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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.

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Id

83910

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Female

Birthday

1911-05-28

Place of Birth

Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK

Also Known As

Dame Thora Hird

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Thora Hird

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Went the Day

The Quaterma

Corridor of

A Kind of Lo

Madness of t

The Nightcom

For Better,

One Good Tur

The Big Fram

The Magnet

The Entertai

The Long Mem

Conspirator

Term of Tria

Time, Gentle

Once a Jolly

Personal Aff

Turn the Key

Lost

Blonde Bait

Some Will, S

The Black Sh

Boys in Brow

Now and Fore

Further Up t

Consuming Pa

Emergency Ca

The Love Mat

Pat and Marg

A Day to Rem

Lost for Wor

Women Withou

Once a Sinne

Portrait fro

Rattle of a

These Danger

Go to Blazes

A Boy, a Gir

The Great Ga

The Tailor o

Intensive Ca

My Brother J

Who's a Good

Me! I'm Afra

Afternoon Of

Fools Rush I

Talking Head

Simon and La

Background

Emma and Gra

The Blind Go

The Next of

Bitter Harve

Romeo and Ju

Wide-Eyed an

Street Corne

The Lodger

Two Thousand

The Magic Bo

The Good Com

Sailor Bewar

Home and Awa

The Weaker S

Tiger by the

Maytime in M

The Villa Ma

The Fox Trot

The Courtney

The Frighten

Memento Mori

The Cure for

The Foreman

The Tale of

The Mayor's

Say Somethin

The Gallopin

Over the Odd

The Crowded

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Acting

Clear

2003

Thora Hird Tribute

asSelf, Various Characters (archive footage)

1999

Lost for Words

asAnnie Longden

1999

Julie and the Cadillacs

asJulie's grandmother

1998

Talking Heads 2

1994

Pat and Margaret

asJim's Mother

1993

Wide-Eyed and Legless

asDeric's Mother

1992

Memento Mori

asJean Taylor

1990

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

asOld Betsy

1989

The Tailor of Gloucester

asMrs. Speck

1988

Talking Heads

1988

Consuming Passions

asMrs. Gordon

1983

Emma and Grandpa

asNarrator (voice)

1982

Say Something Happened

asElizabeth Mary Rhodes

1982

Intensive Care

asAunty Kitty

1979

Afternoon Off

asMrs Beevers

1978

Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

asMrs. Hopkins

1977

The Mayor's Charity

asOlive Major

1972

The Villa Maroc

asDoris

1972

The Nightcomers

asMrs. Grose

1971

The Fox Trot

asGwen

1970

Some Will, Some Won't

asAgnes Russell

1967

Romeo and Juliet

asNurse

1966

Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am!

asBlanche Hoskins

1964

Rattle of a Simple Man

asMrs. Winthram

1963

Bitter Harvest

asMrs. Jessup

1962

Term of Trial

asMrs. Taylor

1962

A Kind of Loving

asMrs. Rothwell

1961

Over the Odds

asMrs Carter

1960

The Entertainer

asMrs. Ada Lapford

1958

Further Up the Creek

asMrs. Galloway

1958

A Clean Sweep

asVera Watson

1957

These Dangerous Years

asMrs. Ada Larkin

1957

The Good Companions

asMrs Oakroyd

1956

Now and Forever

asMaggie the Maid (uncredited)

1956

Sailor Beware

asMrs Lack

1956

Home and Away

asMargie Groves

1956

Women Without Men

asGran' Rafferty

1956

Blonde Bait

as'Granny' Ramsey

1956

Lost

asKelly's landlady

1955

Simon and Laura

asJessie

1955

The Quatermass Xperiment

asRosie Wrigley

1955

Tiger by the Tail

asMary

1955

The Love Match

asSal Brown

1955

One Good Turn

asCook

1954

The Crowded Day

asCustomer

1954

For Better, for Worse

asMrs. Doyle

1954

Don't Blame the Stork

asAgnes O'Connor

1953

A Day to Remember

asMrs. Trott

1953

Background

asMrs. Humphries

1953

Personal Affair

asMrs. Usher

1953

Turn the Key Softly

asMrs. Rowan, landlady

1953

Street Corner

asMrs. Perkins

1953

The Long Memory

asMrs Pewsey

1953

The Great Game

asMiss Rawlings

1952

The Big Frame

asHotel Maid

1952

Time, Gentlemen, Please!

asAlice Crouch

1952

Emergency Call

asMrs. Cornelius

1952

The Frightened Man

asVera

1952

The Magic Box

asDoctor's Housekeeper

1951

The Galloping Major

asTea Stall Woman (uncredited)

1950

The Magnet

asNanny's friend

1950

Once a Sinner

asMrs. James

1949

The Cure for Love

asMrs. Dorbell

1949

Madness of the Heart

asRosa

1949

Boys in Brown

asMrs. Knowles

1949

Conspirator

asBroaders

1949

Maytime in Mayfair

asJanet

1949

A Boy, a Girl and a Bike

asMrs. Bates

1949

Fools Rush In

asMrs. Coot

1949

Once a Jolly Swagman

asMa Fox

1948

Portrait from Life

asMrs. Skinner

1948

The Weaker Sex

asMrs. Gaye

1948

The Blind Goddess

asDerek's Charwoman

1948

Corridor of Mirrors

asVisitor in Tussauds

1948

My Brother Jonathan

asAda

1947

The Courtneys of Curzon Street

asMaud

1944

Two Thousand Women

asMrs. Burtshaw

1944

The Lodger

asFirst Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)

1942

Went the Day Well?

asIvy

1942

The Foreman Went to France

asBarmaid

1942

The Next of Kin

asATS drover with puncture

1942

The Black Sheep of Whitehall

asJoyce

1942

Go to Blazes

asElsie

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(36 episode)asIvy Unsworth

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(1 episode)asHannah Stockdale

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(138 episode)asEdie

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(1 episode)as

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(15 episode)asCaptain Emily Ridley

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(38 episode)as

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(1 episode)asEnid

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(1 episode)asAda

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(1 episode)asOlive Major

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(1 episode)asClare Soppitt

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(1 episode)asMartha

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(1 episode)asDoris

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(1 episode)asViolet

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(4 episode)asMrs Harrington

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(2 episode)asMrs. Clarke

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(1 episode)asNurse

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(1 episode)asElizabeth Mary Rhodes

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(1 episode)asDoris

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(1 episode)asAunt KItty

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(1 episode)asAlice Leggett

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(3 episode)asHerself

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(1 episode)asSelf

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(1 episode)asJean Taylor

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(1 episode)asSelf - Winner

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(2 episode)asPostmistress

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(1 episode)asBlanche Hoskins

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(1 episode)asMrs. Baines

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(1 episode)asMrs. Hope