Thora Hird
May 28, 1911 (113 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
- 1999 · Lost for Words as Annie Longden
- 1999 · Julie and the Cadillacs as Julie's grandmother
- 1998 · Dinnerladies as Enid
- 1998 · Talking Heads 2 as
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self
- 1994 · Pat and Margaret as Jim's Mother
- 1993 · Wide-Eyed and Legless as Deric's Mother
- 1993 · Goggle Eyes as Mrs Harrington
- 1992 · Memento Mori as Jean Taylor
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Hannah Stockdale
- 1990 · The Tale of Little Pig Robinson as Old Betsy
- 1990 · Perfect Scoundrels as Martha
- 1989 · The Tailor of Gloucester as Mrs. Speck
- 1988 · Talking Heads as Violet
- 1988 · Talking Heads as Doris
- 1988 · Talking Heads as
- 1988 · Consuming Passions as Mrs. Gordon
- 1983 · ITV Christmas Comedy as
- 1982 · Say Something Happened as Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
- 1982 · Objects of Affection as Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
- 1982 · Intensive Care as Aunty Kitty
- 1981 · Hallelujah! as Captain Emily Ridley
- 1979 · Afternoon Off as Mrs Beevers
- 1979 · Blankety Blank as
- 1978 · Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf as Mrs. Hopkins
- 1978 · All Creatures Great and Small as Mrs. Clarke
- 1977 · The Mayor's Charity as Olive Major
- 1976 · Tell Me Another as Herself
- 1973 · Last of the Summer Wine as Edie
- 1973 · Last of the Summer Wine as Herself (archive footage)
- 1972 · The Villa Maroc as Doris
- 1972 · The Nightcomers as Mrs. Grose
- 1971 · The Fox Trot as Gwen
- 1970 · Play for Today as Olive Major
- 1970 · Play for Today as Aunt KItty
- 1970 · Play for Today as Doris
- 1970 · Some Will, Some Won't as Agnes Russell
- 1969 · In Loving Memory as Ivy Unsworth
- 1968 · The First Lady as
- 1967 · Romeo and Juliet as Nurse
- 1966 · Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am! as Blanche Hoskins
- 1965 · BBC Play of the Month as Clare Soppitt
- 1965 · BBC Play of the Month as Nurse
- 1964 · Rattle of a Simple Man as Mrs. Winthram
- 1963 · Meet the Wife as
- 1963 · Bitter Harvest as Mrs. Jessup
- 1962 · Term of Trial as Mrs. Taylor
- 1962 · A Kind of Loving as Mrs. Rothwell
- 1962 · Z-Cars as
- 1960 · The Entertainer as Mrs. Ada Lapford
- 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
- 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 · Tiger by the Tail as Mary
- 1955 · The Quatermass Xperiment as Rosie Wrigley
- 1955 · Dixon of Dock Green as Alice Leggett
- 1955 · The Love Match as Sal Brown
- 1955 · One Good Turn as Cook
- 1954 · For Better, for Worse as Mrs. Doyle
- 1954 · Don't Blame the Stork as Agnes O'Connor
- 1953 · A Day to Remember as Mrs. Trott
- 1953 · Background as Mrs. Humphries
- 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 · Time, Gentlemen, Please! as Alice Crouch
- 1952 · Emergency Call as Mrs. Cornelius
- 1952 · The Frightened Man as Vera
- 1952 · The Magic Box as Doctor's Housekeeper
- 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 · Boys in Brown as Mrs. Knowles
- 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
- 1949 · Once a Jolly Swagman as Ma Fox
- 1948 · Portrait from Life as Mrs. Skinner
- 1948 · The Weaker Sex as Mrs. Gaye
- 1948 · The Blind Goddess as Derek's Charwoman
- 1948 · Corridor of Mirrors as Visitor in Tussauds
- 1948 · My Brother Jonathan as Ada
- 1947 · The Courtneys of Curzon Street as Maud
- 1944 · Two Thousand Women as Mrs. Burtshaw
- 1944 · The Lodger as First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)
- 1942 · Went the Day Well? as Ivy
- 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