Thora Hird
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 28, 1911
- Died
- Mar 15, 2003 (aged 91)
- Place of birth
- Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK
- Credits
- 120
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
The Quatermass Xperiment
1955Movie
Rosie Wrigley
The Lodger
1944Movie
First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)
The Nightcomers
1972Movie
Mrs. Grose
Went the Day Well?
1942Movie
Ivy
A Kind of Loving
1962Movie
Mrs. Rothwell
The Entertainer
1960Movie
Mrs. Ada Lapford
Filmography
Thora Hird Tribute
2003Movie
Self, Various Characters (archive footage)
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000TV
Lost for Words
1999Movie
Annie Longden
Julie and the Cadillacs
1999Movie
Julie's grandmother
dinnerladies
1998TV
Enid
Talking Heads 2
1998Movie
Parkinson
1998TV
Self
The Queen's Nose
1995TV
Postmistress
Pat and Margaret
1994Movie
Jim's Mother
Wide-Eyed and Legless
1993Movie
Deric's Mother
Goggle Eyes
1993TV
Mrs Harrington
Memento Mori
1992Movie
Jean Taylor
Heartbeat
1992TV
Hannah Stockdale
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
1990Movie
Old Betsy
Perfect Scoundrels
1990TV
Martha
The Tailor of Gloucester
1989Movie
Mrs. Speck
Screen One
1989TV
Deric's Mother, Jim's Mother
Talking Heads
1988Movie
Talking Heads
1988TV
Violet, Doris
Consuming Passions
1988Movie
Mrs. Gordon
Last of the Summer Wine: Big Day at Dream Acres
1987Movie
Edie Pegden
Last of the Summer Wine: Uncle of the Bride
1986Movie
Edie Pegden
Screen Two
1985TV
Jean Taylor
Emma and Grandpa
1983Movie
Narrator (voice)
ITV Christmas Comedy
1983TV
Say Something Happened
1982Movie
Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
Objects of Affection
1982TV
Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
Intensive Care
1982Movie
Aunty Kitty
Hallelujah!
1981TV
Captain Emily Ridley
Afternoon Off
1979Movie
Mrs Beevers
Blankety Blank
1979TV
Thomas & Sarah
1979TV
Mrs Entwistle
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
1978Movie
Mrs. Hopkins
The South Bank Show
1978TV
All Creatures Great and Small
1978TV
Mrs. Clarke
The Mayor's Charity
1977Movie
Olive Major
Tell Me Another
1976TV
Herself
Last of the Summer Wine
1973TV
Edie
The Villa Maroc
1972Movie
Doris
The Nightcomers
1972Movie
Mrs. Grose
Stage 2
1971TV
Mrs. Hardcastle
The Fox Trot
1971Movie
Gwen
Play for Today
1970TV
Olive Major, Aunt KItty, Doris
Some Will, Some Won't
1970Movie
Agnes Russell
In Loving Memory
1969TV
Ivy Unsworth
The First Lady
1968TV
Sarah Danby
Romeo and Juliet
1967Movie
Nurse
Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am!
1966Movie
Blanche Hoskins
BBC Play of the Month
1965TV
Clare Soppitt, Nurse
Rattle of a Simple Man
1964Movie
Mrs. Winthram
The Wednesday Play
1964TV
Blanche Hoskins
Meet the Wife
1963TV
Festival
1963TV
Mrs. Baines
Bitter Harvest
1963Movie
Mrs. Jessup (uncredited)
Term of Trial
1962Movie
Mrs. Taylor
A Kind of Loving
1962Movie
Mrs. Rothwell
Z-Cars
1962TV
Over the Odds
1961Movie
Mrs Carter
Drama 61-67
1961TV
Mrs. Hope
The Entertainer
1960Movie
Mrs. Ada Lapford
Further Up the Creek
1958Movie
Mrs. Galloway
A Clean Sweep
1958Movie
Vera Watson
These Dangerous Years
1957Movie
Mrs. Ada Larkin
The Good Companions
1957Movie
Mrs Oakroyd
Now and Forever
1956Movie
Maggie the Maid (uncredited)
Sailor Beware
1956Movie
Mrs Lack
Home and Away
1956Movie
Margie Groves
Armchair Theatre
1956TV
Momma Brodsky, Miss Ogilvie
Women Without Men
1956Movie
Gran' Rafferty
Blonde Bait
1956Movie
'Granny' Ramsey
Lost
1956Movie
Kelly's landlady
Simon and Laura
1955Movie
Jessie
The Quatermass Xperiment
1955Movie
Rosie Wrigley
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955TV
Ada
Tiger by the Tail
1955Movie
Mary
Dixon of Dock Green
1955TV
Alice Leggett
The Love Match
1955Movie
Sal Brown
One Good Turn
1955Movie
Cook
The Crowded Day
1954Movie
Customer
For Better, for Worse
1954Movie
Mrs. Doyle
Don't Blame the Stork
1954Movie
Agnes O'Connor
A Day to Remember
1953Movie
Mrs. Trott
Background
1953Movie
Mrs. Humphries
Personal Affair
1953Movie
Mrs. Usher
Turn the Key Softly
1953Movie
Mrs. Rowan, landlady
Street Corner
1953Movie
Mrs. Perkins
The Long Memory
1953Movie
Mrs Pewsey
The Great Game
1953Movie
Miss Rawlings
The Big Frame
1952Movie
Hotel Maid
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
1952Movie
Alice Crouch
Emergency Call
1952Movie
Mrs. Cornelius
The Frightened Man
1952Movie
Vera
The Magic Box
1952Movie
Doctor's Housekeeper
The Galloping Major
1951Movie
Tea Stall Woman (uncredited)
The Magnet
1950Movie
Nanny's friend
Once a Sinner
1950Movie
Mrs. James
The Cure for Love
1949Movie
Mrs. Dorbell
Madness of the Heart
1949Movie
Rosa
Boys in Brown
1949Movie
Mrs. Knowles
Conspirator
1949Movie
Broaders
The BAFTA Awards
1949TV
Self - Winner
Maytime in Mayfair
1949Movie
Janet
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
1949Movie
Mrs. Bates
Fools Rush In
1949Movie
Mrs. Coot
Once a Jolly Swagman
1949Movie
Ma Fox
Portrait from Life
1948Movie
Mrs. Skinner
The Weaker Sex
1948Movie
Mrs. Gaye
The Blind Goddess
1948Movie
Derek's Charwoman
Corridor of Mirrors
1948Movie
Visitor in Tussauds
My Brother Jonathan
1948Movie
Ada
The Courtneys of Curzon Street
1947Movie
Maud
Two Thousand Women
1944Movie
Mrs. Burtshaw
The Lodger
1944Movie
First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)
Went the Day Well?
1942Movie
Ivy
The Foreman Went to France
1942Movie
Barmaid
The Next of Kin
1942Movie
ATS drover with puncture
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
1942Movie
Joyce
The Big Blockade
1942Movie
German barmaid (uncredited)
Go to Blazes
1942Movie
Elsie
Esther
TV
Self