Thora Hird

Thora Hird

Acting

Birthday

1911/05/28

Day of death

2003/03/15 (91 years old)

Gender

Female

Place of Birth

Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK

Also know as

Dame 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.

Acting
Went the Day Well?
7.2

(1942) Went the Day Well?

as Ivy

The Quatermass Xperiment
6.5

(1955) The Quatermass Xperiment

as Rosie Wrigley

Corridor of Mirrors
5.7

(1948) Corridor of Mirrors

as Visitor in Tussauds

A Kind of Loving
7.0

(1962) A Kind of Loving

as Mrs. Rothwell

Madness of the Heart
5.9

(1949) Madness of the Heart

as Rosa

The Nightcomers
5.7

(1972) The Nightcomers

as Mrs. Grose

For Better, for Worse
5.6

(1954) For Better, for Worse

as Mrs. Doyle

One Good Turn
6.1

(1955) One Good Turn

as Cook

The Lost Hours
3.8

(1952) The Big Frame

as Hotel Maid

The Magnet
6.3

(1950) The Magnet

as Nanny's friend

The Entertainer
6.2

(1960) The Entertainer

as Mrs. Ada Lapford

The Long Memory
6.6

(1953) The Long Memory

as Mrs Pewsey

Conspirator
5.9

(1949) Conspirator

as Broaders

Term of Trial
5.9

(1962) Term of Trial

as Mrs. Taylor

Time, Gentlemen, Please!
8.0

(1952) Time, Gentlemen, Please!

as Alice Crouch

Once a Jolly Swagman
5.4

(1949) Once a Jolly Swagman

as Ma Fox

Personal Affair
6.2

(1953) Personal Affair

as Mrs. Usher

Turn the Key Softly
6.2

(1953) Turn the Key Softly

as Mrs. Rowan, landlady

Lost
7.0

(1956) Lost

as Kelly's landlady

Blonde Bait
4.8

(1956) Blonde Bait

as 'Granny' Ramsey

Some Will, Some Won't
6.0

(1970) Some Will, Some Won't

as Agnes Russell

The Black Sheep of Whitehall
7.2

(1942) The Black Sheep of Whitehall

as Joyce

Boys in Brown
6.5

(1949) Boys in Brown

as Mrs. Knowles

Now and Forever
7.0

(1956) Now and Forever

as Maggie the Maid (uncredited)

Further Up the Creek
6.0

(1958) Further Up the Creek

as Mrs. Galloway

Consuming Passions
8.0

(1988) Consuming Passions

as Mrs. Gordon

Emergency Call
6.5

(1952) Emergency Call

as Mrs. Cornelius

The Love Match
7.8

(1955) The Love Match

as Sal Brown

Pat and Margaret
7.5

(1994) Pat and Margaret

as Jim's Mother

A Day to Remember
7.1

(1953) A Day to Remember

as Mrs. Trott

Lost for Words
7.0

(1999) Lost for Words

as Annie Longden

Women Without Men
6.0

(1956) Women Without Men

as Gran' Rafferty

Once a Sinner
6.5

(1950) Once a Sinner

as Mrs. James

Portrait from Life
5.9

(1948) Portrait from Life

as Mrs. Skinner

Rattle of a Simple Man
5.5

(1964) Rattle of a Simple Man

as Mrs. Winthram

These Dangerous Years
6.0

(1957) These Dangerous Years

as Mrs. Ada Larkin

Go to Blazes
10.0

(1942) Go to Blazes

as Elsie

A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
4.9

(1949) A Boy, a Girl and a Bike

as Mrs. Bates

The Great Game
6.0

(1953) The Great Game

as Miss Rawlings

The Tailor of Gloucester
0.0

(1989) The Tailor of Gloucester

as Mrs. Speck

Intensive Care
0.0

(1982) Intensive Care

as Aunty Kitty

My Brother Jonathan
6.6

(1948) My Brother Jonathan

as Ada

0.0

(1966) Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am!

as Blanche Hoskins

Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
0.0

(1978) Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

as Mrs. Hopkins

Afternoon Off
0.0

(1979) Afternoon Off

as Mrs Beevers

Fools Rush In
6.0

(1949) Fools Rush In

as Mrs. Coot

Talking Heads
5.0

(1988) Talking Heads

as ---

Talking Heads 2
7.0

(1998) Talking Heads 2

as ---

0.0

(1999) Julie and the Cadillacs

as Julie's grandmother

Simon and Laura
5.6

(1955) Simon and Laura

as Jessie

Background
6.0

(1953) Background

as Mrs. Humphries

0.0

Emma and Grandpa

as Narrator (UK)

