Search a film or person :
FacebookConnectionRegistration
Doris Hare is a Actor British born on 1 march 1905 at Bargoed (United-kingdom)

Doris Hare

Doris Hare
  • Infos
  • Photos
  • Best films
  • Family
  • Characters
  • Awards
If you like this person, let us know!
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 1 march 1905 at Bargoed (United-kingdom)
Death 30 may 2000 (at 95 years) at Northwood, London (United-kingdom)
Awards Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Doris Hare, MBE (1 March 1905 – 30 May 2000) was a Welsh actress, singer, dancer and comedienne, active in New York and London, as well as Scotland, she is best known for being the second actress to portray Mrs Mabel "Mum" Butler in the popular sitcom On the Buses alongside Reg Varney.

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 Current Cash 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 Hare Braemer were also actors and performers

In 1930, the actress toured in The Show's the Thing, taking the part made famous by Gracie Fields. In 1932 she appeared in the West End in Noël Coward's show Words and Music, alongside John Mills. In 1936 she made her Broadway debut in Night Must Fall. During the war she joined Evelyn Laye to put on a revue for the troops and compered Shipmate's Ashore the BBC General Forces Programme, for the Merchant Navy, earning her the MBE in 1941.

In 1963 she joined the Royal Shakespeare Company and in 1965 joined the National Theatre at the Old Vic. She acted in plays by Shakespeare, Shaw, Pinero and Pinter.

Having turned down the role of Ena Sharples in Coronation Street in 1960, Hare did play Alice Pickens in the series during 1969. She was due to marry Albert Tatlock, but the wedding never took place.

That same year Hare came to national attention in the role of Mrs 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 recreated her small-screen role. The cast also performed a stage version of the popular series in Vancouver, 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 John Mills in a tribute to Evelyn Laye.

Hare won a Variety Club of Great Britain Special Award for her contributions to show business in 1982. She died at Denville Hall the actors retirement home in Northwood, London in 2000, aged 95.

Usually with

Monty Berman
Monty Berman
(2 films)
David Lodge
David Lodge
(4 films)
Anna Karen
Anna Karen
(3 films)
Norman Cohen
Norman Cohen
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Doris Hare (17 films)

