Thora Hird
May 28, 1911 (114 years old) in Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK
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
Credits
- 2000 · The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything as
- 1998 · dinnerladies as Enid
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self
- 1995 · Queen's Nose as Postmistress
- 1993 · Goggle Eyes as Mrs Harrington
- 1992 · Memento Mori as Jean Taylor
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Hannah Stockdale
- 1990 · Perfect Scoundrels as Martha
- 1988 · Talking Heads as Doris
- 1988 · Talking Heads as Violet
- 1988 · Consuming Passions as Mrs. Gordon
- 1985 · Screen Two as Jean Taylor
- 1983 · ITV Christmas Comedy as
- 1982 · Objects of Affection as Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
- 1981 · Hallelujah! as Captain Emily Ridley
- 1979 · Afternoon Off as Mrs Beevers
- 1979 · Blankety Blank as
- 1978 · All Creatures Great and Small as Mrs. Clarke
- 1976 · Tell Me Another as Herself
- 1973 · Last of the Summer Wine as Edie
- 1970 · Play for Today as Olive Major
- 1970 · Play for Today as Doris
- 1970 · Play for Today as Aunt KItty
- 1969 · In Loving Memory as Ivy Unsworth
- 1968 · The First Lady as
- 1967 · Romeo and Juliet as Nurse
- 1965 · BBC Play of the Month as Clare Soppitt
- 1965 · BBC Play of the Month as Nurse
- 1964 · The Wednesday Play as Blanche Hoskins
- 1963 · Festival as Mrs. Baines
- 1963 · Bitter Harvest as Mrs. Jessup
- 1962 · Term of Trial as Mrs. Taylor
- 1962 · Z-Cars as
- 1961 · Drama 61-67 as Mrs. Hope
- 1956 · Sailor Beware as Mrs Lack
- 1956 · Home and Away as Margie Groves
- 1956 · Lost as Kelly's landlady
- 1955 · Simon and Laura as Jessie
- 1955 · The Adventures of Robin Hood as Ada
- 1955 · The Quatermass Xperiment as Rosie Wrigley
- 1955 · Dixon of Dock Green as Alice Leggett
- 1954 · The Crowded Day as Customer
- 1953 · Street Corner as Mrs. Perkins
- 1953 · The Long Memory as Mrs Pewsey
- 1952 · Emergency Call as Mrs. Cornelius
- 1952 · The Magic Box as Doctor's Housekeeper
- 1950 · The Magnet as Nanny's friend
- 1949 · Madness of the Heart as Rosa
- 1949 · Conspirator as Broaders
- 1949 · The BAFTA Awards as Self - Winner
- 1949 · Maytime in Mayfair as Janet
- 1948 · Portrait from Life as Mrs. Skinner
- 1948 · The Blind Goddess as Derek's Charwoman
- 1948 · My Brother Jonathan as Ada
- 1944 · Two Thousand Women as Mrs. Burtshaw
- 1944 · The Lodger as First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)
- 1942 · The Next of Kin as ATS drover with puncture
- Future · Esther as Self
- 2003 · Thora Hird Tribute as Self, Various Characters (archive footage)
- 1999 · Lost for Words as Annie Longden
- 1999 · Julie and the Cadillacs as Julie's grandmother
- 1998 · Talking Heads 2 as
- 1994 · Pat and Margaret as Jim's Mother
- 1993 · Wide-Eyed and Legless as Deric's Mother
- 1990 · The Tale of Little Pig Robinson as Old Betsy
- 1989 · The Tailor of Gloucester as Mrs. Speck
- 1988 · Talking Heads as
- 1983 · Emma and Grandpa as Narrator (voice)
- 1982 · Say Something Happened as Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
- 1982 · Intensive Care as Aunty Kitty
- 1978 · Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf as Mrs. Hopkins
- 1977 · The Mayor's Charity as Olive Major
- 1972 · The Villa Maroc as Doris
- 1972 · The Nightcomers as Mrs. Grose
- 1971 · The Fox Trot as Gwen
- 1970 · Some Will, Some Won't as Agnes Russell
- 1966 · Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am! as Blanche Hoskins
- 1964 · Rattle of a Simple Man as Mrs. Winthram
- 1963 · Meet the Wife as
- 1962 · A Kind of Loving as Mrs. Rothwell
- 1961 · Over the Odds as Mrs Carter
- 1960 · The Entertainer as Mrs. Ada Lapford
- 1958 · Further Up the Creek as Mrs. Galloway
- 1958 · A Clean Sweep as Vera Watson
- 1957 · These Dangerous Years as Mrs. Ada Larkin
- 1957 · The Good Companions as Mrs Oakroyd
- 1956 · Now and Forever as Maggie the Maid (uncredited)
- 1956 · Women Without Men as Gran' Rafferty
- 1956 · Blonde Bait as 'Granny' Ramsey
- 1955 · Tiger by the Tail as Mary
- 1955 · The Love Match as Sal Brown
- 1955 · One Good Turn as Cook
- 1954 · For Better, for Worse as Mrs. Doyle
- 1954 · Don't Blame the Stork as Agnes O'Connor
- 1953 · A Day to Remember as Mrs. Trott
- 1953 · Background as Mrs. Humphries
- 1953 · Personal Affair as Mrs. Usher
- 1953 · Turn the Key Softly as Mrs. Rowan, landlady
- 1953 · The Great Game as Miss Rawlings
- 1952 · The Big Frame as Hotel Maid
- 1952 · Time, Gentlemen, Please! as Alice Crouch
- 1952 · The Frightened Man as Vera
- 1951 · The Galloping Major as Tea Stall Woman (uncredited)
- 1950 · Once a Sinner as Mrs. James
- 1949 · The Cure for Love as Mrs. Dorbell
- 1949 · Boys in Brown as Mrs. Knowles
- 1949 · A Boy, a Girl and a Bike as Mrs. Bates
- 1949 · Fools Rush In as Mrs. Coot
- 1949 · Once a Jolly Swagman as Ma Fox
- 1948 · The Weaker Sex as Mrs. Gaye
- 1948 · Corridor of Mirrors as Visitor in Tussauds
- 1947 · The Courtneys of Curzon Street as Maud
- 1942 · Went the Day Well? as Ivy
- 1942 · The Foreman Went to France as Barmaid
- 1942 · The Black Sheep of Whitehall as Joyce
- 1942 · Go to Blazes as Elsie



