Edna Doré was a British actress. Doré began her career as a chorus girl in ENSA, before joining the wartime company of Phyllis Dixey at the Whitehall Theatre as a dancer. She later spent seventeen years in repertory theatre before becoming a member of the National Theatre for ten years, especially remembered for her roles in productions directed by Bill Brydensuch as The Mysteries.
In 1988 she starred in Mike Leigh's award winning film High Hopes, for which she received the award for Best Supporting Player at the 1989 European Film Awards. Other film credits include Tube Tales (1999), Weak at Denise (2001) and All or Nothing (2002).
IDoré was also a radio actor and has appeared in a BBC Radio 4 Play of the day "Bringing Eddie Home" by John Peacock, based on a true story of the fight by Eastend couple Edna and Jack Wallace to get their son's body brought home from Aden, and the ensuing fight for the rights of British service personnel. In February and March 1998, she appeared in the BBC Radio 4 series Paradise Lost in Cyberspace.
