Dora Bryan (Old Mother Riley Meets the Vampire)
Dora Bryan, known in Britain for her half-century's worth of comedic (and occasionally serious) performances on stage and screen, has died at the age of 91.One of her early roles, and certainly the...
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Beat me to it. Also in the first Carry On (Sergeant) and contributed to the DVD audio commentary. She was brought into the 2000's as a temporary replacement for Thora Hird in Last of the Summer...
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one of her last public appearances http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10647889.Feted_Brighton_actress_Dora__90__to_make_rare_public_appearance/
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An inveterate scene-stealer, Dora was, brightening every film she appeared in. Among my favorites:-- Glynis Johns' mermaid bestie in MAD ABOUT MEN-- The kindly streetwalker at the station house in...
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Rita Tushingham- "I hope to be dead and buried by the time I reach your age. Just think, you've been living for forty years. " Dora Bryan - "I know, I must be a biological phenomenon." Taste of Honey....
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Author Frank Dello Stritto just emailed a horde of Lugosiphiles: << Linda and I interviewed Dora in 1999 for "Vampire Over London - Bela Lugosi in Britain." She had lots of memories of the...
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Fun recollection, Tom. Thank Frank for sharing.More priceless Dora: the BFI disc of A TASTE OF HONEY features a rollicking, never-a-dull-moment commentary track with Bryan and Tushingham.
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So sorry to hear this. She was delightful in the Old Mother Riley picture. Too bad she couldn't have played daughter Kitty in all the Old Mother Riley films, instead of Arthur Lucan's wretched wife.
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She was nasty in "A Taste of Honey". BA~
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