Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 28, 1911
Place of Birth:
Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Lost for Words | Annie Longden |
| 1999 | Julie and the Cadillacs | Julie's grandmother |
| 1998 | Talking Heads 2 | |
| 1994 | Pat and Margaret | Jim's Mother |
| 1993 | Wide-Eyed and Legless | Deric's Mother |
| 1992 | Memento Mori | Jean Taylor |
| 1990 | The Tale of Little Pig Robinson | Old Betsy |
| 1989 | The Tailor of Gloucester | Mrs. Speck |
| 1988 | Consuming Passions | Mrs. Gordon |
| 1988 | Talking Heads | |
| 1982 | Intensive Care | Aunty Kitty |
| 1982 | Say Something Happened | Elizabeth Mary Rhodes |
| 1979 | Afternoon Off | Mrs Beevers |
| 1978 | Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf | Mrs. Hopkins |
| 1977 | The Mayor's Charity | Olive Major |
| 1972 | The Nightcomers | Mrs. Grose |
| 1972 | The Villa Maroc | Doris |
| 1971 | The Fox Trot | Gwen |
| 1970 | Some Will, Some Won't | Agnes Russell |
| 1967 | Romeo and Juliet | Nurse |
| 1966 | Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am! | Blanche Hoskins |
| 1964 | Rattle of a Simple Man | Mrs. Winthram |
| 1963 | Bitter Harvest | Mrs. Jessup |
| 1962 | A Kind of Loving | Mrs. Rothwell |
| 1962 | Term of Trial | Mrs. Taylor |
| 1961 | Over the Odds | Mrs Carter |
| 1960 | The Entertainer | Mrs. Ada Lapford |
| 1958 | Further Up the Creek | Mrs. Galloway |
| 1958 | A Clean Sweep | Vera Watson |
| 1957 | These Dangerous Years | Mrs. Ada Larkin |
| 1957 | The Good Companions | Mrs Oakroyd |
| 1956 | Lost | Kelly's landlady |
| 1956 | Blonde Bait | 'Granny' Ramsey |
| 1956 | Now and Forever | Maggie the Maid (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Women Without Men | Gran' Rafferty |
| 1956 | Sailor Beware | Mrs Lack |
| 1956 | Home and Away | Margie Groves |
| 1955 | The Quatermass Xperiment | Rosie Wrigley |
| 1955 | One Good Turn | Cook |
| 1955 | The Love Match | Sal Brown |
| 1955 | Simon and Laura | Jessie |
| 1955 | Tiger by the Tail | Mary |
| 1954 | For Better, for Worse | Mrs. Doyle |
| 1954 | Don't Blame the Stork | Agnes O'Connor |
| 1953 | The Long Memory | Mrs Pewsey |
| 1953 | Personal Affair | Mrs. Usher |
| 1953 | Turn the Key Softly | Mrs. Rowan, landlady |
| 1953 | A Day to Remember | Mrs. Trott |
| 1953 | The Great Game | Miss Rawlings |
| 1953 | Background | Mrs. Humphries |
| 1953 | Street Corner | Mrs. Perkins |
| 1952 | The Big Frame | Hotel Maid |
| 1952 | Time, Gentlemen, Please! | Alice Crouch |
| 1952 | Emergency Call | Mrs. Cornelius |
| 1952 | The Magic Box | Doctor's Housekeeper |
| 1952 | The Frightened Man | Vera |
| 1951 | The Galloping Major | Tea Stall Woman (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Magnet | Nanny's friend |
| 1950 | Once a Sinner | Mrs. James |
| 1949 | Madness of the Heart | Rosa |
| 1949 | Conspirator | Broaders |
| 1949 | Once a Jolly Swagman | Ma Fox |
| 1949 | Boys in Brown | Mrs. Knowles |
| 1949 | A Boy, a Girl and a Bike | Mrs. Bates |
| 1949 | Fools Rush In | Mrs. Coot |
| 1949 | Maytime in Mayfair | Janet |
| 1949 | The Cure for Love | Mrs. Dorbell |
| 1948 | Corridor of Mirrors | Visitor in Tussauds |
| 1948 | Portrait from Life | Mrs. Skinner |
| 1948 | My Brother Jonathan | Ada |
| 1948 | The Blind Goddess | Derek's Charwoman |
| 1948 | The Weaker Sex | Mrs. Gaye |
| 1947 | The Courtneys of Curzon Street | Maud |
| 1944 | The Lodger | First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Two Thousand Women | Mrs. Burtshaw |
| 1942 | Went the Day Well? | Ivy |
| 1942 | The Black Sheep of Whitehall | Joyce |
| 1942 | Go to Blazes | Elsie |
| 1942 | The Next of Kin | ATS drover with puncture |
| 1942 | The Foreman Went to France | Barmaid |
| Emma and Grandpa | Narrator (UK) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything | |
| 1998 | dinnerladies | Enid |
| 1998 | Parkinson | Self |
| 1995 | Queen's Nose | Postmistress |
| 1993 | Goggle Eyes | Mrs Harrington |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Hannah Stockdale |
| 1990 | Perfect Scoundrels | Martha |
| 1988 | Talking Heads | Doris |
| 1988 | Talking Heads | Violet |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Jean Taylor |
| 1983 | ITV Christmas Comedy | |
| 1982 | Objects of Affection | Elizabeth Mary Rhodes |
| 1981 | Hallelujah! | Captain Emily Ridley |
| 1979 | Blankety Blank | |
| 1978 | All Creatures Great and Small | Mrs. Clarke |
| 1976 | Tell Me Another | Herself |
| 1973 | Last of the Summer Wine | Edie |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Olive Major |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Doris |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Aunt KItty |
| 1969 | In Loving Memory | Ivy Unsworth |
| 1968 | The First Lady | |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Clare Soppitt |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Nurse |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | Blanche Hoskins |
| 1963 | Meet the Wife | |
| 1962 | Z-Cars | |
| 1955 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Ada |
| 1955 | Dixon of Dock Green | Alice Leggett |
| 1949 | The BAFTA Awards | Self - Winner |