Thora Hird

Birthday: 1911-05-28
Deathday: 2003-03-15
Birthplace: Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

Year Title Character
1999-01-03 Lost for Words Annie Longden
1999-01-01 Julie and the Cadillacs Julie's grandmother
1998-10-06 Talking Heads 2
1994-09-11 Pat and Margaret Jim's Mother
1993-09-05 Wide-Eyed and Legless Deric's Mother
1992-04-19 Memento Mori Jean Taylor
1990-12-26 The Tale of Little Pig Robinson Old Betsy
1989-12-28 The Tailor of Gloucester Mrs. Speck
1988-04-19 Talking Heads
1988-04-06 Consuming Passions Mrs. Gordon
1982-12-17 Say Something Happened Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
1982-11-09 Intensive Care Aunty Kitty
1979-02-03 Afternoon Off Mrs Beevers
1978-12-02 Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf Mrs. Hopkins
1977-11-29 The Mayor's Charity Olive Major
1972-02-17 The Villa Maroc Doris
1972-02-15 The Nightcomers Mrs. Grose
1971-04-29 The Fox Trot Gwen
1970-04-01 Some Will, Some Won't Agnes Russell
1967-03-12 Romeo and Juliet Nurse
1966-02-09 Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am! Blanche Hoskins
1964-12-20 Rattle of a Simple Man Mrs. Winthram
1963-03-08 Bitter Harvest Mrs. Jessup
1962-08-16 Term of Trial Mrs. Taylor
1962-04-12 A Kind of Loving Mrs. Rothwell
1961-11-01 Over the Odds Mrs Carter
1960-07-25 The Entertainer Mrs. Ada Lapford
1958-10-28 Further Up the Creek Mrs. Galloway
1958-01-01 A Clean Sweep Vera Watson
1957-07-03 These Dangerous Years Mrs. Ada Larkin
1957-04-22 The Good Companions Mrs Oakroyd
1956-09-10 Now and Forever Maggie the Maid (uncredited)
1956-09-04 Sailor Beware Mrs Lack
1956-09-04 Home and Away Margie Groves
1956-06-01 Women Without Men Gran' Rafferty
1956-04-01 Blonde Bait 'Granny' Ramsey
1956-01-31 Lost Kelly's landlady
1955-11-02 Simon and Laura Jessie
1955-09-19 Tiger by the Tail Mary
1955-08-26 The Quatermass Xperiment Rosie Wrigley
1955-02-01 The Love Match Sal Brown
1955-01-04 One Good Turn Cook
1954-06-20 For Better, for Worse Mrs. Doyle
1954-01-01 Don't Blame the Stork Agnes O'Connor
1953-11-10 A Day to Remember Mrs. Trott
1953-11-09 Background Mrs. Humphries
1953-10-20 Personal Affair Mrs. Usher
1953-04-29 Turn the Key Softly Mrs. Rowan, landlady
1953-03-17 Street Corner Mrs. Perkins
1953-01-23 The Long Memory Mrs Pewsey
1953-01-01 The Great Game Miss Rawlings
1952-09-01 The Big Frame Hotel Maid
1952-07-01 Time, Gentlemen, Please! Alice Crouch
1952-05-19 Emergency Call Mrs. Cornelius
1952-03-01 The Frightened Man Vera
1952-01-01 The Magic Box Doctor's Housekeeper
1951-05-07 The Galloping Major Tea Stall Woman (uncredited)
1950-10-01 The Magnet Nanny's friend
1950-07-01 Once a Sinner Mrs. James
1949-12-29 The Cure for Love Mrs. Dorbell
1949-12-20 Madness of the Heart Rosa
1949-12-01 Boys in Brown Mrs. Knowles
1949-07-28 Conspirator Broaders
1949-05-24 Maytime in Mayfair Janet
1949-05-23 A Boy, a Girl and a Bike Mrs. Bates
1949-05-23 Fools Rush In Mrs. Coot
1949-02-02 Once a Jolly Swagman Ma Fox
1948-12-01 Portrait from Life Mrs. Skinner
1948-10-11 The Weaker Sex Mrs. Gaye
1948-09-14 The Blind Goddess Derek's Charwoman
1948-02-23 Corridor of Mirrors Visitor in Tussauds
1948-02-05 My Brother Jonathan Ada
1947-04-11 The Courtneys of Curzon Street Maud
1944-11-06 Two Thousand Women Mrs. Burtshaw
1944-01-19 The Lodger First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)
1942-12-07 Went the Day Well? Ivy
1942-06-22 The Foreman Went to France Barmaid
1942-06-15 The Next of Kin ATS drover with puncture
1942-02-23 The Black Sheep of Whitehall Joyce
1942-01-01 Go to Blazes Elsie