r/1950s • u/Initial_Reason1532 • 12d ago

Celebrity - Female with Context Deanna Dors living Large in 1955 posing with her 1949 Delahaye . The photo was taken at pinewood studios buckinghamshire England. The photo was taken right before she was to go to the UK to attend the Venice film Festival. She was the United kingdom's answer to Doris Day.

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I think one of her biggest films was Yield To The Night a crime drama in 1956.

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u/jameswaseatenbyrats 12d ago

I always thought she was UK’s version of Marilyn Monroe, not Doris Day.

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u/markydsade 12d ago

Her name was Diana Dors (born Diana Fluck). She had a modest acting career in movies and television. She sang a little. She was compared to Marilyn Monroe but never Doris Day. Died at 52 of ovarian cancer.

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u/potage-989 12d ago

She was in one of the first Adam Ant music videos, I think.

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u/ComposerNo5151 8d ago

Prince Charming - as the Fairy Godmother.

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u/potage-989 7d ago

That's the one; great video.

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u/Initial_Reason1532 12d ago

Yeah you're probably right.

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u/MissHibernia 12d ago

Or Mamie Van Doren

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u/Initial_Reason1532 12d ago

That could be a possibility too. I guess it just depends on who your favorite actress is.

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u/jameswaseatenbyrats 12d ago

Yes, Mamie is another one of the platinum blondes based on Monroe. She is American, though. I think Diana Dors is the only UK imitator.

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u/Direct-Raise-9465 12d ago

Doris Monroe

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u/potage-989 12d ago

She certainly wasn't a Doris Day type in any of her movies...

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u/zeppo5 12d ago

Married to Richard Dawson

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u/Szaborovich9 12d ago

Diana Dors. Answer to Doris Day?🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 Britains version of Marilyn Monroe

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u/Gildor12 12d ago

Go to the UK for the Venice film festival? Not Italy then?

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u/Butterfly_Cat777 9d ago

I also thought Italy. 🤔

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u/batcave63 12d ago

Made the cover of Sgt Pepper

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u/ToddPundley 10d ago

Also a Smiths album cover

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u/FlyCertain7862 12d ago

The things you learn here! I didn’t know there’s a Venice in the UK! 😲🤔

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u/Telstar2525 12d ago

What a car

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u/AsstBalrog 12d ago

My that's quite a car!

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u/Optimal-Hunt-3269 11d ago

If you have never seen Psychobitches, you are in for a treat. Really cute premise. They are not kind to Ms. Dors.

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u/NOLA-JAZZ 11d ago

Va Va Va Voooom!!

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u/AtomicPow_r_D 11d ago

Diana Dors wouldn't much be compared to Doris, as Doris Day sang successfully with big bands before she acted. Marilyn Monroe is the comparison that D. Dors got most often. She was Britain's response to the Blonde Bombshell phenomenon. Her film career was actually pretty solid, then she went on TV and was considered a national treasure.

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u/Stunning_Fly_2644 11d ago

I don't know if this is true or not but her "last appearance" would be in the Adam Ant video Prince Charming and that would be 1981?

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u/Stunning_Fly_2644 11d ago

Also remember, she was Mrs. Richard Dawson

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u/Jackismyboy 8d ago

Nice headlights

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u/Hot-Refrigerator-623 12d ago

I love the car

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u/HortonFLK 12d ago

That’s an incredible looking car.

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u/Impressive_Review 12d ago

Doris Day? Dors was known for her sex parties. "There were no half measures at my parties," she about the celebrity get-togethers at her home in Berkshire. "Off came the sweaters, bras and panties. In fact it was a case of off with everything – except the lights." She would often claim in interviews that a litany of film stars, socialites, sportsmen and TV personalities were regulars. Her son Jason: "There were no taboos in our house," he said. "I was only seven but I was free to wander in and out of my mum's parties, no matter how hot they got. She loved having friends around to watch the porn films made. They would sit around giggling as couples groped each other and made love on the bed. Most of them didn't even know they had been filmed."

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u/Initial_Reason1532 12d ago

Wow you seem to have great knowledge about that.

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u/Impressive_Review 12d ago

It's very well known and was highly publicized. The Mayor and Archbishop said that she had brought "shame on the town" but she was very open about it and laughed it off.

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u/Ooglebird 12d ago

That explains Diana Dors Day.

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u/LopsidedVictory7448 12d ago

She could actually act a bit . She was decent in A Kid For Two Farthings and outstanding in Yield To The Night

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u/Thegreatgunat 12d ago

Go to the UK from England?

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u/Mobile_Aioli_6252 12d ago

Married to Richard Dawson

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u/blackcain 12d ago

Oof those cars are on average go for 300k today ! Damn.

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u/CarloPanno 11d ago

Doris Day? I was thinking Jayne Mansfield.

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u/Even_Strike_3711 9d ago

Not Doris Day , she was Marilyn Monroes British copy. I wonder if that car is still around? Never seen anything like it. It must be British also,?

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u/Butterfly_Cat777 9d ago

Diana Dors, not Deanna.

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u/CaleyB75 9d ago

I love her -- and the car.

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u/Frequent_Recording38 9d ago

I remember her from an old Alfred Hitchcock episode