Thora Hird
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 28 May 1911 · Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK
- Died
- 15 March 2003
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
Acting 86
- 2003Thora Hird Tribute as Self, Various Characters (archive footage)
- 1999Lost for Words as Annie Longden
- 1999Julie and the Cadillacs as Julie's grandmother
- 1998Talking Heads 2
- 1994Pat and Margaret as Jim's Mother
- 1993Wide-Eyed and Legless as Deric's Mother
- 1992Memento Mori as Jean Taylor
- 1990The Tale of Little Pig Robinson as Old Betsy
- 1989The Tailor of Gloucester as Mrs. Speck
- 1988Talking Heads
- 1988Consuming Passions as Mrs. Gordon
- 1987Last of the Summer Wine: Big Day at Dream Acres as Edie Pegden
- 1986Last of the Summer Wine: Uncle of the Bride as Edie Pegden
- 1983Emma and Grandpa as Narrator (voice)
- 1982Say Something Happened as Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
- 1982Intensive Care as Aunty Kitty
- 1979Afternoon Off as Mrs Beevers
- 1978Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf as Mrs. Hopkins
- 1977The Mayor's Charity as Olive Major
- 1972The Villa Maroc as Doris
- 1972The Nightcomers as Mrs. Grose
- 1971The Fox Trot as Gwen
- 1970Some Will, Some Won't as Agnes Russell
- 1967Romeo and Juliet as Nurse
- 1966Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am! as Blanche Hoskins
- 1964Rattle of a Simple Man as Mrs. Winthram
- 1963Bitter Harvest as Mrs. Jessup
- 1962Term of Trial as Mrs. Taylor
- 1962A Kind of Loving as Mrs. Rothwell
- 1961Over the Odds as Mrs Carter
- 1960The Entertainer as Mrs. Ada Lapford
- 1958Further Up the Creek as Mrs. Galloway
- 1958A Clean Sweep as Vera Watson
- 1957These Dangerous Years as Mrs. Ada Larkin
- 1957The Good Companions as Mrs Oakroyd
- 1956Now and Forever as Maggie the Maid (uncredited)
- 1956Sailor Beware as Mrs Lack
- 1956Home and Away as Margie Groves
- 1956Women Without Men as Gran' Rafferty
- 1956Blonde Bait as 'Granny' Ramsey
- 1956Lost as Kelly's landlady
- 1955Simon and Laura as Jessie
- 1955The Quatermass Xperiment as Rosie Wrigley
- 1955Tiger by the Tail as Mary
- 1955The Love Match as Sal Brown
- 1955One Good Turn as Cook
- 1954The Crowded Day as Customer
- 1954For Better, for Worse as Mrs. Doyle
- 1954Don't Blame the Stork as Agnes O'Connor
- 1953A Day to Remember as Mrs. Trott
- 1953Background as Mrs. Humphries
- 1953Personal Affair as Mrs. Usher
- 1953Turn the Key Softly as Mrs. Rowan, landlady
- 1953Street Corner as Mrs. Perkins
- 1953The Long Memory as Mrs Pewsey
- 1953The Great Game as Miss Rawlings
- 1952The Big Frame as Hotel Maid
- 1952Time, Gentlemen, Please! as Alice Crouch
- 1952Emergency Call as Mrs. Cornelius
- 1952The Frightened Man as Vera
- 1952The Magic Box as Doctor's Housekeeper
- 1951The Galloping Major as Tea Stall Woman (uncredited)
- 1950The Magnet as Nanny's friend
- 1950Once a Sinner as Mrs. James
- 1949The Cure for Love as Mrs. Dorbell
- 1949Madness of the Heart as Rosa
- 1949Boys in Brown as Mrs. Knowles
- 1949Conspirator as Broaders
- 1949Maytime in Mayfair as Janet
- 1949A Boy, a Girl and a Bike as Mrs. Bates
- 1949Fools Rush In as Mrs. Coot
- 1949Once a Jolly Swagman as Ma Fox
- 1948Portrait from Life as Mrs. Skinner
- 1948The Weaker Sex as Mrs. Gaye
- 1948The Blind Goddess as Derek's Charwoman
- 1948Corridor of Mirrors as Visitor in Tussauds
- 1948My Brother Jonathan as Ada
- 1947The Courtneys of Curzon Street as Maud
- 1944Two Thousand Women as Mrs. Burtshaw
- 1944The Lodger as First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)
- 1942Went the Day Well? as Ivy
- 1942The Foreman Went to France as Barmaid
- 1942The Next of Kin as ATS drover with puncture
- 1942The Black Sheep of Whitehall as Joyce
- 1942The Big Blockade as German barmaid (uncredited)
- 1942Go to Blazes as Elsie