Thora Hird


    Starbirth:
    May 28, 1911
    Supernova:
    March 15, 2003
    Birthplace:
    Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK
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Overview

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.


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