Diana d'Ors The Siren of Swindon The Hurricane in Mink The Blonde Bombshell
Education
Colville House, Swindon
Alma mater
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Occupations
Actress
TV personality
singer
Years active
1947–1984
Spouses
Dennis Hamilton
(m. 1951; died 1959)
Richard Dawson
(m. 1959; div. 1966)
Alan Lake
(m. 1968)
Children
3, including Mark Dawson
Diana Dors (born Diana Mary Fluck; 23 October 1931 – 4 May 1984) was an English actress and singer.
Dors came to public notice as a blonde bombshell, much in the style of Americans Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, and Mamie Van Doren. Dors was promoted by her first husband, Dennis Hamilton, mostly in sex film-comedies and risqué modelling. After it was revealed that Hamilton had been defrauding her, she continued to play up to her established image, and she made tabloid headlines with the parties reportedly held at her house. Later, she showed talent as a performer on TV, in recordings, and in cabaret, and gained new public popularity as a regular chat-show guest. She also gave well-regarded film performances at different points in her career.
According to David Thomson, "Dors represented that period between the end of the war and the coming of Lady Chatterley in paperback, a time when sexuality was naughty, repressed, and fit to burst."[1]
^Thomson, David (16 May 2004). "Film Studies: She could have been a contender. She could have been Sybil Fawlty...". The Independent on Sunday. London (UK). p. 13.
DianaDors (born Diana Mary Fluck; 23 October 1931 – 4 May 1984) was an English actress and singer. Dors came to public notice as a blonde bombshell, much...
1956 British crime drama film directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring DianaDors. The film is based on the 1954 novel of the same name by Joan Henry. The...
husband of the actress DianaDors, whom he met on the set of the 1968 television series The Inquisitors. He was initially not keen on Dors; his reaction on...
first son of the actor and game show host Richard Dawson and the actress DianaDors. A young Dawson appeared with his father on a few early episodes of Family...
directed by Hal Kanter, written by Goodman Ace, and starring George Gobel, DianaDors, and Adolphe Menjou. The picture was produced by Gobel's company, Gomalco...
Commonwealth artists." In 1958, Emm appeared alongside his future wife, DianaDors, on BBC TV's A to Z: D, a programme featuring entertainers with names...
concerns a femme fatale named Phyllis (DianaDors) who tells her sordid story from her prison cell in flashback. Dors later said the film "wasn't good. They...
novel Who Lie in Gaol by his wife, Joan Henry, starring Glynis Johns and DianaDors. Based on a best-selling book and prison experiences of author Joan Henry...
British sex comedy film directed by Derren Nesbitt and starring Julie Ege, DianaDors and Brendan Price. It was written by Nesbitt based on his 1973 novel of...
and death of actress DianaDors. It was produced by LWT for ITV, and first shown on 26 and 27 April 1999. Keeley Hawes played Dors during her early career...
The DianaDors Show was a British variety-comedy television show that ran from 1959 to 1961. It starred DianaDors and her then-husband Richard Dawson...
Becker and starring Ole Søltoft, Sue Longhurst, Malou Cartwright and DianaDors. It is known by several alternative titles including A Man with a Maid...
1954. He wanted DianaDors, Janette Scott and Kenneth Moore to star. Filming took place at Pinewood Studios in May 1955. It was Dors' third movie with...
directed by Terence Fisher, starring George Brent, Marguerite Chapman and DianaDors. The film was also known as Murder in Safety and Blonde Blackmail. The...
two part mini-series by Robert Bierman, based on the life of actress DianaDors Blonde Bombshell (novel), a 2010 novel by Tom Holt A beer from The Old...
Three), is a 1958 British drama film directed by Alvin Rakoff and starring DianaDors and Herbert Lom. It was written by Patrick Alexander. A young French woman...
Christopher Lee as Colonel Charles Bingham Peter Cushing as Sir Mark Ashley DianaDors as Anna Harb Georgia Brown as Joan Foster Keith Barron as Dr. Haynes Gwyneth...
daughters quickly find a lot more use for it. Diana, a flighty cousin of Ethel's (played by a 16-year-old DianaDors), arrives for a not-very-welcome visit and...
and starring Alan Lake, Glynn Edwards, Mary Millington, Bernie Winters, DianaDors and Anthony Booth. The film was not part of the Confessions series of...
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