Diana Dors

Actor

About

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Also Known As

Diana Fluck

Birth Place

Swindon, England, GB

Born

October 23, 1931

Died

May 04, 1984

Biography

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Blonde leading lady of British films of the 1950s and 60s who once described herself as "the only sex symbol Britain [had] produced since Lady Godiva."...

Filmography

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Steaming (1985)

Confessions From the David Galaxy Affair (1979)

The Groove Room (1977)

Adventures of a Private Eye (1977)

Keep It Up Downstairs (1976)

Adventures of a Taxi Driver (1976)

Photos & Videos

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From Beyond The Grave (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Sausages Again?

Long Haul, The (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Right Back Among The Pigs

Family & Companions

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Denis Hamilton

Husband

Married in 1951.

Richard Dawson

Husband

Actor, game-show host. Married in 1959; divorced.

Alan Lake

Husband

Married in 1969.

Bibliography

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"The Fabulous Ruined Life of Diana Dors"

Damon Wise, Sidgwick & Jackson (1999)

Biography

Blonde leading lady of British films of the 1950s and 60s who once described herself as "the only sex symbol Britain [had] produced since Lady Godiva."

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Steaming (1985)

Confessions From the David Galaxy Affair (1979)

The Groove Room (1977)

Adventures of a Private Eye (1977)

Keep It Up Downstairs (1976)

Adventures of a Taxi Driver (1976)

Theatre Of Blood (1973)

From Beyond the Grave (1973)

Hannie Caulder (1972)

The Pied Piper (1972)

Frau Poppendick

Deep End (1971)

There's a Girl in My Soup (1970)

Baby Love (1969)

Hammerhead (1968)

Danger Route (1968)

Rhoda Gooderich

The Counterfeit Constable (1966)

On the Double (1961)

Sgt. Bridget Stanhope

King of the Roaring 20's--The Story of Arnold Rothstein (1961)

Scent of Mystery (1960)

Passport to Shame (1959)

I Married a Woman (1958)

The Love Specialist (1958)

Tread Softly Stranger (1958)

The Unholy Wife (1957)

The Long Haul (1957)

As Long as They're Happy (1957)

An Alligator Named Daisy (1957)

A Kid for Two Farthings (1956)

Blonde Sinner (1956)

Value For Money (1955)

The Saint's Girl Friday (1954)

The Weak and the Wicked (1954)

Man Bait (1952)

Worm's Eye View (1951)

Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951)

Dance Hall (1950)

Diamond City (1949)

Vote For Huggetts (1949)

The Calendar (1948)

Here Come the Huggetts (1948)

Oliver Twist (1948)

Good Time Girl (1948)

Holiday Camp (1947)

The Shop at Sly Corner (1946)

Cast (Special)

Bob Hope Special: Bob Hope's Women I Love - Beautiful but Funny (1982)

Doctor Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1981)

The Devil's Web (1975)

The Phil Silvers Pontiac Special: Keep in Step (1959)

Life Events

1946

Film acting debut

Photo Collections

The Unholy Wife - Diana Dors Publicity Stills

The Unholy Wife - Diana Dors Publicity Stills

Man Bait - Movie Poster

Man Bait - Movie Poster

Videos

From Beyond The Grave (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Sausages Again? First sketch of the home life of Ian Bannen as downtrodden London middle manager Lowe, who bought shoelaces from the will-be villain, in the second segment (titled An Act Of Kindness) of the horror anthology, carrying little weight with his wife (Diana Dors as Mabel) or son (John O'Farrell), the first feature from the later Hollywood-based prolific TV director Kevin Connor, in From Beyond The Grave, 1973, from stories by Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes.

Long Haul, The (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Right Back Among The Pigs At a trucker's (or lorry-driver's?) tavern near Glasgow, American Army vet Harry (Victor Mature), who wasn't supposed to get the load of contraband whiskey he's driving, is confronted by racketeer Joe Easy (Patrick Allen), not a friend, who means to intercept it, then his girlfriend (Diana Dors as Lynn) gets impatient, in The Long Haul, 1957, from writer-director Ken Hughes.

Oliver Twist (1948) -- (Movie Clip) You're Under Me! Undertaker Sowerberry (Gibb McLaughlin), is persuaded by Bumble (Francis L. Sullivan) to take in John Howard Davies (title character), who then meets Charlotte, Mrs. Sowerberry and Claypole (Diana Dors, Kathleen Harrison, Michael Dear), in David Lean's version of Dickens' Oliver Twist, 1948.

