Thora Hird

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.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

female

Known Credits

86

Birth Date

1911-05-28 00:00:00

Birth Place

Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK

Known For

• 

  Thora Hird Tribute
• 

  Lost for Words
• 

  Say Something Happened
• 

  The Mayor's Charity
• 

  The Villa Maroc
• Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am!

Credits

• actors (86 credits)

  • Thora Hird Tribute

    Self, Various Characters (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • Lost for Words

    Annie Longden

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • Julie and the Cadillacs

    Julie's grandmother

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • Talking Heads 2

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • Pat and Margaret

    Jim's Mother

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • Wide-Eyed and Legless

    Deric's Mother

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • Memento Mori

    Jean Taylor

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

    Old Betsy

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • The Tailor of Gloucester

    Mrs. Speck

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • Talking Heads

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • Consuming Passions

    Mrs. Gordon

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • Last of the Summer Wine: Big Day at Dream Acres

    Edie Pegden

    actor

    actors
    1987
  • Last of the Summer Wine: Uncle of the Bride

    Edie Pegden

    actor

    actors
    1986
  • Emma and Grandpa

    Narrator (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1983
  • Say Something Happened

    Elizabeth Mary Rhodes

    actor

    actors
    1982
  • Intensive Care

    Aunty Kitty

    actor

    actors
    1982
  • Afternoon Off

    Mrs Beevers

    actor

    actors
    1979
  • Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

    Mrs. Hopkins

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • The Mayor's Charity

    Olive Major

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • The Villa Maroc

    Doris

    actor

    actors
    1972
  • The Nightcomers

    Mrs. Grose

    actor

    actors
    1972
  • The Fox Trot

    Gwen

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • Some Will, Some Won't

    Agnes Russell

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • Romeo and Juliet

    Nurse

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am!

    Blanche Hoskins

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • Rattle of a Simple Man

    Mrs. Winthram

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • Bitter Harvest

    Mrs. Jessup

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Term of Trial

    Mrs. Taylor

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • A Kind of Loving

    Mrs. Rothwell

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • Over the Odds

    Mrs Carter

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • The Entertainer

    Mrs. Ada Lapford

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Further Up the Creek

    Mrs. Galloway

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • A Clean Sweep

    Vera Watson

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • These Dangerous Years

    Mrs. Ada Larkin

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • The Good Companions

    Mrs Oakroyd

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Now and Forever

    Maggie the Maid (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Home and Away

    Margie Groves

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Sailor Beware

    Mrs Lack

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Women Without Men

    Gran' Rafferty

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Blonde Bait

    'Granny' Ramsey

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Lost

    Kelly's landlady

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Simon and Laura

    Jessie

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • The Quatermass Xperiment

    Rosie Wrigley

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Tiger by the Tail

    Mary

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • The Love Match

    Sal Brown

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • One Good Turn

    Cook

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • The Crowded Day

    Customer

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • For Better, for Worse

    Mrs. Doyle

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Don't Blame the Stork

    Agnes O'Connor

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • A Day to Remember

    Mrs. Trott

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Background

    Mrs. Humphries

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Personal Affair

    Mrs. Usher

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Turn the Key Softly

    Mrs. Rowan, landlady

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Street Corner

    Mrs. Perkins

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • The Long Memory

    Mrs Pewsey

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • The Great Game

    Miss Rawlings

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • The Big Frame

    Hotel Maid

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Time, Gentlemen, Please!

    Alice Crouch

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Emergency Call

    Mrs. Cornelius

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • The Frightened Man

    Vera

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • The Magic Box

    Doctor's Housekeeper

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • The Galloping Major

    Tea Stall Woman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • The Magnet

    Nanny's friend

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Once a Sinner

    Mrs. James

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • The Cure for Love

    Mrs. Dorbell

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Madness of the Heart

    Rosa

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Boys in Brown

    Mrs. Knowles

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Conspirator

    Broaders

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Maytime in Mayfair

    Janet

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Fools Rush In

    Mrs. Coot

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • A Boy, a Girl and a Bike

    Mrs. Bates

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Once a Jolly Swagman

    Ma Fox

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Portrait from Life

    Mrs. Skinner

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • The Weaker Sex

    Mrs. Gaye

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • The Blind Goddess

    Derek's Charwoman

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Corridor of Mirrors

    Visitor in Tussauds

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • My Brother Jonathan

    Ada

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • The Courtneys of Curzon Street

    Maud

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Two Thousand Women

    Mrs. Burtshaw

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • The Lodger

    First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Went the Day Well?

    Ivy

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • The Foreman Went to France

    Barmaid

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • The Next of Kin

    ATS drover with puncture

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • The Black Sheep of Whitehall

    Joyce

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • The Big Blockade

    German barmaid (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Go to Blazes

    Elsie

    actor

    actors
    1942