Sandra Dorne

Sandra Dorne (born Joan Smith; 19 June 1924 – 25 December 1992) was a British actress.

Career

Also known as Sandra Holt, platinum blonde Dorne trained at the Rank Organisation's "charm school", and was a regular female lead in British B-films in the late 1940s and 1950s. In later years she worked mainly in British television, appearing in such series as Z-Cars, The Avengers and The Third Man. She also starred in Five Go Mad in Dorset, the first episode of the Comic Strip Presents... series broadcast on the opening night of Channel 4 in 1982.

Personal life Married to the actor Patrick Holt from 1954 until her death, Dorne died on 25 December 1992 at Paddington Community Hospital, Westminster, London. The cause of death was kidney cancer.

Partial filmography

Eyes That Kill (1947) – Joan Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948) – (uncredited) A Piece of Cake (1948) – Minor Role (uncredited) Once a Jolly Swagman (1949) – Kay Fox All Over the Town (1949) – Marlene Marry Me! (1949) – Giggly Girl (uncredited) Don't Ever Leave Me (1949) – Ruby Baines Helter Skelter (1949) – Receptionist Golden Arrow (1949) – 2nd Nightclub hostess The Miniver Story (1950) – Girl in Tartan, VE Day pub (uncredited) The Clouded Yellow (1950) – Kyra Traveller's Joy (1950) – Flower Shop Assistant Don't Say Die (1950) – Sandra Happy Go Lovely (1951) – Betty 13 East Street (1952) – Judy Hindle Wakes (1952) – Mary Hollins The Yellow Balloon (1953) – Iris Alf's Baby (1953) – Enid The Beggar's Opera (1953) – Sukey Tawdrey Wheel of Fate (1953) – Lucky Price Marilyn (1953) – Marilyn Saunders The Weak and the Wicked (1954) – Stella The Good Die Young (1954) – Pretty Girl Police Dog (1955) – Blonde Alias John Preston (1955) – Sylvia – In Dream / Maria The Gelignite Gang (1956) – Sally Morton The Iron Petticoat (1956) – Tityana Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1956,TV series - The Deadly Gift) - Rosie Operation Murder (1957) – Pat Wayne Three Sundays to Live (1957) – Ruth Chapman Orders to Kill (1958) – Blonde with German Officer The Bank Raiders (1958) – Della Byrne Not a Hope in Hell (1960) – Diana Melton The House in Marsh Road (1960) – Valerie Stockley The Amorous Prawn (1962) – Busty Babs The Secret Door (1964) – Sonia Devil Doll (1964) – Magda All Coppers Are... (1972) – Sue's mother Joseph Andrews (1977) – Whore in Traffic Jam The Playbirds (1978) – Dougan's Secretary Five Go Mad in Dorset (1982, TV Series) – Aunt Fanny Eat the Rich (1987) – Sandra (final film role)