis and introduces him to the easy-going night beat. Dixon is a classic ordinary hero but also anachronistic, unprepared and unable to answer the violence of the 1950s.
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The Cure for Love
Title: The Cure for Love
Character: Jenny Jenkins
Released: December 29, 1949
Type: Movie
Sergeant Jack Hardacre returns from the war to his contemptible fiancée Janey Jenkins intending to reconcile with her against all odds. But he falls in love with a charming new lodger Milly Southern instead.
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The Interrupted Journey
Title: The Interrupted Journey
Character: the waitress
Released: October 11, 1949
Type: Movie
When John North, a budding author, pulls the communication cord of a late night train that is taking him away on a weekend with his publishers wife, he sets in motion a series of events that lead to a train crash, a murder and a police man hunt, but all is not what it seems.
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Adam and Evelyne
Title: Adam and Evelyne
Character: Blonde Sales Assistant (uncredited)
Released: May 31, 1949
Type: Movie
The father of a girl in an orphanage, who doesn't remember him, has been writing to her with tales of his success in business. Actually, he is impersonating a friend, a handsome gambler. When the father dies, the gambler takes the girl from the orphanage and tells her the truth. But the girl is now a full-grown beauty and complications arise, including those provided by a black-sheep brother.
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Now Barabbas
Title: Now Barabbas
Character: Winnie
Released: May 24, 1949
Type: Movie
A prison governor deals with a variety of different prisoners, including a charming murderer.
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The Perfect Woman
Title: The Perfect Woman
Character: Model in Shop
Released: May 23, 1949
Type: Movie
In need of cash, Roger Cavendish and his valet take a job escorting the perfect woman for a night on the town. She is in fact the robotic creation of Professor Belman, but it turns out rather to be the Professor's niece Penelope doing a pretty good imitation of the perfect Olga who winds up with them in the bridal suite at the Hotel Splendide.
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Once Upon a Dream
Title: Once Upon a Dream
Character: Barmaid
Released: February 1, 1949
Type: Movie
An officer's wife has a romantic dream about her husband's man (servant) and comes to believe it is true. Meanwhile the husband has asked his servant to help him, after the war, to suggest ways to ignite the romance he and his wife had before the war, as well as find a way to make money in a post-war economy.
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No Room at the Inn
Title: No Room at the Inn
Character: The Girl
Released: November 22, 1948
Type: Movie
A group of children are evacuated during world war two into the care of an alcoholic woman.
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The Fallen Idol
Title: The Fallen Idol
Character: Rose
Released: September 30, 1948
Type: Movie
Phillipe, the son of an ambassador in London, idolizes Baines, his father's butler, a kind of hero in the eyes of the child, whose perception changes when he accidentally discovers the secret that Baines keeps and witnesses the consequences that adults' lies can cause.
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Odd Man Out
Title: Odd Man Out
Character: Girl in Telephone Kiosk (uncredited)
Released: January 30, 1947
Type: Movie
Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman wounded in a daring robbery.
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Title: According To Dora
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV