Thora Hird

Thora Hird

1911-05-28 • Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK • Female • 111 Known Credits

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

Gender

Female

Birthday

1911-05-28

Place of Birth

Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK

Known Credits

111

Known For

Acting

Also Known As

Dame Thora Hird

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Known For Movies

Turn the Key Softly

Turn the Key Softly

1953
For Better, for Worse

For Better, for Worse

1954
The Foreman Went to France

The Foreman Went to France

1942
Now and Forever

Now and Forever

1956
Don't Blame the Stork

Don't Blame the Stork

1954
The Black Sheep of Whitehall

The Black Sheep of Whitehall

1942
Talking Heads 2

Talking Heads 2

1998
The Courtneys of Curzon Street

The Courtneys of Curzon Street

1947
The Tailor of Gloucester

The Tailor of Gloucester

1989
A Day to Remember

A Day to Remember

1953
Personal Affair

Personal Affair

1953
The Mayor's Charity

The Mayor's Charity

1977
Talking Heads

Talking Heads

1988
Some Will, Some Won't

Some Will, Some Won't

1970
Term of Trial

Term of Trial

1962
The Next of Kin

The Next of Kin

1942
The Magnet

The Magnet

1950
The Long Memory

The Long Memory

1953
Bitter Harvest

Bitter Harvest

1963
Portrait from Life

Portrait from Life

1948
Sailor Beware

Sailor Beware

1956
Further Up the Creek

Further Up the Creek

1958
Once a Jolly Swagman

Once a Jolly Swagman

1949
Julie and the Cadillacs

Julie and the Cadillacs

1999
The Lodger

The Lodger

1944
Maytime in Mayfair

Maytime in Mayfair

1949
A Clean Sweep

A Clean Sweep

1958
The Quatermass Xperiment

The Quatermass Xperiment

1955
Emergency Call

Emergency Call

1952
Went the Day Well?

Went the Day Well?

1942
Consuming Passions

Consuming Passions

1988
Conspirator

Conspirator

1949
The Magic Box

The Magic Box

1952
Lost

Lost

1956
Street Corner

Street Corner

1953
A Kind of Loving

A Kind of Loving

1962
Lost for Words

Lost for Words

1999
Corridor of Mirrors

Corridor of Mirrors

1948
The Entertainer

The Entertainer

1960
Say Something Happened

Say Something Happened

1982
The Great Game

The Great Game

1953
Madness of the Heart

Madness of the Heart

1949
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike

A Boy, a Girl and a Bike

1949
Once a Sinner

Once a Sinner

1950
Memento Mori

Memento Mori

1992
The Galloping Major

The Galloping Major

1951
Afternoon Off

Afternoon Off

1979
The Villa Maroc

The Villa Maroc

1972
One Good Turn

One Good Turn

1955
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

1978
Pat and Margaret

Pat and Margaret

1994
The Nightcomers

The Nightcomers

1972
The Cure for Love

The Cure for Love

1949
The Crowded Day

The Crowded Day

1954
Boys in Brown

Boys in Brown

1949
Intensive Care

Intensive Care

1982
The Love Match

The Love Match

1955
Tiger by the Tail

Tiger by the Tail

1955
Time, Gentlemen, Please!

Time, Gentlemen, Please!

1952
The Blind Goddess

The Blind Goddess

1948
My Brother Jonathan

My Brother Jonathan

1948
Fools Rush In

Fools Rush In

1949
Emma and Grandpa

Emma and Grandpa

1983
The Good Companions

The Good Companions

1957
The Big Frame

The Big Frame

1952
Women Without Men

Women Without Men

1956
Go to Blazes

Go to Blazes

1942
Two Thousand Women

Two Thousand Women

1944
Simon and Laura

Simon and Laura

1955
Rattle of a Simple Man

Rattle of a Simple Man

1964
These Dangerous Years

These Dangerous Years

1957
Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

1967
Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am!

Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am!

1966
Home and Away

Home and Away

1956
The Frightened Man

The Frightened Man

1952
Wide-Eyed and Legless

Wide-Eyed and Legless

1993
Blonde Bait

Blonde Bait

1956
The Weaker Sex

The Weaker Sex

1948
Thora Hird Tribute

Thora Hird Tribute

2003
Over the Odds

Over the Odds

1961
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

1990
Background

Background

1953
The Fox Trot

The Fox Trot

1971

Known For TV Shows

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

1992
Play for Today

Play for Today

1970
Last of the Summer Wine

Last of the Summer Wine

1973
BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

1965
All Creatures Great and Small

All Creatures Great and Small

1978
The Adventures of Robin Hood

The Adventures of Robin Hood

1955
Z-Cars

Z-Cars

1962
Screen Two

Screen Two

1985
The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

1964
The BAFTA Awards

The BAFTA Awards

1949
Parkinson

Parkinson

1998
Dixon of Dock Green

Dixon of Dock Green

1955
Blankety Blank

Blankety Blank

1979
Festival

Festival

1963
Queen's Nose

Queen's Nose

1995
ITV Christmas Comedy

ITV Christmas Comedy

1983
dinnerladies

dinnerladies

1998
In Loving Memory

In Loving Memory

1969
The First Lady

The First Lady

1968
Perfect Scoundrels

Perfect Scoundrels

1990
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything

2000
Hallelujah!

Hallelujah!

1981
Talking Heads

Talking Heads

1988
Tell Me Another

Tell Me Another

1976
Objects of Affection

Objects of Affection

1982
Esther

Esther
Goggle Eyes

Goggle Eyes

1993
Meet the Wife

Meet the Wife

1963

Movie Credits

Turn the Key Softly

1953

Mrs. Rowan, landlady

For Better, for Worse

1954

Mrs. Doyle

The Foreman Went to France

1942

Barmaid

Now and Forever

1956

Maggie the Maid (uncredited)

Don't Blame the Stork

1954

Agnes O'Connor

The Black Sheep of Whitehall

1942

Joyce

Talking Heads 2

1998

The Courtneys of Curzon Street

1947

Maud

The Tailor of Gloucester

1989

Mrs. Speck

A Day to Remember

1953

Mrs. Trott

Personal Affair

1953

Mrs. Usher

The Mayor's Charity

1977

Olive Major

Talking Heads

1988

Some Will, Some Won't

1970

Agnes Russell

Term of Trial

1962

Mrs. Taylor

The Next of Kin

1942

ATS drover with puncture

The Magnet

1950

Nanny's friend

The Long Memory

1953

Mrs Pewsey

Bitter Harvest

1963

Mrs. Jessup

Portrait from Life

1948

Mrs. Skinner

Sailor Beware

1956

Mrs Lack

Further Up the Creek

1958

Mrs. Galloway

Once a Jolly Swagman

1949

Ma Fox

Julie and the Cadillacs

1999

Julie's grandmother

The Lodger

1944

First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)

Maytime in Mayfair

1949

Janet

A Clean Sweep

1958

Vera Watson

The Quatermass Xperiment

1955

Rosie Wrigley

Emergency Call

1952

Mrs. Cornelius

Went the Day Well?

1942

Ivy

Consuming Passions

1988

Mrs. Gordon

Conspirator

1949

Broaders

The Magic Box

1952

Doctor's Housekeeper

Lost

1956

Kelly's landlady

Street Corner

1953

Mrs. Perkins

A Kind of Loving

1962

Mrs. Rothwell

Lost for Words

1999

Annie Longden

Corridor of Mirrors

1948

Visitor in Tussauds

The Entertainer

1960

Mrs. Ada Lapford

Say Something Happened

1982

Elizabeth Mary Rhodes

The Great Game

1953

Miss Rawlings

Madness of the Heart

1949

Rosa

A Boy, a Girl and a Bike

1949

Mrs. Bates

Once a Sinner

1950

Mrs. James

Memento Mori

1992

Jean Taylor

The Galloping Major

1951

Tea Stall Woman (uncredited)

Afternoon Off

1979

Mrs Beevers

The Villa Maroc

1972

Doris

One Good Turn

1955

Cook

Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

1978

Mrs. Hopkins

Pat and Margaret

1994

Jim's Mother

The Nightcomers

1972

Mrs. Grose

The Cure for Love

1949

Mrs. Dorbell

The Crowded Day

1954

Customer

Boys in Brown

1949

Mrs. Knowles

Intensive Care

1982

Aunty Kitty

The Love Match

1955

Sal Brown

Tiger by the Tail

1955

Mary

Time, Gentlemen, Please!

1952

Alice Crouch

The Blind Goddess

1948

Derek's Charwoman

My Brother Jonathan

1948

Ada

Fools Rush In

1949

Mrs. Coot

Emma and Grandpa

1983

Narrator (UK)

The Good Companions

1957

Mrs Oakroyd

The Big Frame

1952

Hotel Maid

Women Without Men

1956

Gran' Rafferty

Go to Blazes

1942

Elsie

Two Thousand Women

1944

Mrs. Burtshaw

Simon and Laura

1955

Jessie

Rattle of a Simple Man

1964

Mrs. Winthram

These Dangerous Years

1957

Mrs. Ada Larkin

Romeo and Juliet

1967

Nurse

Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am!

1966

Blanche Hoskins

Home and Away

1956

Margie Groves

The Frightened Man

1952

Vera

Wide-Eyed and Legless

1993

Deric's Mother

Blonde Bait

1956

'Granny' Ramsey

The Weaker Sex

1948

Mrs. Gaye

Thora Hird Tribute

2003

Self, Various Characters (archive footage)

Over the Odds

1961

Mrs Carter

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

1990

Old Betsy

Background

1953

Mrs. Humphries

The Fox Trot

1971

Gwen

TV Credits

Heartbeat

1992

Hannah Stockdale (1 episodes)

Play for Today

1970

Olive Major (1 episodes)

Last of the Summer Wine

1973

Edie (138 episodes)

BBC Play of the Month

1965

Clare Soppitt (1 episodes)

All Creatures Great and Small

1978

Mrs. Clarke (2 episodes)

The Adventures of Robin Hood

1955

Ada (1 episodes)

Z-Cars

1962

(1 episodes)

Screen Two

1985

Jean Taylor (1 episodes)

The Wednesday Play

1964

Blanche Hoskins (1 episodes)

The BAFTA Awards

1949

Self - Winner (1 episodes)

Parkinson

1998

Self (1 episodes)

Dixon of Dock Green

1955

Alice Leggett (1 episodes)

Blankety Blank

1979

(1 episodes)

Festival

1963

Mrs. Baines (1 episodes)

Queen's Nose

1995

Postmistress (2 episodes)

ITV Christmas Comedy

1983

(15 episodes)

dinnerladies

1998

Enid (1 episodes)

In Loving Memory

1969

Ivy Unsworth (36 episodes)

The First Lady

1968

(54 episodes)

Perfect Scoundrels

1990

Martha (1 episodes)

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything

2000

(2 episodes)

Hallelujah!

1981

Captain Emily Ridley (15 episodes)

Talking Heads

1988

Doris (1 episodes)

Tell Me Another

1976

Herself (3 episodes)

Objects of Affection

1982

Elizabeth Mary Rhodes (1 episodes)

Esther

Self (0 episodes)

Goggle Eyes

1993

Mrs Harrington (4 episodes)

Meet the Wife

1963

(38 episodes)

Movie Production Credits

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TV Production Credits

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