0.0

(1954) Don't Blame the Stork

as Agnes O'Connor

The Blind Goddess
5.6

(1948) The Blind Goddess

as Derek's Charwoman

The Next of Kin
5.0

(1942) The Next of Kin

as ATS drover with puncture

Bitter Harvest
6.2

(1963) Bitter Harvest

as Mrs. Jessup

Romeo and Juliet
0.0

(1967) Romeo and Juliet

as Nurse

Wide-Eyed and Legless
6.0

(1993) Wide-Eyed and Legless

as Deric's Mother

Street Corner
5.8

(1953) Street Corner

as Mrs. Perkins

The Lodger
6.3

(1944) The Lodger

as First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)

Two Thousand Women
6.9

(1944) Two Thousand Women

as Mrs. Burtshaw

The Magic Box
6.3

(1952) The Magic Box

as Doctor's Housekeeper

The Good Companions
0.0

(1957) The Good Companions

as Mrs Oakroyd

Sailor Beware
7.0

(1956) Sailor Beware

as Mrs Lack

Home and Away
7.0

(1956) Home and Away

as Margie Groves

The Weaker Sex
6.0

(1948) The Weaker Sex

as Mrs. Gaye

Tiger by the Tail
5.6

(1955) Tiger by the Tail

as Mary

Maytime in Mayfair
6.0

(1949) Maytime in Mayfair

as Janet

The Villa Maroc
0.0

(1972) The Villa Maroc

as Doris

The Fox Trot
0.0

(1971) The Fox Trot

as Gwen

The Courtneys of Curzon Street
4.9

(1947) The Courtneys of Curzon Street

as Maud

The Frightened Man
6.2

(1952) The Frightened Man

as Vera

Memento Mori
6.2

(1992) Memento Mori

as Jean Taylor

The Cure for Love
0.0

(1949) The Cure for Love

as Mrs. Dorbell

The Foreman Went to France
6.2

(1942) The Foreman Went to France

as Barmaid

0.0

(1958) A Clean Sweep

as Vera Watson

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
0.0

(1990) The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

as Old Betsy

The Mayor's Charity
0.0

(1977) The Mayor's Charity

as Olive Major

Say Something Happened
0.0

(1982) Say Something Happened

as Elizabeth Mary Rhodes

The Galloping Major
6.0

(1951) The Galloping Major

as Tea Stall Woman (uncredited)

Over the Odds
0.0

(1961) Over the Odds

as Mrs Carter

Z-Cars
7.0

(1962) Z-Cars

as ---

In Loving Memory
6.8

(1969) In Loving Memory

as Ivy Unsworth

Heartbeat
7.0

(1992) Heartbeat

as Hannah Stockdale

Last of the Summer Wine
7.1

(1973) Last of the Summer Wine

as Edie

Blankety Blank
4.6

(1979) Blankety Blank

as ---

6.0

(1981) Hallelujah!

as Captain Emily Ridley

0.0

(1968) The First Lady

as ---

6.0

(1963) Meet the Wife

as ---

dinnerladies
7.4

(1998) dinnerladies

as Enid

The Adventures of Robin Hood
6.1

(1955) The Adventures of Robin Hood

as Ada

Play for Today
6.1

(1970) Play for Today

as Olive Major

BBC Play of the Month
5.0

(1965) BBC Play of the Month

as Clare Soppitt

6.0

(1990) Perfect Scoundrels

as Martha

Talking Heads
6.2

(1988) Talking Heads

as Violet

Talking Heads
6.2

(1988) Talking Heads

as Doris

0.0

(1983) ITV Christmas Comedy

as ---

0.0

(1993) Goggle Eyes

as Mrs Harrington

All Creatures Great and Small
7.7

(1978) All Creatures Great and Small

as Mrs. Clarke

BBC Play of the Month
5.0

(1965) BBC Play of the Month

as Nurse

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
0.0

(2000) The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything

as ---

Objects of Affection
7.0

(1982) Objects of Affection

as Elizabeth Mary Rhodes

Play for Today
6.1

(1970) Play for Today

as Aunt KItty

Play for Today
6.1

(1970) Play for Today

as Doris

Dixon of Dock Green
5.3

(1955) Dixon of Dock Green

as Alice Leggett

Last of the Summer Wine
7.1

(1973) Last of the Summer Wine

as Herself (archive footage)

Tell Me Another
8.0

(1976) Tell Me Another

as Herself

Parkinson
0.0

(1998) Parkinson

as Self

Screen Two
6.8

(1985) Screen Two

as Jean Taylor

The BAFTA Awards
10.0

(1949) The BAFTA Awards

as Self - Winner