Thora Hird

Thora Hird

  • Birthday: 1911-05-28
  • Deathday: 2003-03-15
  • Place of birth: Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK
  • Also know as: Dame 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.

Filmography

Lost for Words

1999

As Annie Longden

The Villa Maroc

1972

As Doris

A Clean Sweep

1958

As Vera Watson

The Mayor's Charity

1977

As Olive Major

Blonde Bait

1956

As 'Granny' Ramsey

Some Will, Some Won't

1970

As Agnes Russell

Go to Blazes

1942

As Elsie

Intensive Care

1982

As Aunty Kitty

The Fox Trot

1971

As Gwen

A Kind of Loving

1962

As Mrs. Rothwell

The Nightcomers

1972

As Mrs. Grose

The Love Match

1955

As Sal Brown

Women Without Men

1956

As Gran' Rafferty

Rattle of a Simple Man

1964

As Mrs. Winthram

Bitter Harvest

1963

As Mrs. Jessup

Wide-Eyed and Legless

1993

As Deric's Mother

Romeo and Juliet

1967

As Nurse

The Tailor of Gloucester

1989

As Mrs. Speck

One Good Turn

1955

As Cook

Further Up the Creek

1958

As Mrs. Galloway

The Great Game

1953

As Miss Rawlings

The Quatermass Xperiment

1955

As Rosie Wrigley

Once a Jolly Swagman

1949

As Ma Fox

Turn the Key Softly

1953

As Mrs. Rowan, landlady

Lost

1956

As Kelly's landlady

Pat and Margaret

1994

As Jim's Mother

Once a Sinner

1950

As Mrs. James

Home and Away

1956

As Margie Groves

The Weaker Sex

1948

As Mrs. Gaye

Tiger by the Tail

1955

As Mary

Maytime in Mayfair

1949

As Janet

The Frightened Man

1952

As Vera

Memento Mori

1992

As Jean Taylor

The Cure for Love

1949

As Mrs. Dorbell

The Magnet

1950

As Nanny's friend

Time, Gentlemen, Please!

1952

As Alice Crouch

Emergency Call

1952

As Mrs. Cornelius

Fools Rush In

1949

As Mrs. Coot

These Dangerous Years

1957

As Mrs. Ada Larkin

Julie and the Cadillacs

1999

As Julie's grandmother

Conspirator

1949

As Broaders

Consuming Passions

1988

As Mrs. Gordon

Don't Blame the Stork

1954

As Agnes O'Connor

Personal Affair

1953

As Mrs. Usher

Boys in Brown

1949

As Mrs. Knowles

Portrait from Life

1948

As Mrs. Skinner

Simon and Laura

1955

As Jessie

Sailor Beware

1956

As Mrs Lack

For Better, for Worse

1954

As Mrs. Doyle

The Entertainer

1960

As Mrs. Ada Lapford

The Long Memory

1953

As Mrs Pewsey

Term of Trial

1962

As Mrs. Taylor

Background

1953

As Mrs. Humphries

A Day to Remember

1953

As Mrs. Trott

The Blind Goddess

1948

As Derek's Charwoman

Went the Day Well?

1942

As Ivy

A Boy, a Girl and a Bike

1949

As Mrs. Bates

The Lodger

1944

As First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)

The Big Frame

1952

As Hotel Maid

Corridor of Mirrors

1948

As Visitor in Tussauds

Street Corner

1953

As Mrs. Perkins

Two Thousand Women

1944

As Mrs. Burtshaw

The Next of Kin

1942

As ATS drover with puncture

The Good Companions

1957

As Mrs Oakroyd

Now and Forever

1956

As Maggie the Maid (uncredited)

The Magic Box

1952

As Doctor's Housekeeper

Afternoon Off

1979

As Mrs Beevers

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