Doris Hare
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Doris Hare | |
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Born | Doris Breamer Hare 1 March 1905 Bargoed, Wales |
Died | 30 May 2000 | (aged 95)
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Years active | 1908–1995 |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
Doris Breamer Hare MBE (1 March 1905 – 30 May 2000) was a Welsh[1] actress, comedian, singer, and dancer best known for portraying Mabel Butler in the British sitcom On the Buses and its film spin-offs, after replacing the original actress Cicely Courtneidge.[2]
Biography
Hare was born in Bargoed, Glamorgan. Her parents had a portable theatre in South Wales and it seemed inevitable that she would become a part of it, making her debut at the age of three in Queen's Evidence and appearing in juvenile troupes all over Britain as a child, before going solo as 'Little Doris Hare', appearing in music hall, variety, cabaret, revues and pantomimes. One of five, her brother, Bertie Hare and her sisters, Betty Hare and Winifred Breamer, were also actors and performers.
In 1930, the actress toured in The Show's the Thing, taking the part previously performed by
In 1958, she created the role of Grannie Tooke in the original production of
In 1963 she joined the
.She was offered the role of Ena Sharples in the serial Coronation Street in 1960, but she turned it down and it was given to Violet Carson. Hare did however play a smaller role in the series in 1968-69 as Alice Pickens, who was due to marry Albert Tatlock, but the wedding never took place.
That same year Hare came to national attention in the role of Mabel Butler in On the Buses, taking over the part from Cicely Courtneidge in the second series of the ITV comedy. The series ran until 1973 and spawned three spin-off films On the Buses (1971), Mutiny on the Buses (1972) and Holiday on the Buses (1973) in which Hare reprised her small-screen role. The cast also performed a stage version of the series in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, in 1988.
In 1974, Hare spent a year in the West End farce No Sex Please, We're British and made her final stage appearance, aged 87, at the London Palladium alongside Sir John Mills in a tribute show to Evelyn Laye.
Hare received a
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1935 | Night Mail | Uncredited | |
1935 | Jubilee Window | Uncredited | |
1935 | Opening Night | ||
1938 | Luck of the Navy | Mrs. Maybridge | |
1939 | Discoveries | Bella Brown | |
1939 | She Couldn't Say No | Amelia Reeves | |
1948 | It's Hard to Be Good | Minor Role | Uncredited |
1948 | Here Come the Huggetts | Mrs. Fisher | |
1949 | The History of Mr. Polly | May Pant | |
1950 | Dance Hall | Blonde | |
1953 | Thought to Kill | Agnes | |
1954 | Double Exposure | WPC | |
1955 | Tiger by the Tail | Nurse Brady, hospital property clerk | |
1955 | No Smoking | Customer | |
1957 | Strangers' Meeting | Nellie | |
1958 | Another Time, Another Place | Mrs. Bunker | |
1960 | The League of Gentlemen | Molly Weaver | |
1964 | A Place to Go | Lil Flint | |
1964 | Esther Waters | Mrs. Randall | 1 episode |
1969–1973 | On the Buses | Mabel "Mum" Butler | 67 episodes |
1971 | On the Buses | ||
1972 | Mutiny on the Buses | ||
1973 | Holiday on the Buses | ||
1975 | Confessions of a Pop Performer | Mrs. Lea | |
1976 | Confessions of a Driving Instructor | ||
1977 | Confessions from a Holiday Camp | ||
1980 | Why Didn't They Ask Evans? | Rose Pratt | TV movie |
1986 | Never the Twain | ||
1990 | Nuns on the Run | Sister Mary of the Sacred Heart | |
1994 | Second Best | Mrs. Hawkins | (final film role) |
References
- ^ "Welsh Greats, Series 6, Doris Hare". BBC. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ISBN 978-0-7864-1024-8.
- ^ "No. 37617". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 June 1946. p. 3133.
External links
- Doris Hare at IMDb
- A video clip of Doris Hare on her This Is Your Life on YouTube