Edna Doré

Edna Doré

Birthday: 1921-05-31

Place of Birth: Bromley, Kent, England

Biography: 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.

Movies

Nil by Mouth
Nil by Mouth

The family of Raymond, his wife Val and her brother Billy live in working-class London district. Als...

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Weak at Denise
Weak at Denise

Colin (Bill Thomas) flies remote-controlled model aeroplanes and plods away as a bureaucrat in a loc...

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All or Nothing
All or Nothing

Penny works at a supermarket and Phil is a gentle taxi-driver. Penny’s love for Phil has run dry and...

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Trust Me
Trust Me

Harry plays hoaxes on gullible tabloid journalists. But when he gets ambitious and tries to sell the...

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Skellig
Skellig

An ordinary boy named Michael is going through some extraordinary changes in his life. His family ha...

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High Hopes
High Hopes

Slice-of-life look at a sweet working-class couple in London, Shirley and Cyril, his mother, who's a...

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Lena, O My Lena
Lena, O My Lena

Tom, a sensitive Liverpool student, takes a job on a loading dock in a Lancashire factory town. He's...

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Jungle Street
Jungle Street

In this crime drama, a mugger accidently kills a man during a robbery and finds himself blackmailed ...

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Les Misérables
Les Misérables

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless po...

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44 Inch Chest
44 Inch Chest

Colin is in agony, shattered by his wife’s infidelity, so his friends kidnap the wife's lover so he ...

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Tube Tales
Tube Tales

Nine short stories based on the true experiences of London Underground passengers: "Mr. Cool" (Amy J...

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The Canterville Ghost
The Canterville Ghost

'The Canterville Ghost' is one of the most popular choice for making a film in Oscar Wilde's works, ...

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More Deadly than the Male
More Deadly than the Male

An American in London kills the husband of a woman he covets. She returns the favor by killing his f...

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The Wind of Change
The Wind of Change

Taking its title from Harold Macmillan's widely-reported Cape Town speech about the process of decol...

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King of the Ghetto
King of the Ghetto

An idealistic former soldier helps unite and house ethnic minorities in a run down area of London's ...

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Stuart: A Life Backwards
Stuart: A Life Backwards

Story about the remarkable friendship between a reclusive writer and illustrator and a chaotic homel...

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Gas and Candles
Gas and Candles

Black comedy play about two pensioners struggling to manage on an old-age pension and living in a hi...

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Brazen Hussies
Brazen Hussies

After meeting her old school friend Sandra Delaney, who now works as a stripper, pub owner Maureen H...

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Another Year
Another Year

During a year, a very content couple approaching retirement are visited by friends and family less h...

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Goodbye Charlie Bright
Goodbye Charlie Bright

Following Charlie Bright and his friends over one hot summer on the South London housing estate wher...

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Pasmore
Pasmore

Colin Pasmore tests his strength against his family ties but finds them stronger than he ever imagin...

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Under the Skin
Under the Skin

"When you get to a man in the case, they're like as a row of pins - For the colonel's lady an' Judy ...

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Reservations
Reservations

Linda: When are we going? Gary: Next Friday. Linda: Have you booked? Gary: It's called making a res...

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My Little Eye
My Little Eye

The discovery of the world by a young boy singing "I spy with my little eye something beginning with...

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