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Children: 3 (2 adopted) Dora May Broadbent, OBE (7 February 1923 – 23 July 2014), known as Dora Bryan, was a British actress of stage, film and television.
Jul 23, 2014 · Her adopted daughter Georgina died from alcoholism, her son Daniel endured a debilitating illness and she herself experienced alcoholism.
Jul 23, 2014 · She suffered two nervous breakdowns, her adopted daughter Georgina died from alcoholism and her husband, cricketer Bill Lawton, died from Alzheimer's in 2008. She was also afflicted by short-term...
Jul 24, 2014 · It seemed that Bryan was unable to have children, and they adopted a son, Daniel, and a daughter, Georgina, then in her late thirties she bore a child, William.
She suffered a third miscarriage and in 1980 and was hospitalised again for depression and alcohol dependency. She did bear one biological child, William Lawton, after she and her husband had adopted two children: Daniel and Georgina. Daniel had one son (Samuel) and William had one son (Nathaniel).
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Jul 23, 2014 · Her autobiography, According To Dora, was published in 1987. Her husband Bill Lawton died in 2008, and she is survived by their son and their adopted son. Dora Bryan, born February 7 1923,...
She did bear one biological child, William Lawton, after she and her husband had adopted two children: Daniel and Georgina. Daniel had one son (Samuel) and William had one son (Nathaniel). Georgina Lawton died from alcoholism at the age of only 36.