Edna Doré

Acting

Born May 31, 1921, 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

• 2010Another Year — Allotment Lady
• 200944 Inch Chest — Archie's Mum
• 2009Skellig — Grace
• 2008Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special 2008 — Edna Sutcliffe
• Gavin & Stacey — Edna Sutcliffe
• 2007Stuart: A Life Backwards — Stuart's Gran
• Hotel Babylon — Dorrie Farrah
• All About George — Lily
• Doctor Who — Maeve
• Shameless — Nin
• The Paul O'Grady Show
• Eyes Down — Mary Hardcastle
• 2002All or Nothing — Martha
• tlc — Ethel
• 2001Goodbye Charlie Bright — Miss Saville
• Murder in Mind — Grandmother Kite
• 2001Weak at Denise
• 1999Tube Tales — Bag Lady (segment "My Father The Liar")
• 1998Les Misérables — Old Woman
• Our Mutual Friend — Betty Higden
• Roger Roger — May
• Midsomer Murders — Granny Brightwell
• 1997Nil by Mouth — Kath
• 1997The Canterville Ghost — Mrs. Umney
• 1996Brazen Hussies — Justin's Gran
• No Bananas — Grandma Slater
• A Year in Provence — Mrs Robinson
• Peak Practice — Maisie Jutson, Maisie Pullen
• 1993Thatcherworld — Grandma Jenkins
• 1992Trust Me — Rose
• 1991Gas and Candles — Betty
• 1989High Hopes — Mrs Bender
• Streets Apart — Gran
• The Play on One — Betty
• Casualty — Grace Harper, Joan Hughes
• King of the Ghetto — Mrs Deedes
• EastEnders — Mo Butcher
• 1985Reservations — Suzie's Maid
• The Mysteries — Mary Mother / Mrs. Noah
• The Bill
• 1982Under the Skin — Mrs. Clark
• Tenko — Edna
• 1980Pasmore — Landlady
• Terry and June — Gert
• Open All Hours — Woman Wanting Firelighters
• The Duchess of Duke Street — Mrs Bertram
• Play for Today — Mrs. Clark
• Espionage — Lavender Seller
• Outbreak of Murder
• 1961The Wind of Change
• 1960Jungle Street — Mrs. Collins
• 1960Lena, O My Lena — Second Woman
• 1959More Deadly than the Male — Ruth LeFol
• My Little Eye — Aunty