Diana Dors
Biography
Diana Dors was an English actress and singer who trained at LAMDA, becoming the college's youngest student, and signed with the Rank Organisation as a teenager. Born in Swindon, Wiltshire, she began in small film parts before playing Charlotte in Rank's adaptation of Oliver Twist (1948). Rank promoted her to leading roles, and she became known as the English Marilyn Monroe, but she won some of her best reviews for the crime drama Yield to the Night (1956), which drew acclaim at the Cannes Film Festival. She then worked in Hollywood on The Unholy Wife (1957) and I Married a Woman (1958), and returned to British films including The Long Haul (1957) and On the Double (1961). Later she took supporting parts in Berserk! (1967), Baby Love (1969), Deep End (1970) and There's a Girl in My Soup (1970), and starred in the sitcom Queenie's Castle from 1970 to 1972.
52years old at death
- Born Swindon
- Died Windsor
- Star sign: ScorpioFirst day of the sign, on the Libra cusp
- Diana Mary Fluck (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 23
- Career span
- 30 years1947 to 1977
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A first
Dors was the youngest student ever admitted to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, starting in January 1946 at age 14 after lying about her age.
A role that slipped away
Before going to LAMDA, Dors auditioned for Kanchi in Black Narcissus but did not get the role, which Jean Simmons played.
Early training
After going back to LAMDA, Dors earned her graduation in spring 1947 by taking the London Films Cup, which Sir Alexander Korda had given to the school for the "girl most likely to succeed in films."
Diana Dors movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Stanley A. Long directed two of these films. Marianne Stone appears in five of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Marianne Stone's page
Christopher Lee's page
Donald Pleasence's page
Peter Cushing's page
Michael Hordern's page
Geoffrey Keen's page
Stanley A. LongDirector, 2 films, 1976 to 1977
All films by Stanley A. Long
Also two films together13 more actors
- Judy GeesonAdventures of a Taxi Driver (1976) and Berserk! (1967)
- Sydney TaflerBerserk! (1967) and The Saint's Return (1953)
- Liz FraserAdventures of a Private Eye (1977) and Adventures of a Taxi Driver (1976)
- Liam RedmondThe Long Haul (1957) and Yield to the Night (1956)
- Erik ChittyThe Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972) and The Saint's Return (1953)
- Madeline SmithTheatre of Blood (1973) and The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972)
- Steve PendletonI Married a Woman (1958) and The Unholy Wife (1957)
- Kathleen ByronCraze (1974) and Nothing But the Night (1973)
- Suzy KendallAdventures of a Private Eye (1977) and Craze (1974)
- Adrienne PostaAdventures of a Private Eye (1977) and Adventures of a Taxi Driver (1976)
- Keith BarronNothing But the Night (1973) and Baby Love (1969)
- Ian LavenderAdventures of a Private Eye (1977) and Adventures of a Taxi Driver (1976)
- Peter ReynoldsThe Long Haul (1957) and The Last Page (1952)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
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