Dora Reisser

Biography

Dora Reisser is a woman that could recreate herself as the world changed around her. She worked hard, overcame obstacles, took risks and succeded. As a child she was a refugee from the Nazis regime. In her adolesence, Dora trained and lived ballet in Vienna. She danced with the Vienna Opera as their youngest solo dancer. After an unfortunate fall in her late teens that ended her dancing career, Dora joined the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London to study theatre. At the RADA, she had to both learn english and shakespearen acting at the same time. Dora worked as a leading actress on British Television, Hollywood films and the theatre. She then gave up her acting career to raise a family and become one of Britain's leading fashion designers. Today Dora has retired from her fashion career and is now traveling and enjoying her family and grandchildren.