A white postcard signed in person by Dora Bryan (1923 - 2014), the English stage and film comedienne from Lancashire, who started out in the Oldham Repertory theatre company, then moved to London to develop her stage career. Instantly recognisable from her voice, which became a trademark of her performances, Bryan followed many of her theatre contemporaries into film acting, generally playing supporting roles. She made something of a speciality of warm-hearted tarts, in films such as Ealing's The Blue Lamp (1950), Gift Horse (1952), The Cockleshell Heroes (1955), The Green Man (1956) and Carry On Sergeant (1958). In the 1960s she appeared in A Taste of Honey (1961), which won her a BAFTA for Best Actress. In 1963, she recorded the Christmas song "All I Want for Christmas Is a Beatle", which reached no. 20 on the UK charts. She played the Headmistress in The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery (1966), and she starred in According to Dora (1968–1969), her own television series for the BBC. In 2000, she joined the cast of the long-running BBC comedy series Last Of The Summer Wine, as Aunt Ros Utterthwaite. Bryan once owned Clarges Hotel at 115–119 Marine Parade on Brighton's seafront, which was used as an exterior location in the films Carry On Girls and Carry On at Your Convenience. She and her husband lived there for more than 40 years but were forced to sell the bulk of the building because of bankruptcy, although they retained a flat with a sea view on the first floor for many years.