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Diana Dors

(1931–84)

British actress (d. 52) | Oliver Twist (1948), The Amazing Mr Blunden (1972), Good-Time Girl (1948)

British ‘blonde bombshell’ who played good-time girls from the 1940s

Mini Biography

Dors wrote several catchpenny memoirs.

Latest Diana Dors Pictures

Photograph from Passport to Shame (1958) (1) featuring Diana Dors and Odile Versois — Passport to Shame (1958) photograph (1) | Diana Dors, Odile Versois

Poster from from Tread Softly Stranger (1958) (1). A stark drama filmed against the turbulent fiery background of steel. George Minter presents the new Diana Dors in her greatest dramatic role — Tread Softly Stranger (1958) poster (1)

Publicity shot of the sexy British actress, Diana Dors — Diana Dors, British actress, publicity shot

Main title from The Rank Charm School documentary (1982), crediting Diana Dors and Christopher Lee — The Rank Charm School opening credits – Diana Dors, Christopher Lee

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Personal Details

Born

Died

Born

Diana Dors was born in Swindon on 23^rd October, 1931.
Died

Diana Dors died in Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead on 4^th May, 1984, aged 52.

Watch Diana Dors on British television

- Value for Money (1955)
- A Yorkshire businessman determines to broaden his outlook, and falls in love with a London showgirl.
- Tomorrow at 11.55pm on Talking Pictures TV
- A Boy, a Girl and a Bike (1949)
- Romantic jealousies arise between members of a Yorkshire cycling club.
- Thursday at 9.10am on Talking Pictures TV
- The Sandwich Man (1966)
- In the course of a walking day around London, a sandwich man encounters many of his eccentric acquaintances.
- Thursday at 4.15pm on Talking Pictures TV
- The Weak and the Wicked (1954)
- Flashbacks show how various women came to find themselves in prison.
- Friday at 2.30pm on London Live
- 10^th July at 1.50pm on London Live
- Oliver Twist (1948)
- A foundling falls among thieves, but is rescued by a benevolent old gentleman.
- 10^th July at 2.40pm on Talking Pictures TV
- The Amazing Mr Blunden (1972)
- In 1918, a widow and her two children meet a kindly gentleman who offers them work in his old mansion. Here they meet two ghost children, discover that he is a ghost too, and travel a hundred years back in time to right a wrong.
- 12^th July at 8.20pm on Sky Cinema Family HD
- 13^th July at 4.35am on Sky Cinema Family HD