Diana Dors

Diana Dors (23 October 1931 – 4 May 1984) was an English actress and sex symbol. She was born Diana Mary Fluck in Swindon, England, and was educated at Colville House in Swindon. She was considered the English equivalent of the blonde bombshells of Hollywood.
Diana Dors studied at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and aged 16 was under contract to the Rank Organisation, appearing in many of their films. It appears that from a certain period, her appearance became markedly similar to Marilyn Monroe's. She often played characters suffering from unrequited love, perhaps an unfortunate parallel to her private life. By the mid 1950s Diana was known as "the English Marilyn Monroe." She also had significant acting ability, which was destined never to be fully utilised (most of her later work is made up of sex-themed comedies that featured scenes near to soft-core pornography). Her success was such that, aged 20, she was the youngest registered owner of a Rolls Royce in the UK. According to film buffs, her best work as an actress was when she played a murderess in the 1956 film "Yield to the Night". She was also willing to play repulsive characters in films such as The Amazing Mr. Blunden, The Unholy Wife, and Timon of Athens. Dors never had quite the same following in the United States, but recently has made a comeback due to her films having been shown on classic movie channels such as Turner Classic Movies. She also worked under the name of Diana d'Ors. During the summer of 1961, she taped The Sorceror's Apprentice (based on Robert Bloch's story "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" for Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and which co-starred Brandon De Wilde) that was so grisly, it was barred from airing and not released for many decades.

• Born Diana Mary Fluck in Swindon, Wiltshire, England
  
• Died in Windsor, Berkshire, England
  
• Years active 1947–1984
  
• Spouses Dennis Hamilton (1951-1959) (his death)
  
• Richard Dawson (1959-1966) (divorced) 2 children
  
• Alan Lake (1968-1984) (her death) 1 child

Information from Wikipedia