
Thora Hird
May 28, 1911 (114 years old) in Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK
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
Credits
- 2000 · The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything as
- 1998 · dinnerladies as Enid
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self
- 1995 · Queen's Nose as Postmistress
- 1993 · Wide-Eyed and Legless as Deric's Mother
- 1993 · Goggle Eyes as Mrs Harrington
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Hannah Stockdale
- 1990 · Perfect Scoundrels as Martha
- 1988 · Talking Heads as Doris
- 1988 · Talking Heads as Violet
- 1988 · Consuming Passions as Mrs. Gordon
- 1985 · Screen Two as Jean Taylor
- 1983 · ITV Christmas Comedy as
- 1982 · Objects of Affection as Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
- 1982 · Intensive Care as Aunty Kitty
- 1981 · Hallelujah! as Captain Emily Ridley
- 1979 · Blankety Blank as
- 1978 · All Creatures Great and Small as Mrs. Clarke
- 1976 · Tell Me Another as Herself
- 1973 · Last of the Summer Wine as Edie
- 1972 · The Nightcomers as Mrs. Grose
- 1970 · Play for Today as Olive Major
- 1970 · Play for Today as Doris
- 1970 · Play for Today as Aunt KItty
- 1969 · In Loving Memory as Ivy Unsworth
- 1968 · The First Lady as
- 1965 · BBC Play of the Month as Clare Soppitt
- 1965 · BBC Play of the Month as Nurse
- 1964 · The Wednesday Play as Blanche Hoskins
- 1963 · Festival as Mrs. Baines
- 1962 · Term of Trial as Mrs. Taylor
- 1962 · Z-Cars as
- 1960 · The Entertainer as Mrs. Ada Lapford
- 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 · The Quatermass Xperiment as Rosie Wrigley
- 1955 · Dixon of Dock Green as Alice Leggett
- 1955 · The Love Match as Sal Brown
- 1954 · For Better, for Worse as Mrs. Doyle
- 1953 · Background as Mrs. Humphries
- 1952 · Time, Gentlemen, Please! as Alice Crouch
- 1952 · Emergency Call as Mrs. Cornelius
- 1952 · The Magic Box as Doctor's Housekeeper
- 1949 · Boys in Brown as Mrs. Knowles
- 1949 · The BAFTA Awards as Self - Winner
- 1949 · Once a Jolly Swagman as Ma Fox
- 1948 · Portrait from Life as Mrs. Skinner
- 1948 · The Blind Goddess as Derek's Charwoman
- 1948 · Corridor of Mirrors as Visitor in Tussauds
- 1948 · My Brother Jonathan as Ada
- 1944 · Two Thousand Women as Mrs. Burtshaw
- 1944 · The Lodger as First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)
- 1942 · Went the Day Well? as Ivy
- Future · Esther as Self
- 2003 · Thora Hird Tribute as Self, Various Characters (archive footage)
- 1999 · Lost for Words as Annie Longden
- 1999 · Julie and the Cadillacs as Julie's grandmother
- 1998 · Talking Heads 2 as
- 1994 · Pat and Margaret as Jim's Mother
- 1992 · Memento Mori as Jean Taylor
- 1990 · The Tale of Little Pig Robinson as Old Betsy
- 1989 · The Tailor of Gloucester as Mrs. Speck
- 1988 · Talking Heads as
- 1982 · Say Something Happened as Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
- 1979 · Afternoon Off as Mrs Beevers
- 1978 · Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf as Mrs. Hopkins
- 1977 · The Mayor's Charity as Olive Major
- 1972 · The Villa Maroc as Doris
- 1971 · The Fox Trot as Gwen
- 1970 · Some Will, Some Won't as Agnes Russell
- 1967 · Romeo and Juliet as Nurse
- 1966 · Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am! as Blanche Hoskins
- 1964 · Rattle of a Simple Man as Mrs. Winthram
- 1963 · Meet the Wife as
- 1963 · Bitter Harvest as Mrs. Jessup
- 1962 · A Kind of Loving as Mrs. Rothwell
- 1961 · Over the Odds as Mrs Carter
- 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 · Home and Away as Margie Groves
- 1956 · Sailor Beware as Mrs Lack
- 1956 · Women Without Men as Gran' Rafferty
- 1955 · Tiger by the Tail as Mary
- 1955 · One Good Turn as Cook
- 1954 · Don't Blame the Stork as Agnes O'Connor
- 1953 · A Day to Remember as Mrs. Trott
- 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 · The Frightened Man as Vera
- 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 · Conspirator as Broaders
- 1949 · Maytime in Mayfair as Janet
- 1949 · A Boy, a Girl and a Bike as Mrs. Bates
- 1949 · Fools Rush In as Mrs. Coot
- 1948 · The Weaker Sex as Mrs. Gaye
- 1947 · The Courtneys of Curzon Street as Maud
- 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
- Future · Emma and Grandpa as Narrator (UK)
- 1942 · Go to Blazes as Elsie