Sandra Dorne
Sandra Dorne was a British actress.
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.
Partial filmography
Eyes That Kill – JoanSaraband for Dead Lovers – A Piece of Cake – Minor Role Once a Jolly Swagman – Kay FoxAll Over the Town – MarleneMarry Me! – Giggly Girl Don't Ever Leave Me – Ruby BainesHelter Skelter – ReceptionistGolden Arrow – 2nd Nightclub hostessThe Miniver Story – Girl in Tartan, VE Day pub The Clouded Yellow – KyraTraveller's Joy – Flower Shop AssistantDon't Say Die – SandraHappy Go Lovely – Betty13 East Street – JudyHindle Wakes – Mary HollinsThe Yellow Balloon – IrisAlf's Baby – EnidThe Beggar's Opera – Sukey TawdreyWheel of Fate – Lucky PriceMarilyn – Marilyn SaundersThe Weak and the Wicked – StellaThe Good Die Young – Pretty GirlPolice Dog – BlondeAlias John Preston – Sylvia – In Dream / MariaThe Gelignite Gang – Sally MortonThe Iron Petticoat – TityanaColonel March of Scotland Yard - RosieOperation Murder – Pat WayneThree Sundays to Live – Ruth ChapmanOrders to Kill – Blonde with German OfficerThe Bank Raiders – Della ByrneNot a Hope in Hell – Diana MeltonThe House in Marsh Road – Valerie StockleyThe Amorous Prawn – Busty BabsThe Secret Door – SoniaDevil Doll – MagdaAll Coppers Are... – Sue's motherJoseph Andrews – Whore in Traffic JamThe Playbirds – Dougan's SecretaryFive Go Mad in Dorset – Aunt FannyEat the Rich – Sandra