Born Diana Mary Fluck

23 October 1931
Swindon, Wiltshire, England
Died 4 May 1984 (aged 52)
Windsor, Berkshire, England
Resting place Sunningdale Catholic Cemetery

Other names Diana d’Ors
The Siren of Swindon
The Hurricane in Mink
The Blonde Bombshell
Education Colville House, Swindon
Alma mater London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art

Occupations

ActressTV personality singer

Years active 1947–1984
Spouses

Dennis Hamilton
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(m. 1951; died 1959)​

Richard Dawson
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(m. 1959; div. 1966)​

Alan Lake
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(m. 1968)​
Children 3, including Mark Dawson

Dors came to public notice as a blonde bombshell, much in the style of Americans Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, and Mamie Van Doren. Dors was promoted by her first husband, Dennis Hamilton, mostly in sex film comedies and risqué modelling. After it was revealed that Hamilton had been defrauding her, she continued to play up to her established image and made tabloid headlines with the parties reportedly held at her house. Later, she showed talent as a performer on TV, in recordings, and in cabaret, gaining new public popularity as a regular chat-show guest. She also gave well-regarded film performances at different points in her career.

According to David Thomson, “Dors represented that period between the end of the war and the coming of Lady Chatterley in paperback, a time when sexuality was naughty, repressed, and fit to burst.”