Display filmography as list

Actress

Nuns on the Run, 1h29
Directed by Jonathan Lynn
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Themes Films about religion, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Eric Idle, Robbie Coltrane, Camille Coduri, Janet Suzman, Doris Hare, Lila Kaye
Roles Sister Mary of the Sacred Heart
Rating59% 2.9988552.9988552.9988552.9988552.998855
Two common thugs, Brian Hope (Eric Idle) and Charlie McManus (Robbie Coltrane) pull off a bank heist with their mob, but their boss is killed and replaced with a young, brash one, Mr. "Case" Casey. Disapproving of Casey's methods, Brian and Charlie wish to leave, and a corrupt auto dealer, Norm, on Casey's payroll, desiring the same, tells Casey of this. Casey has Norm killed to make an example of him, apparently intending to spare Brian and Charlie. Meanwhile, Brian meets and begins a romantic relationship with Casey's waitress Faith Thomas (Camille Coduri), a short sighted aspiring psychology student.
Confessions from a Holiday Camp, 1h28
Directed by Norman Cohen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Robin Askwith, Anthony Booth, Liz Fraser, Lance Percival, Doris Hare, Bill Maynard
Roles Mrs. Lea
Rating42% 2.117752.117752.117752.117752.11775
Timmy Lea and his brother-in-law Sidney Noggett are working as entertainment officers at Funfrall, a typical British holiday camp. The staff are lazy and inefficient, preferring to laze by the pool rather than organise activities for the holiday campers. A new owner, Mr. Whitemonk, an ex-prison officer, takes over the camp and is determined to install discipline into the staff. He is on the verge of dismissing Timmy and Sidney; however, Sidney's suggestion of organising a beauty contest changes his mind.
Holiday on the Buses, 1h25
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Reg Varney, Anna Karen, Doris Hare, Michael Robbins, Bob Grant, Stephen Lewis
Roles Mrs. Mabel Butler
Rating58% 2.922152.922152.922152.922152.92215
Three of the company's buses are wrecked due to Stan's negligent bus driving, which means Stan (Reg Varney), Jack (Bob Grant) and Inspector Blake (Stephen Lewis) are sacked. Stan and Jack get a job as bus crew at a Pontins holiday camp in Prestatyn, North Wales, only to find that Blakey has also got a job at the camp, as security inspector. Stan invites the family to stay (using his staff discount) whilst he proceeds to chat up the guests and staff. Tight fisted Arthur refuses to pay the train fare, instead relying on his ever present motorcycle and sidecar to take the Butlers to the camp. They meet Stan on the road, who accidentally forces them into a kerb causing all the luggage to land in a river and all the family's clothes are ruined.
Mutiny on the Buses, 1h25
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Reg Varney, Anna Karen, Michael Robbins, Doris Hare, Bob Grant, Stephen Lewis
Roles Stan's Mum
Rating57% 2.877262.877262.877262.877262.87726
Bus driver Stan Butler (Reg Varney) agrees to marry Susy (Janet Mahoney), much to the anguish of the rest of the family. Arthur loses his job so Stan, as the main money earner, agrees to delay the wedding while teaching Arthur to drive a bus. Meanwhile there is mutiny at the depot when the Depot Manager installs a new radio control system in all the buses (borrowing an idea previously used in the episode "Radio Control"). Jack (Bob Grant) tampers with the radio system and crosses the wires with the police frequency and several misunderstandings ensue. Blakey is then issued with a van to follow the buses around their routes, but when Stan and Jack accidentally cause a fire in the bus depot, the van is crushed between two buses in the ensuing chaos. The fire highlights the inadequacies of the depot's fire fighting equipment, which the general manager orders to be upgraded. Blakey stages a fire drill with the new equipment, but it goes spectacularly wrong when the foam machine goes out of control.
On the Buses, 1h28
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Reg Varney, Doris Hare, Anna Karen, Bob Grant, Stephen Lewis, Michael Robbins
Roles Stan's Mum
Rating60% 3.002173.002173.002173.002173.00217
Bus driver Stan (Reg Varney) cannot afford the payments on a new washing machine or other expensive items his Mum and sister have bought on hire purchase. His overtime earnings have been cut because the bus company has decided to revoke a long-standing rule and employ women bus drivers. Worried at the thought of no overtime, and therefore less wages, he joins forces with his longtime colleague Jack (Bob Grant) to sabotage the new female employees. Meanwhile, just as his sister Olive (Anna Karen) starts working in the canteen, she discovers that she's expecting a baby. A sub plot explores Olive's journey to hospital while in labour in a motorcycle side car and the domestic disturbance the baby brings. Another sub plot explores Stan and Jack's amorous adventures. Stan flees a jealous husband in his bus and demolishes a telephone kiosk and bus shelter in the process. As a result, he is forced to undertake a driving test on a bus skid pan.
A Place to Go, 1h26
Directed by Basil Dearden
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Bernard Lee, Rita Tushingham, Mike Sarne, Doris Hare, Barbara Ferris, John Slater
Roles Lil Flint
Rating64% 3.238763.238763.238763.238763.23876
Londres, dans le quartier de Bethnal Green alors en pleine reconstruction. Matt Flint a perdu son travail et est devenu un bateleur de rue. Son fils Ricky voudrait partir ailleurs mais a besoin d'argent, il accepte alors de participer à un cambriolage organisé par un ancien ami de Matt. Jim, le beau-frère de Ricky, accepte de prêter son camion pour ce vol. Au cynodrome, Ricky rencontre Cat, une amie de Charlie, un de membres du gang. Ricky et Cat se rencontrent dans un ancien abri anti-aérien. Le cambriolage échoue car Ricky n'arrive pas à matraquer un policier. Charlie se venge en mettant le feu au camion de Jim. Ricky est brûlé en tentant d'éteindre de feu et se retrouve à l'hôpital, Cat lui rend visite mais continue à voir Charlie.
The League of Gentlemen, 1h56
Directed by Basil Dearden
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Heist films
Actors Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Roger Livesey, Bryan Forbes, Richard Attenborough, Kieron Moore
Roles Molly Weaver
Rating71% 3.5970853.5970853.5970853.5970853.597085
A manhole opens at night in an empty street and out climbs Lieutenant-Colonel Norman Hyde (Jack Hawkins) in a dinner suit. He gets into a Rolls-Royce and drives home. There, he prepares seven envelopes, each containing an American crime paperback called The Golden Fleece, ten £5-notes cut in half (i.e. £50 in total with the other halves) and an unsigned invitation from “Co-operative Removals Limited” to lunch at the Cafe Royal.
Another Time, Another Place, 1h31
Directed by Lewis Allen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors Lana Turner, Barry Sullivan, Glynis Johns, Sean Connery, Terence Longdon, Raymond Burr
Roles Mrs. Bunker
Rating58% 2.903182.903182.903182.903182.90318
An American reporter, Sara Scott (Turner) is working in Europe during World War II and begins an affair with a British reporter named Mark Trevor (Connery). Sara is conflicted on whether to marry her rich boss (Sullivan) or the charming young reporter she is having an affair with. Finally, she chooses Mark, only to find that he is married and has a son. The two separate shortly thereafter, then decide to stay together and work out their problems.
Strangers' Meeting, 1h4
Directed by Robert Day
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Peter Arne, Delphi Lawrence, Conrad Phillips, Barbara Archer, Victor Maddern, Doris Hare
Roles Nellie
Rating47% 2.374492.374492.374492.374492.37449
Trapeze artist Harry is wrongly convicted of murder after his partner falls to her death. He escapes from jail and hides out in a country pub, on a mission to uncover the identity of the real killer.
No Smoking
No Smoking (1955)

Directed by Henry Cass
Actors Belinda Lee, Alexander Gauge, Ruth Trouncer, Lionel Jeffries, Arthur Young, Ronnie Stevens
Roles Customer
Rating58% 2.9267452.9267452.9267452.9267452.926745
A scientist who invents a pill that can cure smokers of their nicotine addiction faces strong opposition from both the tobacco industry and the government.
Double Exposure, 1h1
Directed by John Gilling
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors John Bentley, Rona Anderson, Garry Marsh, Ingeborg von Kusserow, John Horsley, Doris Hare
Roles Woman Police Sergeant
Rating58% 2.919542.919542.919542.919542.91954
Un détective privé est chargé de retrouver une employée disparue avec un important lot de bijoux. Son employeur vient de perdre son épouse qui s'est suicidée, mais l'enquête met en doute les circonstances du décès.
Here Come the Huggetts, 1h33
Directed by Ken Annakin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison, Jane Hylton, Susan Shaw, Petula Clark, Jimmy Hanley
Roles Mrs. Fisher
Rating61% 3.0980853.0980853.0980853.0980853.098085
La vie de famille est calme chez les Huggett, en tous cas jusqu'à ce que la jolie Diana arrive chez eux pour quelques jours.