Diana Dors

1931-1984

Biography: life and films

Diana Dors was an English actress whose birth name was Diana Mary Fluck. She was born in Swindon, Wiltshire, England on 23rd October 1931 and died in Windsor, Berkshire, England on 4th May 1984, aged 52.

Her best films as an actor include Carol Reed's A Kid for Two Farthings (1955), J. Lee Thompson's Yield to the Night (1956), Ken Hughes's The Long Haul (1957), Kevin Connor's thriller From Beyond the Grave (1973) and Peter Sykes's comedy Steptoe and Son Ride Again (1973).

Diana Dors appeared in 67 films.

She has most frequently worked with the following directors: J. Lee Thompson (4 films), Maurice Elvey (3), Ken Annakin (3), Stanley A. Long (2), Douglas Hickox (2) and David MacDonald (2).

Her most frequent genres include: comedy (28 films), drama (26), Horror (6), comedy-drama (5), comedy-romance (4), Thriller (4), Fantasy (3) and romance (2).

Our average rating for Diana Dors over all films is: 2.7

Filmography

Key: a = actor

Dancing with Crime (1947) [a]

The Shop at Sly Corner (1947) [a]

Good-Time Girl (1948) [a]

Here Come the Huggetts (1948) [a]

My Sister and I (1948) [a]

Oliver Twist (1948) [a]

Penny and the Pownall Case (1948) [a]

The Calendar (1948) [a]

A Boy, a Girl and a Bike (1949) [a]

Diamond City (1949) [a]

It's Not Cricket (1949) [a]

Vote for Huggett (1949) [a]

Dance Hall (1950) [a]

Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951) [a]

Worm's Eye View (1951) [a]

My Wife's Lodger (1952) [a]

The Last Page (1952) [a]

Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? (1953) [a]

It's a Grand Life (1953) [a]

The Great Game (1953) [a]

The Saint's Return (1953) [a]

The Weak and the Wicked (1954) [a]

A Kid for Two Farthings (1955) [a]

An Alligator Named Daisy (1955) [a]

As Long as They're Happy (1955) [a]

Miss Tulip Stays the Night (1955) [a]

Value for Money (1955) [a]

Yield to the Night (1956) [a]

The Long Haul (1957) [a]

The Unholy Wife (1957) [a]

I Married a Woman (1958) [a]

La Ragazza del palio (1958) [a]

Passport to Shame (1958) [a]

Tread Softly Stranger (1958) [a]

Scent of Mystery (1960) [a]

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

On the Double (1961) [a]

Mrs. Gibbons' Boys (1962) [a]

West 11 (1963) [a]

Allez France! (1964) [a]

The Sandwich Man (1966) [a]

Berserk (1967) [a]

Danger Route (1967) [a]

Baby Love (1968) [a]

Hammerhead (1968) [a]

There's a Girl in My Soup (1970) [a]

Deep End (1971) [a]

Hannie Caulder (1971) [a]

Every Afternoon (1972) [a]

The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972) [a]

The Pied Piper (1972) [a]

From Beyond the Grave (1973) [a]

Nothing But the Night (1973) [a]

Steptoe and Son Ride Again (1973) [a]

Theatre of Blood (1973) [a]

Craze (1974) [a]

Bedtime with Rosie (1975) [a]

Champagnegalopp (1975) [a]

The Amorous Milkman (1975) [a]

Three for All (1975) [a]

Adventures of a Taxi Driver (1976) [a]

Keep It Up Downstairs (1976) [a]

Adventures of a Private Eye (1977) [a]

Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair (1979) [a]

Steaming (1985) [a]



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