Sandra Dorne

British actress (1924–1992)

Patrick Holt

(m. 1954⁠–⁠1992)

Sandra Dorne (born Joan Smith; 19 June 1924 – 25 December 1992) was a British actress.^[1]

Career

Also known as Sandra Holt, Dorne was often known in the 1950s as the B-film Diana Dors. As a platinum blonde, she was a regular female lead in B-films in the late 1940s and early 1950s. She trained at the Rank Organisation's "charm school". Film roles dried up as she grew older, but she still found work and acted mainly in British television, appearing in such series as Z-Cars, The Avengers and The Third Man. She also starred in Five Go Mad in Dorset, the first episode of the Comic Strip Presents... series broadcast on the opening night of Channel 4 in 1982.

Personal life

Married to the actor Patrick Holt from 1954 until her death, Dorne died on 25 December 1992 at Paddington Community Hospital, Westminster, London. The cause of death was kidney cancer.^{[citation needed]}

Partial filmography

Eyes That Kill (1947) – Joan
Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948) – (uncredited)
A Piece of Cake (1948) – Minor Role (uncredited)
Once a Jolly Swagman (1949) – Kay Fox
All Over the Town (1949) – Marlene
Marry Me! (1949) – Giggly Girl (uncredited)
Don't Ever Leave Me (1949) – Ruby Baines
Helter Skelter (1949) – Receptionist
Golden Arrow (1949) – 2nd Nightclub hostess
The Miniver Story (1950) – Girl in Tartan, VE Day pub (uncredited)
The Clouded Yellow (1950) – Kyra
Traveller's Joy (1950) – Flower Shop Assistant
Don't Say Die (1950) – Sandra
Happy Go Lovely (1951) – Betty
13 East Street (1952) – Judy
Hindle Wakes (1952) – Mary Hollins
The Yellow Balloon (1953) – Iris
Alf's Baby (1953) – Enid
The Beggar's Opera (1953) – Sukey Tawdrey
Wheel of Fate (1953) – Lucky Price
Marilyn (1953) – Marilyn Saunders
The Weak and the Wicked (1954) – Stella
The Good Die Young (1954) – Pretty Girl
Police Dog (1955) – Blonde
Alias John Preston (1955) – Sylvia – In Dream / Maria
The Gelignite Gang (1956) – Sally Morton
The Iron Petticoat (1956) – Tityana
Operation Murder (1957) – Pat Wayne
Three Sundays to Live (1957) – Ruth Chapman
Orders to Kill (1958) – Blonde with German Officer
The Bank Raiders (1958) – Della Byrne
Not a Hope in Hell (1960) – Diana Melton
The House in Marsh Road (1960) – Valerie Stockley
The Amorous Prawn (1962) – Busty Babs
The Secret Door (1964) – Sonia
Devil Doll (1964) – Magda
All Coppers Are... (1972) – Sue's mother
Joseph Andrews (1977) – Whore in Traffic Jam
The Playbirds (1978) – Dougan's Secretary
Five Go Mad in Dorset (1982, TV Series) – Aunt Fanny
Eat the Rich (1987) – Sandra (final film role)

References

^ Keaney, Michael F. (20 May 2015). British Film Noir Guide. McFarland. p. 114. ISBN 978-1-4766-0438-1.

External links

Sandra Dorne at IMDb

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