From Beyond The Grave (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Can I Tempt You With Anything? Opening the third segment, The Elemental, Ian Carmichael as foppish Reggie tries to hoodwink the shopkeeper Peter Cushing, appearing to succeed, then on the train meets the kooky Margaret Leighton who is, we will learn, “Madame Orloff,” in the hit British horror anthology From Beyond The Grave, 1973.

Yield To The Night (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Opening Intense and crafty opening from director J. Lee Thompson, from the novel by ex-convict Joan Henry and her screenplay with John Cresswell, no dialogue as Diana Dors traverses London, stalking the apparently well-heeled Mercia Shaw, opening Yield To The Night, a.k.a. Blonde Sinner, 1956.

Yield To The Night (1956) -- (Movie Clip) The Cherry Hung With Snow British bombshell Diana Dors, in what would be the most praised performance of her career, as convicted murderess Mary, with a whispered reading of A.E. Housman’s famous A Shropshire Lad, recalling her first encounters with Jim (Michael Craig), J. Lee Thompson directing, in Yield To The Night, 1956.

Yield To The Night (1956) -- (Movie Clip) When You Face A Firing Squad We’ve seen Diana Dors as Mary commit murder, then be informed that she will soon be executed, and her custody taken over by guards Olga Lindo and Yvonne Mitchell as MacFarlane, who shows an evolved compassion, in director J. Lee Thompson’s British-made Yield To The Night, 1956.

Kid For Two Farthings, A (1956) -- (Movie Clip) He Writes Every Week Londoner Joanna (Celia Johnson) with boss Kandinsky (David Kossoff) worries over her husband in South Africa, who hasn't sent for her and their son after two years, while Sonia (Diana Dors) wonders whether Sam (Joe Robinson) will ever marry her, in Carol Reed's A Kid For Two Farthings 1956.

Kid For Two Farthings, A (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Fix Me A Fight Impatient Sonia (Diana Dors) is persuaded by maybe well-meaning Blackie (Lou Jacobi) that her body-builder boyfriend Sam (Joe Robinson) could make easy money wrestling, young Joe (Jonathan Ashmore) getting interested when Python (Primo Carnera) starts abusing aging Bully (Danny Green), in A Kid For Two Farthings, 1956, from the novel by Wolf Mankowitz.

Man Bait (1952) -- (Movie Clip) Now See Here Young Lady We've just met both Ruby (Diana Dors) and Jeff (Peter Reynolds), who she catches snatching a book from the London shop where she works, as she's reprimanded by her boss Harman (George Brent), who later confers with Oliver (Raymond Huntley), thickening plot in the British Noir Man Bait, 1952.

Man Bait (1952) -- (Movie Clip) Man In The Making London bookstore boss Harman (George Brent), largely preoccupied with his ailing wife, has just sent the staff home except for Ruby (Diana Dors) who does after-hours inventory, then we find out her new friend Jeff (Peter Reynolds) is an ex-con, in the Hammer Films British-made Noir Man Bait, 1952.

Oliver Twist (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Bow To The Board The introduction of Bumble (Francis L. Sullivan) beadle of the parish orphanage, his colleague Mrs. Corney (Mary Clare), and John Howard Davies as the pre-teen title character, brought before the board chaired by Ivor Barnard, early in David Lean's 1948 version of Dickens' Oliver Twist.

From Beyond The Grave (1973) -- (Original Trailer) Theatrical trailer for the England-made Warner Bros. horror anthology, based on stories by Ronald Chetwynd Hayes, with Peter Cushing, Donald Pleasence, Diana Dors etc., From Beyond The Grave, 1973.

Berserk - (Original Trailer) When Joan Crawford cracks the whip, a circus makes murder the main attraction in Berserk (1967).

Long Haul, The - (Original Trailer) A veteran (Victor Mature) is lured into crime by his boss's sultry mistress in The Long Haul (1957).

Unholy Wife, The - (Original Trailer) Am ambitious beauty marries a vintner, then falls for one of his workers in The Unholy Wife (1957) starring Diana Dors & Rod Steiger.

I Married A Woman - (Original Trailer) I Married A Woman (1958) and what a woman! as comedian George Gobel weds buxom Diana Dors.

Companions

Denis Hamilton

Husband

Married in 1951.

Richard Dawson

Husband

Actor, game-show host. Married in 1959; divorced.

Alan Lake

Husband

Married in 1969.

Bibliography

"The Fabulous Ruined Life of Diana Dors"

Damon Wise, Sidgwick & Jackson (1999)

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