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Edna Doré

Edna Doré

Born: 1921-05-31 • Bromley, Kent, England

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.

Filmography
Another Year poster
Another Year
2010 • Allotment Lady
44 Inch Chest poster
44 Inch Chest
2009 • Archie's Mum
Skellig poster
Skellig
2009 • Grace
Stuart: A Life Backwards poster
Stuart: A Life Backwards
2007 • Stuart's Gran
All About George poster
All About George
2005 • Lily
All or Nothing poster
All or Nothing
2002 • Martha
No Image
Weak at Denise
2001
Goodbye Charlie Bright poster
Goodbye Charlie Bright
2001 • Miss Saville
Tube Tales poster
Tube Tales
1999 • Bag Lady (segment "My Father The Liar")
Les Misérables poster
Les Misérables
1998 • Old Woman
The Canterville Ghost poster
The Canterville Ghost
1997 • Mrs. Umney
Nil by Mouth poster
Nil by Mouth
1997 • Kath
Brazen Hussies poster
Brazen Hussies
1996 • Justin's Gran
Trust Me poster
Trust Me
1992 • Rose
Gas and Candles poster
Gas and Candles
1991 • Betty
High Hopes poster
High Hopes
1989 • Mrs Bender
King of the Ghetto poster
King of the Ghetto
1986 • Mrs Deedes
Reservations poster
Reservations
1985 • Suzie's Maid
Under the Skin poster
Under the Skin
1982 • Mrs. Clark
Pasmore poster
Pasmore
1980 • Landlady
The Wind of Change poster
The Wind of Change
1961
Lena, O My Lena poster
Lena, O My Lena
1960 • Second Woman
Jungle Street poster
Jungle Street
1960 • Mrs. Collins
More Deadly than the Male poster
More Deadly than the Male
1959 • Ruth LeFol
No Image
My Little Eye
— • Aunty