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