Thora Hird
Acting
Born: May 28, 1911 · Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK
Died: March 15, 2003 (aged 91)
Highest Rated
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.
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Movies (81)
The Lodger
First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)
Went the Day Well?
Ivy
Term of Trial
Mrs. Taylor
For Better, for Worse
Mrs. Doyle
Tiger by the Tail
Mary
The Blind Goddess
Derek's Charwoman
The Nightcomers
Mrs. Grose
The Quatermass Xperiment
Rosie Wrigley
Once a Jolly Swagman
Ma Fox
Personal Affair
Mrs. Usher
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
Mrs. Bates
Corridor of Mirrors
Visitor in Tussauds
A Kind of Loving
Mrs. Rothwell
These Dangerous Years
Mrs. Ada Larkin
One Good Turn
Cook
Turn the Key Softly
Mrs. Rowan, landlady
Sailor Beware
Mrs Lack
Consuming Passions
Mrs. Gordon
The Tailor of Gloucester
Mrs. Speck
The Courtneys of Curzon Street
Maud
Women Without Men
Gran' Rafferty
The Foreman Went to France
Barmaid
Intensive Care
Aunty Kitty
A Day to Remember
Mrs. Trott
The Next of Kin
ATS drover with puncture
Some Will, Some Won't
Agnes Russell
Memento Mori
Jean Taylor
Last of the Summer Wine: Big Day at Dream Acres
Edie Pegden
The Crowded Day
Customer
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Mrs. Hopkins
Romeo and Juliet
Nurse
Portrait from Life
Mrs. Skinner
Once a Sinner
Mrs. James
Talking Heads 2
1998
Lost
Kelly's landlady
The Long Memory
Mrs Pewsey
Pat and Margaret
Jim's Mother
Two Thousand Women
Mrs. Burtshaw
Conspirator
Broaders
The Big Frame
Hotel Maid
My Brother Jonathan
Ada
Street Corner
Mrs. Perkins
Emergency Call
Mrs. Cornelius
Last of the Summer Wine: Uncle of the Bride
Edie Pegden
Talking Heads
1988
The Magic Box
Doctor's Housekeeper
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
Joyce
Madness of the Heart
Rosa
Simon and Laura
Jessie
The Cure for Love
Mrs. Dorbell
The Entertainer
Mrs. Ada Lapford
Boys in Brown
Mrs. Knowles
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
Old Betsy
Now and Forever
Maggie the Maid (uncredited)
The Good Companions
Mrs Oakroyd
The Mayor's Charity
Olive Major
The Villa Maroc
Doris
Wide-Eyed and Legless
Deric's Mother
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
Alice Crouch
Rattle of a Simple Man
Mrs. Winthram
Say Something Happened
Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
Fools Rush In
Mrs. Coot
The Love Match
Sal Brown
The Weaker Sex
Mrs. Gaye
Afternoon Off
Mrs Beevers
Blonde Bait
'Granny' Ramsey
Further Up the Creek
Mrs. Galloway
Background
Mrs. Humphries
The Galloping Major
Tea Stall Woman (uncredited)
Maytime in Mayfair
Janet
The Magnet
Nanny's friend
Bitter Harvest
Mrs. Jessup (uncredited)
Lost for Words
Annie Longden
The Fox Trot
Gwen
The Great Game
Miss Rawlings
Over the Odds
Mrs Carter
The Big Blockade
German barmaid (uncredited)
The Frightened Man
Vera
Home and Away
Margie Groves
Go to Blazes
Elsie
Emma and Grandpa
Narrator (voice)
TV Shows (31)
The South Bank Show
1 eps
Play for Today
Olive Major · 1 eps
Play for Today
Aunt KItty · 1 eps
Play for Today
Doris · 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Clare Soppitt · 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Nurse · 1 eps
Heartbeat
Hannah Stockdale · 1 eps
The Wednesday Play
Blanche Hoskins · 1 eps
Last of the Summer Wine
Edie · 138 eps
Z-Cars
1 eps
Screen Two
Jean Taylor · 1 eps
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Ada · 1 eps
All Creatures Great and Small
Mrs. Clarke · 2 eps
Blankety Blank
1 eps
Dixon of Dock Green
Alice Leggett · 1 eps
Screen One
Deric's Mother · 1 eps
Screen One
Jim's Mother · 1 eps
The Queen's Nose
Postmistress · 2 eps
dinnerladies
Enid · 1 eps
Talking Heads
Violet · 1 eps
Talking Heads
Doris · 1 eps
In Loving Memory
Ivy Unsworth · 36 eps
Perfect Scoundrels
Martha · 1 eps
The First Lady
Sarah Danby · 54 eps
Thomas & Sarah
Mrs Entwistle · 1 eps
Hallelujah!
Captain Emily Ridley · 15 eps
Objects of Affection
Elizabeth Mary Rhodes · 1 eps
Armchair Theatre
Momma Brodsky · 1 eps
Armchair Theatre
Miss Ogilvie · 1 eps
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2 eps
ITV Christmas Comedy
15 eps
