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 Info

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83910

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

1

Gender

Female

Birthday

1911-05-28

Place of Birth

Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK

Also Known As

  • Dame Thora Hird
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    100

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    Known For

    Went the Day Well?

    Went the Day

    The Quatermass Xperiment

    The Quaterma

    Corridor of Mirrors

    Corridor of

    A Kind of Loving

    A Kind of Lo

    Madness of the Heart

    Madness of t

    The Nightcomers

    The Nightcom

    For Better, for Worse

    For Better,

    One Good Turn

    One Good Tur

    The Big Frame

    The Big Fram

    The Magnet

    The Magnet

    The Entertainer

    The Entertai

    The Long Memory

    The Long Mem

    Conspirator

    Conspirator

    Term of Trial

    Term of Tria

    Time, Gentlemen, Please!

    Time, Gentle

    Once a Jolly Swagman

    Once a Jolly

    Personal Affair

    Personal Aff

    Turn the Key Softly

    Turn the Key

    Lost

    Lost

    Blonde Bait

    Blonde Bait

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    Some Will, S

    The Black Sheep of Whitehall

    The Black Sh

    Boys in Brown

    Boys in Brow

    Now and Forever

    Now and Fore

    Further Up the Creek

    Further Up t

    Consuming Passions

    Consuming Pa

    Emergency Call

    Emergency Ca

    The Love Match

    The Love Mat

    Pat and Margaret

    Pat and Marg

    A Day to Remember

    A Day to Rem

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    Lost for Wor

    Women Without Men

    Women Withou

    Once a Sinner

    Once a Sinne

    Portrait from Life

    Portrait fro

    Rattle of a Simple Man

    Rattle of a

    These Dangerous Years

    These Danger

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    Go to Blazes

    A Boy, a Girl and a Bike

    A Boy, a Gir

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    The Great Ga

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    The Tailor o

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    Intensive Ca

    My Brother Jonathan

    My Brother J

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    Who's a Good

    Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

    Me! I'm Afra

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    Afternoon Of

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    Fools Rush I

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    Talking Head

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    Talking Head

    Simon and Laura

    Simon and La

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    Background

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    Emma and Gra

    The Blind Goddess

    The Blind Go

    The Next of Kin

    The Next of

    Bitter Harvest

    Bitter Harve

    Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Ju

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    Wide-Eyed an

    Street Corner

    Street Corne

    The Lodger

    The Lodger

    Two Thousand Women

    Two Thousand

    The Magic Box

    The Magic Bo

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    The Good Com

    Sailor Beware

    Sailor Bewar

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    Home and Awa

    The Weaker Sex

    The Weaker S

    Tiger by the Tail

    Tiger by the

    Maytime in Mayfair

    Maytime in M

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    The Villa Ma

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    The Fox Trot

    The Courtneys of Curzon Street

    The Courtney

    The Frightened Man

    The Frighten

    Memento Mori

    Memento Mori

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    The Cure for

    The Foreman Went to France

    The Foreman

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    The Tale of

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    The Mayor's

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    Say Somethin

    The Galloping Major

    The Gallopin

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    Over the Odd

    The Crowded Day

    The Crowded

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    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

    as

    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

    as

    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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    (15 episode)asCaptain Emily Ridley

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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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    (15 episode)as

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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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    0asSelf

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    (1 episode)asMrs. Hope