Diana Dors (at birth, Diana Mary Flack , Diana Dors, Diana Mary Fluck ; October 23, 1931 - May 4, 1984 ) - British actress and singer.
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Diana Dors in the movie " I Married a Woman " (1958) | |
| Birth name | Diana Mary Flack |
| Date of Birth | |
| Place of Birth | Swindon , Wiltshire, England |
| Date of death | |
| Place of death | Windsor , Berkshire, England |
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| Profession | actress singer |
| Career | 1948-1984 |
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Biography
Diana Mary Flack was born on October 23, 1931 in the English city of Swindon in Wiltshire. Graduated from the London Academy of Music and Drama . At the age of 16, he signs a contract with the movie company Rank Organization .
Between the late 1940s and the early 1980s, Diana Dors starred in dozens of films of mostly British production.
In 1981, starred in the video "Prince Charming" of the English rock band " Adam and the Ants ". Since 1983 appears in the morning TV show "TV-am".
On May 4, 1984, an English actress dies of ovarian cancer.
Personal life
For the first time, Diana Dors married in 1951 to Dennis Hamilton. It is believed that through him the actress maintained a close friendship with the gangsters of the Cray twins . Dennis Hamilton dies in 1959.
After the death of her first husband in the same year in New York, she enters into a second marriage with American actor Richard Dawson . In this marriage, the couple had two sons, Mark and Gary Dawson. In 1966, Diana and Richard divorced.
Two years later, the third husband of Diana becomes the English actor Alan Lake with whom she will live in the village of Sunningdale in Berkshire until her death in 1984. With Alan, Diana's son Jason is born.
English showman Bob Monkhouse claimed to be Diana’s lover. [4]
Interesting Facts
In 1948, one of the fans gave Diana, a seventeen-year-old, a Delahaye 175S car with a custom-made roadster from the famous Parisian atelier Saoutchik [5] .
Diana is featured on the cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ”(1967) of the group“ The Beatles ”and the collection“ Singles ”of the group“ The Smiths ”(1995).
The role of Diana in the biographical television movie "The Blonde Bombshell" (1999) was played by English actresses Keely Howes and Amanda Redman .
The first and third marriages of the actress were in the same place - the Kekston Hall building at the intersection of Palmer and Kekston streets in Westminster .
Filmography
- Penny and the Pownall Case (1948)
- My Sister and I (1948)
- Here Come the Huggetts (1948)
- The Calendar (1948)
- Oliver Twist (1948)
- Good-Time Girl (1948)
- Vote for Huggett (1949)
- It's Not Cricket (1949)
- Diamond City (1949)
- Dance Hall (1950)
- Worm's Eye View (1951)
- Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951)
- The Last Page (1952; AKA Man Bait )
- My Wife's Lodger (1952)
- The Great Game (1953)
- Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? (1953)
- The Saint's Return (1953)
- It's a Grand Life (1953)
- The Weak and the Wicked (1954)
- Value for Money (1955)
- Miss Tulip Stays the Night (1955)
- An Alligator Named Daisy (1955)
- A Kid for Two Farthings (1955)
- As Long as They're Happy (1955)
- Yield to the Night (1956)
- The Unholy Wife (1957)
- The Long Haul (1957)
- Tread Softly Stranger (1958)
- The Love Specialist (1958) (or La ragazza del palio )
- Passport to Shame (1958)
- I Married a Woman (1958)
- The smell of mystery (1960) (also known as Vacation in Spain )
- On the Double (1961)
- The Big Bankroll (1961)
- Mrs. Gibbons' Boys (1962)
- West 11 (1963)
- The Counterfeit Constable (1964)
- Allez France! (1964) (at the Soviet box office Forward, France!, Cameo)
- The Sandwich Man (1966)
- Berserk! (1967)
- Danger Route (1967)
- Baby Love (1968)
- Hammerhead (1968)
- Deep End (1970)
- There's a Girl in My Soup (1970)
- Hannie Caulder (1971)
- The Pied Piper (1972)
- Nothing But the Night (1973)
- The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972)
- Steptoe and Son Ride Again (1973)
- Theater of Blood (1973)
- From Beyond the Grave (1973)
- Craze (1974)
- The Amorous Milkman (1975)
- Bedtime with Rosie (1975)
- What the Swedish Butler Saw (1975) (also A Man with a Maid or Champagnegalopp )
- Adventures of a Taxi Driver (1976)
- Keep It Up Downstairs (1976)
- Adventures of a Private Eye (1977)
- Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair (1979)
- Steaming (1984)
TV roles
- 1963: in the episode "Run For Doom" of the television series " Alfred Hitchcock Presents ."
- 1981: in the role of Timandra in the production of Shakespeare's play Timon of Athens .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 118526928 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ 1 2 BNF identifier : Open Data Platform 2011.
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ Interview at Guardians
- ↑ Diana Dors sports car fetches $ 3m at auction