Diana Dors: Film Star and Actor

Martin Shingler

Diana Dors

Film Star and Actor

Diana Dors became one of Britain's most successful sex symbols in the 1950s and remained a major celebrity until her death in 1984. This book examines both her acting method and her celebrity. It provides a detailed analysis of Dors' performance in a number of her films from across different periods of her career, investigating her versatility by paying close attention to her voice, facial expressions and looks, body poses and gestures in specific moments from her movies. It also discusses the performance of gender and age, as well as considering her later role as a gay icon.

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Film Star and Actor

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-v

List of figures
pp vi-vi

Acknowledgements
pp vii-viii

Preface
pp ix-xii

Introduction
pp 1-10

Part one - Stardom and celebrity
pp 11-12

1 - Bright (1946–9)
pp 13-30

2 - Blonde (1950–6)
pp 31-50

3 - Bold (July to November 1956)
pp 51-67

4 - Brazen (1956–85)
pp 68-86

Part two - Acting and performance
pp 87-88

5 - Pseudo-star acting in Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? (1953)
pp 89-98

6 - A marriage of method and style in The Unholy Wife (1957)
pp 99-108

7 - Exploiting her nascent has-been status in Berserk! (1967)
pp 109-117

8 - Popping in and out as a virtuosic guest star in The Pied Piper (1972)
pp 118-127

9 - Perfect when poised in Steaming (1985)
pp 128-137

Conclusion: A dubiously Dorsian conclusion
pp 138-151

Bibliography
pp 152-155

Filmography
pp 156-158

Index
pp 159-164

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