Thora Hird
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dame Thora Hird, DBE (28 May 1911 – 15 March 2003) 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. A three-time winner of the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress, she won for Talking Heads: A Cream Cracker Under the Settee (1988), Talking Heads: Waiting for the Telegram (1998) and Lost for Words (1999). Her film credits included The Love Match (1955), The Entertainer (1960), A Kind of Loving (1962) and The Nightcomers (1971).
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- Born:
- May 28, 1911 In Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 83
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Go to Blazes 1942-01-01
- Latest Project:
- Movie Lost for Words 1999-01-03
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Lost for Words | Annie Longden | 1999-01-03 |
| Movie | Julie and the Cadillacs | Julie's grandmother | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | Talking Heads 2 | 1998-10-06 | |
| Movie | Pat and Margaret | Jim's Mother | 1994-09-11 |
| Movie | Wide-Eyed and Legless | Deric's Mother | 1993-09-05 |
| Series | Goggle Eyes | Mrs Harrington | 1993-03-24 |
| Series | Heartbeat | Unknown | 1992-04-10 |
| Movie | Memento Mori | Jean Taylor | 1992-04-19 |
| Movie | Consuming Passions | Mrs. Gordon | 1988-04-06 |
| Movie | Talking Heads | 1988-04-19 | |
| Series | ITV Christmas Comedy | 1983-04-23 | |
| Movie | Intensive Care | Aunty Kitty | 1982-11-09 |
| Series | Hallelujah! | Captain Emily Ridley | 1981-06-03 |
| Series | Blankety Blank | Unknown | 1979-01-18 |
| Movie | Afternoon Off | Mrs Beevers | 1979-02-03 |
| Movie | Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf | Mrs. Hopkins | 1978-12-02 |
| Series | Last of the Summer Wine | Edith "Edie" Pegden | 1973-01-04 |
| Movie | The Villa Maroc | Doris | 1972-02-17 |
| Movie | The Nightcomers | Mrs. Grose | 1972-02-15 |
| Movie | The Fox Trot | Gwen | 1971-04-29 |
| Movie | Some Will, Some Won't | Agnes Russell | 1970-04-01 |
| Series | Play for Today | Unknown | 1970-10-15 |
| Series | In Loving Memory | Ivy Unsworth | 1969-11-04 |
| Series | The First Lady | 1968-04-07 | |
| Series | BBC Play of the Month | Unknown | 1965-10-19 |
| Movie | Rattle of a Simple Man | Mrs. Winthram | 1964-12-20 |
| Movie | Bitter Harvest | Mrs. Jessup | 1963-03-08 |
| Series | Meet the Wife | 1963-12-28 | |
| Series | Z-Cars | Unknown | 1962-01-02 |
| Movie | A Kind of Loving | Mrs. Rothwell | 1962-04-12 |
| Movie | Term of Trial | Mrs. Taylor | 1962-08-16 |
| Movie | The Entertainer | Mrs. Ada Lapford | 1960-07-25 |
| Movie | Further Up the Creek | Mrs. Galloway | 1958-10-28 |
| Movie | These Dangerous Years | Mrs. Ada Larkin | 1957-07-03 |
| Movie | The Good Companions | Mrs Oakroyd | 1957-04-22 |
| Movie | Blonde Bait | 'Granny' Ramsey | 1956-04-01 |
| Movie | Lost | Kelly's landlady | 1956-01-31 |
| Movie | Women Without Men | Gran' Rafferty | 1956-06-01 |
| Movie | Sailor Beware | Mrs Lack | 1956-09-04 |
| Movie | Now and Forever | Maggie the Maid (uncredited) | 1956-09-10 |
| Movie | Home and Away | Margie Groves | 1956-09-04 |
| Movie | The Love Match | Sal Brown | 1955-02-01 |
| Movie | The Quatermass Xperiment | Rosie Wrigley | 1955-08-26 |
| Movie | One Good Turn | Cook | 1955-01-04 |
| Movie | Simon and Laura | Jessie | 1955-11-02 |
| Series | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Unknown | 1955-09-26 |
| Movie | Tiger by the Tail | Mary | 1955-09-19 |
| Movie | Don't Blame the Stork | Agnes O'Connor | 1954-01-01 |
| Movie | For Better, for Worse | Mrs. Doyle | 1954-06-20 |
| Movie | Street Corner | Mrs. Perkins | 1953-03-17 |
| Movie | The Long Memory | Mrs Pewsey | 1953-01-23 |
| Movie | Turn the Key Softly | Mrs. Rowan, landlady | 1953-04-29 |
| Movie | The Great Game | Miss Rawlings | 1953-01-01 |
| Movie | Personal Affair | Mrs. Usher | 1953-10-20 |
| Movie | A Day to Remember | Mrs. Trott | 1953-11-10 |
| Movie | Background | Mrs. Humphries | 1953-11-09 |
| Movie | The Magic Box | Doctor's Housekeeper | 1952-01-01 |
| Movie | Emergency Call | Mrs. Cornelius | 1952-05-19 |
| Movie | The Frightened Man | Vera | 1952-03-01 |
| Movie | The Big Frame | Hotel Maid | 1952-09-01 |
| Movie | Time, Gentlemen, Please! | Alice Crouch | 1952-07-01 |
| Movie | Once a Sinner | Mrs. James | 1950-07-01 |
| Movie | The Magnet | Nanny's friend | 1950-10-01 |
| Movie | Fools Rush In | Mrs. Coot | 1949-05-23 |
| Movie | A Boy, a Girl and a Bike | Mrs. Bates | 1949-05-23 |
| Movie | Once a Jolly Swagman | Ma Fox | 1949-02-02 |
| Movie | Madness of the Heart | Rosa | 1949-12-20 |
| Movie | Maytime in Mayfair | Janet | 1949-05-24 |
| Movie | Boys in Brown | Mrs. Knowles | 1949-12-01 |
| Movie | Conspirator | Broaders | 1949-07-28 |
| Movie | Corridor of Mirrors | Visitor in Tussauds | 1948-02-23 |
| Movie | The Blind Goddess | Derek's Charwoman | 1948-09-14 |
| Movie | My Brother Jonathan | Ada | 1948-02-05 |
| Movie | The Weaker Sex | Mrs. Gaye | 1948-10-11 |
| Movie | Portrait from Life | Mrs. Skinner | 1948-12-01 |
| Movie | The Courtneys of Curzon Street | Maud | 1947-04-11 |
| Movie | The Lodger | First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited) | 1944-01-19 |
| Movie | Two Thousand Women | Mrs. Burtshaw | 1944-11-06 |
| Movie | Go to Blazes | Elsie | 1942-01-01 |
| Movie | The Black Sheep of Whitehall | Joyce | 1942-02-23 |
| Movie | The Foreman Went to France | Barmaid | 1942-06-22 |
| Movie | Went the Day Well? | Ivy | 1942-12-07 |
| Movie | The Next of Kin | ATS drover with puncture | 1942-06-15 |