Edna Dore dies at 92 She worked with Mike Leigh three times, taking roles in his 2002 film All or Nothing and 2010s Another Year and famously 1988s High Hopes. As well as Gary Oldmans Nil By Mouth, Dores other film appearances included Les Miserables (1998), Tube Tales (1999), Goodbye Charlie Bright (2001) and Ray Winstone drama 44 Inch Chest (2009). She became familiar in the late 1980s in Eastenders playing Mo Butcher from 1988 - 90. Writing in The Guardian, Mike Leigh said the actress swore like a trooper, smoked like a chimney... and didnt suffer fools. She initially approached the rehearsals for High Hopes with a healthy scepticism, but once she trusted having no script, improvising in character, and me, she entered into the spirit of the thing with unbounded enthusiasm, even playing some scenes with her teeth out. She was very funny - her filthy jokes were legendary. We will all miss her no-nonsense wit, her generosity, and, above all, her uniquely truthful acting. Dores appearance in EastEnders coincided with her performance in Leighs High Hopes, for which she was named best supporting actor at the European Film Awards. At the ceremony in Paris, the actress, whose name was spelt with an acute accent over the letter e, was called to the stage as Edna Door. As she left clutching her prize she muttered: Youd think that at least in Paris theyd pronounce my bloody name right. bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27023783
Posted on: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 20:50:03 +0000
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