Lia Dorana

{{short description|Dutch comedian and actress}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}

{{Infobox person

|name = Lia Dorana

|birth_name = Beppy van Werven

|image = Lia Dorana.jpg

|caption = Lia Dorana in 1966

|birth_place = The Hague, Netherlands

|birth_date = {{birth date|1918|7|18|df=y}}

|death_date = {{death date and age|2010|12|4|1918|7|18|df=y}}

|death_place = Lage Vuursche, Netherlands

}}

Lia Dorana (18 July 1918 – 4 December 2010) was a Dutch comedian and actress. Dorana was born Beppy van Werven in The Hague on 18 July 1918.{{cite news|title=Actrice en zangeres Lia Dorana overleden |url=http://www.telegraaf.nl/prive/8413619/__Lia_Dorana_overleden__.html|work=De Telegraaf |date=2010-12-05|access-date=2010-12-26}} She was discovered by Dutch singer and cabaret singer Wim Sonneveld, with whom she launched her early career. She also worked with Hetty Blok and Conny Stuart.

Lia Dorana died in her hometown of Lage Vuursche, in the Dutch province of Utrecht, on 4 December 2010, at the age of 92.