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.
Photos (2)
Movies (80)
The Weaker Sex
Mrs. Gaye
The Quatermass Xperiment
Rosie Wrigley
The Lodger
First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)
Consuming Passions
Mrs. Gordon
Memento Mori
Jean Taylor
Conspirator
Broaders
Lost
Kelly's landlady
The Good Companions
Mrs Oakroyd
Term of Trial
Mrs. Taylor
The Nightcomers
Mrs. Grose
Corridor of Mirrors
Visitor in Tussauds
The Entertainer
Mrs. Ada Lapford
The Magic Box
Doctor's Housekeeper
One Good Turn
Cook
My Brother Jonathan
Ada
Street Corner
Mrs. Perkins
Went the Day Well?
Ivy
A Kind of Loving
Mrs. Rothwell
Simon and Laura
Jessie
Two Thousand Women
Mrs. Burtshaw
Romeo and Juliet
Nurse
Lost for Words
Annie Longden
The Fox Trot
Gwen
For Better, for Worse
Mrs. Doyle
Once a Sinner
Mrs. James
The Courtneys of Curzon Street
Maud
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
Mrs. Bates
A Day to Remember
Mrs. Trott
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
Alice Crouch
Boys in Brown
Mrs. Knowles
Some Will, Some Won't
Agnes Russell
The Crowded Day
Customer
Tiger by the Tail
Mary
Bitter Harvest
Mrs. Jessup
Afternoon Off
Mrs Beevers
Portrait from Life
Mrs. Skinner
Emergency Call
Mrs. Cornelius
Intensive Care
Aunty Kitty
Talking Heads
1988
Sailor Beware
Mrs Lack
The Foreman Went to France
Barmaid
The Great Game
Miss Rawlings
Further Up the Creek
Mrs. Galloway
Wide-Eyed and Legless
Deric's Mother
The Tailor of Gloucester
Mrs. Speck
The Next of Kin
ATS drover with puncture
The Long Memory
Mrs Pewsey
Background
Mrs. Humphries
Madness of the Heart
Rosa
Pat and Margaret
Jim's Mother
Once a Jolly Swagman
Ma Fox
Blonde Bait
'Granny' Ramsey
Say Something Happened
Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
These Dangerous Years
Mrs. Ada Larkin
The Big Frame
Hotel Maid
The Magnet
Nanny's friend
The Villa Maroc
Doris
The Blind Goddess
Derek's Charwoman
Personal Affair
Mrs. Usher
Rattle of a Simple Man
Mrs. Winthram
Talking Heads 2
1998
Home and Away
Margie Groves
The Big Blockade
German barmaid (uncredited)
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
Joyce
Now and Forever
Maggie the Maid (uncredited)
The Cure for Love
Mrs. Dorbell
The Frightened Man
Vera
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Mrs. Hopkins
The Love Match
Sal Brown
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
Old Betsy
Women Without Men
Gran' Rafferty
The Galloping Major
Tea Stall Woman (uncredited)
Maytime in Mayfair
Janet
Fools Rush In
Mrs. Coot
Turn the Key Softly
Mrs. Rowan, landlady
The Mayor's Charity
Olive Major
Over the Odds
Mrs Carter
Emma and Grandpa
Narrator (voice)
Last of the Summer Wine: Uncle of the Bride
Edie
Go to Blazes
Elsie
TV Shows (29)
Play for Today
Olive Major · 1 eps
Play for Today
Doris · 1 eps
Play for Today
Aunt KItty · 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Clare Soppitt · 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Nurse · 1 eps
The Wednesday Play
Blanche Hoskins · 1 eps
Last of the Summer Wine
Edie · 138 eps
Screen Two
Jean Taylor · 1 eps
Heartbeat
Hannah Stockdale · 1 eps
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Ada · 1 eps
Z-Cars
1 eps
All Creatures Great and Small
Mrs. Clarke · 2 eps
Blankety Blank
1 eps
Screen One
Deric's Mother · 1 eps
Screen One
Jim's Mother · 1 eps
Dixon of Dock Green
Alice Leggett · 1 eps
dinnerladies
Enid · 1 eps
Hallelujah!
Captain Emily Ridley · 15 eps
The Queen's Nose
Postmistress · 2 eps
The First Lady
Sarah Danby · 54 eps
In Loving Memory
Ivy Unsworth · 36 eps
Perfect Scoundrels
Martha · 1 eps
Talking Heads
Doris · 1 eps
Talking Heads
Violet · 1 eps
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2 eps
Armchair Theatre
Momma Brodsky · 1 eps
Armchair Theatre
Miss Ogilvie · 1 eps
Objects of Affection
Elizabeth Mary Rhodes · 1 eps
ITV Christmas Comedy
15 eps
