Britain's answer to Marilyn Monroe This tag was to hang around Diana Dors' neck during the 1950s As she would often point out that she had been working professionally a lot longer than Monroe Her first appearance was in 1946 in " The Shop at Sly Corner" while still a student at the London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art Diana like Marilyn was blonde curvy & sexy but that's where the comparison ended Her range as an actress was from comedy blondes to evil old hags & even Greek tragedy in theatre She was a real person
- with Diana what you saw was what you got But above all she was a survivor Diana was a also a talented writer compiling two autobiographies of herself as well as her three A
- Z books Diana had a prolific career encompassing theatre cabaret film & TV " Passport to Fame" is a comprehensive study of Diana's work across her 40 years of filmmaking The book is also an invaluable source of reference to the film-buff interested in the changing face of the film industry