Diana Dors

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A still of her from Yield To The Night was used as cover art for The Smiths "Singles" collection.

An image from the same film also used as a backdrop in 1992.

Another still from the same film was used as a backdrop during Sure Enough, The Telephone Rings in 2022.

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British actress.

Born: 23 October 1931 in Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK. Died: 4 May 1984 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK (aged 52).

Married to actor Alan Lake, mother of Jason Dors Lake.


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Diana Dors (born Diana Mary Fluck; 23 October 1931 – 4 May 1984) was an English actress and singer. Dors came to public notice as a blonde bombshell, much in the style of Americans Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, and Mamie Van Doren. Dors was promoted by her first husband, Dennis Hamilton, mostly in sex film-comedies and risqué modelling. After it was revealed that Hamilton had been defrauding her, she continued to play up to her established image, and she made tabloid headlines with the parties reportedly held at her house. Later, she showed talent as a performer on TV, in recordings, and in cabaret, and gained new public popularity as a regular chat-show guest. She also gave well-regarded film performances at different points in her career. According to David Thomson, "Dors represented that period between the end of the war and the coming of Lady Chatterley in paperback, a time when sexuality was naughty, repressed, and fit to burst."