Thora Hird
Biography
Dame Thora Hird, DBE was an English actress and comedian of stage and screen, presenter and writer. In a career spanning over 70 years, she appeared in more than 100 film and television roles, becoming a household name and a British institution.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
111
Gender
Female
Birthday
1911-05-28 (114 years old)
Place of Birth
Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK
Acting
2000
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything as Not available1999
Julie and the Cadillacs as Julie's grandmother1999
Lost for Words as Annie Longden1998
Parkinson as Self1998
dinnerladies as Enid1998
Talking Heads 2 as Not available1995
Queen's Nose as Postmistress1994
Pat and Margaret as Jim's Mother1993
Goggle Eyes as Mrs Harrington1993
Wide-Eyed and Legless as Deric's Mother1992
Heartbeat as Hannah Stockdale1992
Memento Mori as Jean Taylor1990
Perfect Scoundrels as Martha1990
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson as Old Betsy1989
The Tailor of Gloucester as Mrs. Speck1988
Talking Heads as Doris1988
Talking Heads as Violet1988
Consuming Passions as Mrs. Gordon1988
Talking Heads as Not available1985
Screen Two as Jean Taylor1983
ITV Christmas Comedy as Not available1982
Objects of Affection as Elizabeth Mary Rhodes1982
Intensive Care as Aunty Kitty1982
Say Something Happened as Elizabeth Mary Rhodes1981
Hallelujah! as Captain Emily Ridley1979
Blankety Blank as Not available1979
Afternoon Off as Mrs Beevers1978
All Creatures Great and Small as Mrs. Clarke1978
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf as Mrs. Hopkins1977
The Mayor's Charity as Olive Major1976
Tell Me Another as Herself1973
Last of the Summer Wine as Edie1972
The Nightcomers as Mrs. Grose1972
The Villa Maroc as Doris1971
The Fox Trot as Gwen1970
Play for Today as Olive Major1970
Play for Today as Doris1970
Play for Today as Aunt KItty1970
Some Will, Some Won't as Agnes Russell1969
In Loving Memory as Ivy Unsworth1968
The First Lady as Not available1967
Romeo and Juliet as Nurse1966
Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am! as Blanche Hoskins1965
BBC Play of the Month as Clare Soppitt1965
BBC Play of the Month as Nurse1964
The Wednesday Play as Blanche Hoskins1964
Rattle of a Simple Man as Mrs. Winthram1963
Meet the Wife as Not available1963
Bitter Harvest as Mrs. Jessup1962
Z-Cars as Not available1962
A Kind of Loving as Mrs. Rothwell1962
Term of Trial as Mrs. Taylor1961
Over the Odds as Mrs Carter1960
The Entertainer as Mrs. Ada Lapford1958
Further Up the Creek as Mrs. Galloway1958
A Clean Sweep as Vera Watson1957
These Dangerous Years as Mrs. Ada Larkin1957
The Good Companions as Mrs Oakroyd1956
Lost as Kelly's landlady1956
Sailor Beware as Mrs Lack1956
Now and Forever as Maggie the Maid (uncredited)1956
Women Without Men as Gran' Rafferty1956
Blonde Bait as 'Granny' Ramsey1956
Home and Away as Margie Groves1955
The Adventures of Robin Hood as Ada1955
Dixon of Dock Green as Alice Leggett1955
The Quatermass Xperiment as Rosie Wrigley1955
One Good Turn as Cook1955
Simon and Laura as Jessie1955
The Love Match as Sal Brown1955
Tiger by the Tail as Mary1954
For Better, for Worse as Mrs. Doyle1954
Don't Blame the Stork as Agnes O'Connor1953
The Long Memory as Mrs Pewsey1953
The Great Game as Miss Rawlings1953
Personal Affair as Mrs. Usher1953
A Day to Remember as Mrs. Trott1953
Turn the Key Softly as Mrs. Rowan, landlady1953
Street Corner as Mrs. Perkins1953
Background as Mrs. Humphries1952
The Magic Box as Doctor's Housekeeper1952
The Big Frame as Hotel Maid1952
Time, Gentlemen, Please! as Alice Crouch1952
Emergency Call as Mrs. Cornelius1952
The Frightened Man as Vera1951
The Galloping Major as Tea Stall Woman (uncredited)1950
The Magnet as Nanny's friend1950
Once a Sinner as Mrs. James1949
The BAFTA Awards as Self - Winner1949
Conspirator as Broaders1949
Once a Jolly Swagman as Ma Fox1949
Maytime in Mayfair as Janet1949
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike as Mrs. Bates1949
Madness of the Heart as Rosa1949
Boys in Brown as Mrs. Knowles1949
The Cure for Love as Mrs. Dorbell1949
Fools Rush In as Mrs. Coot1948
Corridor of Mirrors as Visitor in Tussauds1948
Portrait from Life as Mrs. Skinner1948
My Brother Jonathan as Ada1948
The Blind Goddess as Derek's Charwoman1948
The Weaker Sex as Mrs. Gaye1947
The Courtneys of Curzon Street as Maud1944
The Lodger as First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)1944
Two Thousand Women as Mrs. Burtshaw1942
Went the Day Well? as Ivy1942
The Next of Kin as ATS drover with puncture1942
The Foreman Went to France as Barmaid1942
The Black Sheep of Whitehall as JoyceNaN
Emma and Grandpa as Narrator (UK)1942
Go to Blazes as Elsie