Thora Hird
May 28, 1911 (115 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 · The Queen's Nose as Postmistress
- 1994 · Pat and Margaret as Jim's Mother
- 1993 · Goggle Eyes as Mrs Harrington
- 1992 · Memento Mori as Jean Taylor
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Hannah Stockdale
- 1990 · Perfect Scoundrels as Martha
- 1989 · Screen One as Deric's Mother
- 1989 · Screen One as Jim's Mother
- 1988 · Talking Heads as Doris
- 1988 · Talking Heads as Violet
- 1988 · Talking Heads as
- 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
- 1982 · Intensive Care as Aunty Kitty
- 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
- 1972 · The Nightcomers as Mrs. Grose
- 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 Sarah Danby
- 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 · Meet the Wife as
- 1963 · Festival as Mrs. Baines
- 1962 · Term of Trial as Mrs. Taylor
- 1962 · A Kind of Loving as Mrs. Rothwell
- 1962 · Z-Cars as
- 1961 · Drama 61-67 as Mrs. Hope
- 1960 · The Entertainer as Mrs. Ada Lapford
- 1956 · Now and Forever as Maggie the Maid (uncredited)
- 1956 · Sailor Beware as Mrs Lack
- 1956 · Armchair Theatre as Momma Brodsky
- 1956 · Armchair Theatre as Miss Ogilvie
- 1956 · Lost as Kelly's landlady
- 1955 · The Adventures of Robin Hood as Ada
- 1955 · The Quatermass Xperiment as Rosie Wrigley
- 1955 · Dixon of Dock Green as Alice Leggett
- 1949 · The BAFTA Awards as Self - Winner
- 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
- 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
- 1983 · Emma and Grandpa as Narrator (voice)
- 1982 · Say Something Happened as Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
- 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
- 1971 · Stage 2 as Mrs. Hardcastle
- 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 · Bitter Harvest as Mrs. Jessup
- 1961 · Over the Odds as Mrs Carter
- 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 · Home and Away as Margie Groves
- 1956 · Women Without Men as Gran' Rafferty
- 1956 · Blonde Bait as 'Granny' Ramsey
- 1955 · Simon and Laura as Jessie
- 1955 · Tiger by the Tail as Mary
- 1955 · The Love Match as Sal Brown
- 1955 · One Good Turn as Cook
- 1954 · The Crowded Day as Customer
- 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 · Street Corner as Mrs. Perkins
- 1953 · The Long Memory as Mrs Pewsey
- 1953 · The Great Game as Miss Rawlings
- 1952 · The Big Frame as Hotel Maid
- 1952 · Time, Gentlemen, Please! as Alice Crouch
- 1952 · Emergency Call as Mrs. Cornelius
- 1952 · The Frightened Man as Vera
- 1952 · The Magic Box as Doctor's Housekeeper
- 1951 · The Galloping Major as Tea Stall Woman (uncredited)
- 1950 · The Magnet as Nanny's friend
- 1950 · Once a Sinner as Mrs. James
- 1949 · The Cure for Love as Mrs. Dorbell
- 1949 · Madness of the Heart as Rosa
- 1949 · Boys in Brown as Mrs. Knowles
- 1949 · Conspirator as Broaders
- 1949 · Maytime in Mayfair as Janet
- 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 · Portrait from Life as Mrs. Skinner
- 1948 · The Weaker Sex as Mrs. Gaye
- 1948 · The Blind Goddess as Derek's Charwoman
- 1948 · Corridor of Mirrors as Visitor in Tussauds
- 1948 · My Brother Jonathan as Ada
- 1947 · The Courtneys of Curzon Street as Maud
- 1944 · Two Thousand Women as Mrs. Burtshaw
- 1944 · The Lodger as First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)
- 1942 · Went the Day Well? as Ivy
- 1942 · The Foreman Went to France as Barmaid
- 1942 · The Next of Kin as ATS drover with puncture
- 1942 · The Black Sheep of Whitehall as Joyce
- 1942 · The Big Blockade as German barmaid (uncredited)
- 1942 · Go to Blazes as Elsie


