Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

111

Gender

Female

Birthday

1911-05-28

Deathday

2003-03-15 (91 years old)

Place of Birth

Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK

Also Known As

Dame Thora Hird

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.

Known For

6.5%

The Quatermass Xperiment

Aug 26, 1955

6.3%

The Lodger

Jan 19, 1944

5.7%

The Nightcomers

Feb 15, 1972

7.2%

Went the Day Well?

Dec 7, 1942

7.0%

A Kind of Loving

Apr 12, 1962

6.2%

The Entertainer

Jul 25, 1960

7.7%

All Creatures Great and Small

Jan 8, 1978

7.1%

Last of the Summer Wine

Jan 4, 1973

7.1%

Last of the Summer Wine

Jan 4, 1973

7.4%

dinnerladies

Nov 12, 1998

7.0%

Heartbeat

Apr 10, 1992

6.3%

The Magnet

Oct 1, 1950

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Acting

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Emma and Grandpa as Narrator (UK)

2000

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything

1999		Lost for Words as Annie Longden
1999		Julie and the Cadillacs as Julie's grandmother

1998		dinnerladies as Enid
1998		Talking Heads 2
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
1993		Goggle Eyes as Mrs Harrington

1992		Memento Mori as Jean Taylor
1992		Heartbeat as Hannah Stockdale

1990		The Tale of Little Pig Robinson as Old Betsy
1990		Perfect Scoundrels as Martha

1989

The Tailor of Gloucester as Mrs. Speck

1988		Talking Heads as Doris
1988		Talking Heads as Violet
1988		Talking Heads
1988		Consuming Passions as Mrs. Gordon

1985

Screen Two as Jean Taylor

1983

ITV Christmas Comedy

1982		Say Something Happened as Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
1982		Objects of Affection as Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
1982		Intensive Care as Aunty Kitty

1981

Hallelujah! as Captain Emily Ridley

1979		Afternoon Off as Mrs Beevers
1979		Blankety Blank

1978		Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf as Mrs. Hopkins
1978		All Creatures Great and Small as Mrs. Clarke

1977

The Mayor's Charity as Olive Major

1976

Tell Me Another as Herself

1973		Last of the Summer Wine as Edie
1973		Last of the Summer Wine as Herself (archive footage)

1972		The Villa Maroc as Doris
1972		The Nightcomers as Mrs. Grose

1971

The Fox Trot as Gwen

1970		Play for Today as Olive Major
1970		Play for Today as Doris
1970		Play for Today as Aunt KItty
1970		Some Will, Some Won't as Agnes Russell

1969

In Loving Memory as Ivy Unsworth

1968

The First Lady

1967

Romeo and Juliet as Nurse

1966

Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am! as Blanche Hoskins

1965		BBC Play of the Month as Clare Soppitt
1965		BBC Play of the Month as Nurse

1964

Rattle of a Simple Man as Mrs. Winthram

1963		Meet the Wife
1963		Bitter Harvest as Mrs. Jessup

1962		Term of Trial as Mrs. Taylor
1962		A Kind of Loving as Mrs. Rothwell
1962		Z-Cars

1961

Over the Odds as Mrs Carter

1960

The Entertainer as Mrs. Ada Lapford

1958		Further Up the Creek as Mrs. Galloway
1958		A Clean Sweep as Vera Watson

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		Simon and Laura as Jessie
1955		The Adventures of Robin Hood as Ada
1955		Tiger by the Tail as Mary
1955		The Quatermass Xperiment as Rosie Wrigley
1955		Dixon of Dock Green as Alice Leggett
1955		The Love Match as Sal Brown
1955		One Good Turn as Cook

1954		For Better, for Worse as Mrs. Doyle
1954		Don't Blame the Stork as Agnes O'Connor

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		Time, Gentlemen, Please! as Alice Crouch
1952		Emergency Call as Mrs. Cornelius
1952		The Frightened Man as Vera
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		Madness of the Heart as Rosa
1949		Boys in Brown as Mrs. Knowles
1949		Conspirator as Broaders
1949		The BAFTA Awards as Self - Winner
1949		Maytime in Mayfair as Janet
1949		A Boy, a Girl and a Bike as Mrs. Bates
1949		Fools Rush In as Mrs. Coot
1949		Once a Jolly Swagman as Ma Fox

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
1948		My Brother Jonathan as Ada

1947

The Courtneys of Curzon Street as Maud

1944		Two Thousand Women as Mrs. Burtshaw
1944		The Lodger as First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)

1942		Went the Day Well? as Ivy
1942		The Foreman Went to France as Barmaid
1942		The Next of Kin as ATS drover with puncture
1942		The Black Sheep of Whitehall as Joyce
1942		Go to Blazes as Elsie