Actress Diane Dors: biography, movies, personal life

Who is Diane Dors? How successful was her career in cinema? In which films was the actress starred? What is known about her personal life? The answers to these and other questions can be found in our material.

early years

Diane Dors, photo of which is presented in the article, was born on October 23, 1931 in a provincial English town called Swindon. From an early age, the girl began to show artistic ability. Noticing the talents of her daughter, her parents sent our heroine to study at the London Academy of Dramatic Art. It was here that the first stage tests for the beginning actress were held.

Already at the age of 16, Diana Dors signed a professional contract with the producer company Rank Organization, which was engaged in the search for young talents for filming in the cinema. From that moment on, for the cute and charming girl, intense shooting began in numerous paintings, most of which were not successful at the box office. The young actress appeared on wide screens mainly in the images of unhappy girls who did not succeed in their personal lives.

The first successful role

By the age of majority on the account of Diana Dors, whose biography is considered in our material, the shooting was already in five films. The work of the beginning actress in such films as Penny and the Pownall Case, The Calendar, My Sister and I, Here Come the Huggetts and Good-time girl, was a failure.

In 1948, the actress was approved for the role in the film "Oliver Twist" by the famous British director David Lyn. In the film adaptation of the cult novel by Charles Dickens, the actress got the image of a girl named Charlotte. Shortly after the premiere, the tape hit the rotation of the Venice Film Festival, and a year later was nominated for a BAFTA award. For participation in the shooting, Diana Dors did not receive any awards. However, after the successful launch of the tape at the box office, our heroine became quite a recognizable actress.

The starry hour of the actress

To this day, the most successful work of Diana Dors in the cinema is the motion picture "Blond Sinner", which appeared on wide screens in 1956. In the film, the actress got the lead role of a girl named Mary Hilton. The heroine of the picture commits a premeditated murder, after which it appears on the death row. A beautiful young girl is given several weeks to challenge the verdict. Hoping for pardon, Mary recalls the events that led her to conclusion. One by one, fly away from the pages of the wall calendar, which brings the heroine closer to the day of death.

After participating in the shooting of a successful painting, Diana Dors began to be called the British Marilyn Monroe. Indeed, if you look at the image of the actress in the film, you can find many similarities between these individuals. Over the next decade, the actress was at the peak of her popularity. She actively participated in photography for fashion magazines, acting as a pin-up model. Postcards and posters with her image have become popular, especially among men.

Diane Dors: movies

During her career, the actress starred in more than six dozen films. Most of them did not have success with a wide audience. Probably, it makes no sense to list the works of the artist. Let's note only the most successful films with her participation:

• "Oliver Twist" (1948).
• "Guy, Girl and Motorcycle" (1949).
• "Dance Hall" (1950).
• "This is a great life" (1953).
• "Blond Sinner" (1956).
• "The long road" (1957).
• "Passport of Shame" (1958).
• "Outbreaks" (1962).
• "This is Tommy Cooper" (1969).
• "Depth" (1971).
• "Two Ronnie" (1971).
• "The Amazing Mr. Blunden" (1972).
• "Thriller" (1973).
• "Dick Turpin" (1979).
• "House of Horrors Hammer" (1980).
• "Timon of Athens" (1981).

Personal life

The first husband of Diana Dors was the talent search agent Dennis Hamilton. With him, the actress linked fate in 1951. Her husband spun in criminal circles. It was he who introduced his wife to the famous gangsters - twins Cray. Hamilton had a negative impact on the young wife, than in fact destroyed her prospects to star in Hollywood. After a whole series of mutual incriminations in infidelity, Dennis and Diana decided to dissolve the marriage.

In 1959, the actress again married. The wife of the actress was the popular comedian Richard Dawson. Diana found this man a suitable partner for life and gave birth to him two boys. The celebrity alliance came to an end in 1966, it happened after the participation of Dors in several sexual scandals.

Several years passed, and Diana had a romantic relationship with the actor Alan Lake. Lovers got married, and after a while a boy appeared, which the artists called Jason. The actress planned to live with this man a long and happy life. However, at the age of 52, she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Soon the actress died, and six months after the funeral, her lover Alan Lake did not endure tragedy and committed suicide.

After the death of the actress, there were rumors that she managed to hide in a secluded place a fortune of several million pounds. Shortly before her death, Diana handed her son a note that contained a certain code, presumably, to a bank account. The key to the secret code was known to her husband Alan. However, the money was never found, because the husband of the actress decided to take the mystery with him to the grave.