Edna Doré
Born Edna Lillian Gorring on May 31, 1921 in Bromely, Kent Edna Doré was an actress, best known for playing the battleaxe Mo Butcher in EastEnders from 1988 to 1990 and for the films Les Misérables (1998), and the Mike Leigh films Another Year, All or Nothing and High Hopes, the latter saw her receive the award for Best Supporting Player at the 1989 European Film Awards. She was married to Alexander Doré. She died on April 11, 2014 in Sussex, England at the age of 92.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 2.905 |
Birthday | 1921-05-31 |
Place of Birth | Bromley, Kent, England |
Also Known As |
1997
Nil by Mouth
6.9/131
The family of Raymond, his wife Val and her brother Billy live in working-class London district. Also in their family is Val and Billy's mother Janet...
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Nil by Mouth
2001
Weak at Denise
2.5/1
Colin (Bill Thomas) flies remote-controlled model aeroplanes and plods away as a bureaucrat in a local benefit office. A confirmed failure in all roma...
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Weak at Denise
2002
All or Nothing
7.031/146
Penny works at a supermarket and Phil is a gentle taxi-driver. Penny’s love for Phil has run dry and they lead joyless lives with their two children,...
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All or Nothing
1992
Trust Me
0/0
Harry plays hoaxes on gullible tabloid journalists. But when he gets ambitious and tries to sell the faked memoirs of a contract killer to a publisher...
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Trust Me
2009
Skellig
6.1/35
An ordinary boy named Michael is going through some extraordinary changes in his life. His family has just moved into an unfamiliar house, and his bra...
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Skellig
1989
High Hopes
7.1/85
Slice-of-life look at a sweet working-class couple in London, Shirley and Cyril, his mother, who's aging quickly and becoming forgetful, mum's ghastly...
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High Hopes
1960
Lena, O My Lena
0/0
Tom, a sensitive Liverpool student, takes a job on a loading dock in a Lancashire factory town. He's smitten with a girl named Lena who works in a mac...
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Lena, O My Lena
2008
Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special 2008
9/2
As Nessa and the Wests head to Essex to spend Christmas with the Shipmans, Gavin and Stacey have a startling announcement to make.
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Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special 2008
1960
Jungle Street
0/0
In this crime drama, a mugger accidently kills a man during a robbery and finds himself blackmailed into cracking a nightclub safe. The mugger escapes...
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Jungle Street
1998
Les Misérables
7.2/618
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both me...
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Les Misérables
2009
44 Inch Chest
5.5/103
Colin is in agony, shattered by his wife’s infidelity, so his friends kidnap the wife's lover so he can have his revenge.
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44 Inch Chest
1999
Tube Tales
5.313/16
Nine short stories based on the true experiences of London Underground passengers: "Mr. Cool" (Amy Jenkins, dir.); "Horny" (Stephen Hopkins); "Grassho...
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Tube Tales
1997
The Canterville Ghost
0/0
'The Canterville Ghost' is one of the most popular choice for making a film in Oscar Wilde's works, and the original short story deserves the populari...
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The Canterville Ghost
1959
More Deadly than the Male
0/0
An American in London kills the husband of a woman he covets. She returns the favor by killing his fiancée.
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More Deadly than the Male
1961
The Wind of Change
0/0
Taking its title from Harold Macmillan's widely-reported Cape Town speech about the process of decolonisation in Africa, The Wind of Change showed the...
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The Wind of Change
1986
King of the Ghetto
6/1
An idealistic former soldier helps unite and house ethnic minorities in a run down area of London's east end
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King of the Ghetto
2007
Stuart: A Life Backwards
7.4/184
Story about the remarkable friendship between a reclusive writer and illustrator and a chaotic homeless man, whom he gets to know during a campaign to...
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Stuart: A Life Backwards
1991
Gas and Candles
0/0
Black comedy play about two pensioners struggling to manage on an old-age pension and living in a high-rise block of flats.
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Gas and Candles
1996
Brazen Hussies
3.3/3
After meeting her old school friend Sandra Delaney, who now works as a stripper, pub owner Maureen Hardcastle decides to spice up her flagging busines...
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Brazen Hussies
2010
Another Year
6.986/386
During a year, a very content couple approaching retirement are visited by friends and family less happy with their lives.
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Another Year
2001
Goodbye Charlie Bright
6.2/22
Following Charlie Bright and his friends over one hot summer on the South London housing estate where they live. With Tommy about to join the army and...
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Goodbye Charlie Bright
1980
Pasmore
0/0
Colin Pasmore tests his strength against his family ties but finds them stronger than he ever imagined.
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Pasmore
1982
Under the Skin
0/0
"When you get to a man in the case, they're like as a row of pins - For the colonel's lady an' Judy O'Grady are sisters under their skins." - Kipling....
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