Portrait of Thora Hird

Thora Hird

Acting

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.

Born: May 28, 1911

Place of Birth: Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK

Filmography

1999
Lost for Words

as Annie Longden

1998
1998
Parkinson

as Self

1995
Queen's Nose

as Postmistress

1994
Pat and Margaret

as Jim's Mother

1993
Wide-Eyed and Legless

as Deric's Mother

1992
Memento Mori

as Jean Taylor

1992
Heartbeat

as Hannah Stockdale

1989
1988
Talking Heads

as Violet

1988
1988
Consuming Passions

as Mrs. Gordon

1985
Screen Two

as Jean Taylor

1983
Emma and Grandpa

as Narrator (UK)

1982
Say Something Happened

as Elizabeth Mary Rhodes

1982
Objects of Affection

as Elizabeth Mary Rhodes

1982
Intensive Care

as Aunty Kitty

1979
Afternoon Off

as Mrs Beevers

1977
The Mayor's Charity

as Olive Major

1976
Tell Me Another

as Herself

1972
1972
The Nightcomers

as Mrs. Grose

1971
1970
Play for Today

as Olive Major

1970
Play for Today

as Aunt KItty

1970
1970
Some Will, Some Won't

as Agnes Russell

1969
In Loving Memory

as Ivy Unsworth

1967
1965
BBC Play of the Month

as Clare Soppitt

1964
Rattle of a Simple Man

as Mrs. Winthram

1964
The Wednesday Play

as Blanche Hoskins

1963
Bitter Harvest

as Mrs. Jessup

1962
Term of Trial

as Mrs. Taylor

1962
A Kind of Loving

as Mrs. Rothwell

1962
1961
Over the Odds

as Mrs Carter

1960
The Entertainer

as Mrs. Ada Lapford

1958
Further Up the Creek

as Mrs. Galloway

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
Sailor Beware

as Mrs Lack

1956
Home and Away

as Margie Groves

1956
Women Without Men

as Gran' Rafferty

1956
Blonde Bait

as 'Granny' Ramsey

1956
Lost

as Kelly's landlady

1955
1955
The Quatermass Xperiment

as Rosie Wrigley

1955
Dixon of Dock Green

as Alice Leggett

1955
The Love Match

as Sal Brown

1955
1954
The Crowded Day

as Customer

1954
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
1952
Emergency Call

as Mrs. Cornelius

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
Boys in Brown

as Mrs. Knowles

1949
Conspirator

as Broaders

1949
The BAFTA Awards

as Self - Winner

1949
1949
Fools Rush In

as Mrs. Coot

1949
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

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

1942
Go to Blazes

as Elsie

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