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Edna Doré
Born Edna Gorring
1922 (age 85–86)

Edna Doré (born Edna Gorring[1] in 1922) is a British actress. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Doré is one of Britain's best known senior citizen actresses. She is known for her bit-part roles in situation comedies and for playing the character of Mo Butcher in the BBC soap opera EastEnders (1988 - 1990). Maureen "Mo" Butcher was a Fictional character in the popular BBC Soap opera EastEnders. A soap opera is an ongoing episodic work of Fiction, usually broadcast on Television or Radio. EastEnders is a most popular and award-winning Television Soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC1 on 19 February 1985

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Career

She began her career as a chorus girl in ENSA, then spent twenty years in repertory theatre before becoming a member of the National Theatre for ten years. The Entertainments National Service Association, or ENSA was an organisation set up in 1939 by Basil Dean and Leslie Henson to provide entertainment For other meanings of repertory please see Repertory (disambiguation. The Royal National Theatre, located on the South Bank in the London Borough of Lambeth, England. [2] She turned to television acting in 1960 and subsequently had parts in many successful series including: Dixon of Dock Green, Doctor in the House, The Liver Birds, Terry and June, Tenko, Z Cars and Open All Hours

In 1988 she starred in Mike Leigh's award winning film, High Hopes, for which she received the award for Best Supporting Player at the 1989 European Film Awards. Dixon of Dock Green was a popular BBC television series, which ran from 1955 to 1976 and later a radio series Doctor in the House is a 1954 British Comedy Film, directed by Ralph Thomas and produced by Betty Box. The Liver Birds is a British sitcom that aired on BBC1 from 1969 to 1979 and in 1996 Terry and June is a British sitcom that aired on BBC1 from 1979 to 1987 Tenko is a television drama co-produced by the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation and the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation Z-Cars (sometimes written as Z Cars) was a British Television drama series centred on the work of beat police in the fictional Open All Hours was a BBC Sitcom written by Roy Clarke which ran for four series (26 episodes in all between 1976 and 1985 with a pilot Mike Leigh, OBE (born February 20, 1943) is an English film and theatre director screenwriter and playwright High Hopes is a 1988 film directed by Mike Leigh, focussing on an extended Working-class family living in King's Cross, The European Film Awards are presented annually by the European Film Academy to recognize excellence in European cinematic achievements [3] Here she played Mrs. Bender, who suffers from the early stages of Alzheimer's Disease. Alzheimer's disease ( AD) also called Alzheimer disease or simply Alzheimer's, is the most common form of Dementia.

In 1988 she was cast in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders, where she played Mo Butcher, the battleaxe mother of Mike Reid's character, Frank Butcher. EastEnders is a most popular and award-winning Television Soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC1 on 19 February 1985 Maureen "Mo" Butcher was a Fictional character in the popular BBC Soap opera EastEnders. This article is about the entertainer For other people named Mike Reid see Mike Reid. Francis Aloysius "Frank" Butcher was a Fictional character in the popular British Soap opera EastEnders. During her time in the show she once again received wide acclaim for her portrayal of an elderly lady's descent into Alzheimer's Disease. The story — about the effect that Alzheimer's has on the sufferer's family — had to be curtailed when Doré decided to leave the programme in 1990. The character was killed off at the end of 1992. [4]

In 1997 she played the role of Kath in the Gary Oldman award winning film Nil by Mouth. Gary Leonard Oldman (born 21 March 1958 is an English actor writer director, producer, Voice-over artist and occasional Musician who Nil by Mouth is a 1997 British Film surrounding the life of a family of characters living in South East London. Other film credits include Tube Tales (1999), Weak at Denise (2001) and All or Nothing (2002). Tube Tales is a collection of nine short stories based on the true-life experiences of London Underground passengers submitted to Time Out magazine All or Nothing is a 2002 drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh.

In recent years she has had parts in many successful television shows including: Love Hurts (1992), A Year in Provence (1993), Casualty (1993;1997), Men Behaving Badly (1997), Peak Practice (2000), Holby City (2001), Time Gentlemen Please (2000-2002), The Bill (2002;2003 & 2006), Eyes Down (2003 - 2004), Murder in Mind (2003), My Family (2004), Hotel Babylon (2006) and Doctors (2006), among others. Casualty is the longest running emergency medical Drama series in the world and the second-longest-running medical drama in the world behind America's General Men Behaving Badly is a British comedy --created and written by Simon Nye--that follows the lives of beer-guzzling flatmates Gary Strang and Tony Smart Peak Practice is a British Drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale &mdash a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Holby City, styled as HOLBY CI+Y, is a BAFTA award winning Medical drama Television serial transmitted by BBC One in the United Time Gentlemen Please is a British sitcom Commissioned by Sky One, it was primarily written by Richard Herring and Al Murray The Bill is a long-running British Television Police procedural, named after a slang term for the police. Eyes Down was a short-lived comedy starring Paul O'Grady as Ray Temple the manager of a Bingo Hall in Liverpool, England called The Rio Murder in Mind is a British Television thriller drama Anthology series of self-contained stories with a murderous theme My Family is a British sitcom that has aired on BBC One since 2000 Hotel Babylon is a BBC television drama series based on the book of the same name by Imogen Edwards-Jones, first shown in January 2006 Doctors is a British Daytime television Soap opera, which started in 2000 She also played the role of Maeve in the Doctor Who episode "Fear Her" in June 2006. Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. " Fear Her " is an episode of the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who.

In September 2006 she appeared in the BBC2 comedy sketch show That Mitchell and Webb Look and in April 2007 she appeared in a guest star role opposite David Jason in ITV's Diamond Geezer, playing the role of Violet. That Mitchell and Webb Look is a BAFTA award winning British Television Sketch show starring David Mitchell and Robert Sir David John White OBE, known by his Stage name David Jason (born 2 February 1940 is an English Actor, known Diamond Geezer 2 (Broadcast as Diamond Geezer) is a sequel to the first Diamond Geezer airing on ITV, starring David Jason.

Personal life

Doré lives in Barnes. Barnes is an affluent riverside London suburb in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. She married the stage director and writer, Alexander Doré, in 1946 in Pancras, London and remained with him until his death in 2002. St Pancras is an area of London. Historically the name has been used for various officially designated areas but today it is only an informal term and is rarely used London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. [1] Her son, Mike, owns a pub in Sussex. Sussex is a historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. [2]

Doré trained to be an actress with Anna Wing, who is famous for playing Lou Beale in EastEnders. Anna Wing (born 30 October 1914) is an English Actress. She has had a long career in Television and Theatre. Louise Ada "Lou" Beale (née Medeemey) was a Fictional character in the BBC Soap opera EastEnders. [5]

References

  1. ^ a b "DORÉ, Alexander", Film and Tv database. URL last accessed on 2006-12-15
  2. ^ a b Kingsley, Hilary (1990). Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 533 - Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of The EastEnders Handbook. This is a list of books about or relating to the British Soap opera EastEnders. BBC books. ISBN 0-563-36292-8.  
  3. ^ "European Film Awards 1989", europeanfilmacademy. org. URL last accessed on 2006-12-15
  4. ^ Brake, Colin (1995). Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 533 - Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Colin Brake (born 1963 is an English television writer and Script editor best known for his work for the BBC on programs such as Bugs EastEnders: The First 10 Years: A Celebration. This is a list of books about or relating to the British Soap opera EastEnders. BBC Books. ISBN 0-563-37057-2.  
  5. ^ "Anna Wing Interview", Walford Gzette. URL last accessed on 2006-12-15

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