Thora Hird
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1911-05-28
Day of Death
2003-03-15 (91 years old)
Place of Birth
Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK
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.
Known For
Acting
Emma and Grandpa
as Narrator (UK)
(1999)
Lost for Words
as Annie Longden
(1999)
Julie and the Cadillacs
as Julie's grandmother
(1998)
(1994)
Pat and Margaret
as Jim's Mother
(1993)
Wide-Eyed and Legless
as Deric'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)
Consuming Passions
as Mrs. Gordon
(1988)
(1982)
Intensive Care
as Aunty Kitty
(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 Nightcomers
as Mrs. Grose
(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)
Bitter Harvest
as Mrs. Jessup
(1962)
A Kind of Loving
as Mrs. Rothwell
(1962)
Term of Trial
as Mrs. Taylor
(1961)
Over the Odds
as Mrs Carter
(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)
Lost
as Kelly's landlady
(1956)
Now and Forever
as Maggie the Maid (uncredited)
(1956)
Women Without Men
as Gran' Rafferty
(1956)
Sailor Beware
as Mrs Lack
(1956)
Home and Away
as Margie Groves
(1956)
Blonde Bait
as 'Granny' Ramsey
(1955)
The Quatermass Xperiment
as Rosie Wrigley
(1955)
Simon and Laura
as Jessie
(1955)
One Good Turn
as Cook
(1955)
The Love Match
as Sal Brown
(1955)
Tiger by the Tail
as Mary
(1954)
For Better, for Worse
as Mrs. Doyle
(1954)
Don't Blame the Stork
as Agnes O'Connor
(1953)
The Long Memory
as Mrs Pewsey
(1953)
Street Corner
as Mrs. Perkins
(1953)
Personal Affair
as Mrs. Usher
(1953)
The Great Game
as Miss Rawlings
(1953)
A Day to Remember
as Mrs. Trott
(1953)
Background
as Mrs. Humphries
(1953)
Turn the Key Softly
as Mrs. Rowan, landlady
(1952)
The Frightened Man
as Vera
(1952)
The Magic Box
as Doctor's Housekeeper
(1952)
The Big Frame
as Hotel Maid
(1952)
Emergency Call
as Mrs. Cornelius
(1952)
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
as Alice Crouch
(1951)
The Galloping Major
as Tea Stall Woman (uncredited)
(1950)
Once a Sinner
as Mrs. James
(1950)
The Magnet
as Nanny's friend
(1949)
Conspirator
as Broaders
(1949)
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
as Mrs. Bates
(1949)
Boys in Brown
as Mrs. Knowles
(1949)
Maytime in Mayfair
as Janet
(1949)
Madness of the Heart
as Rosa
(1949)
The Cure for Love
as Mrs. Dorbell
(1949)
Fools Rush In
as Mrs. Coot
(1949)
Once a Jolly Swagman
as Ma Fox
(1948)
Corridor of Mirrors
as Visitor in Tussauds
(1948)
Portrait from Life
as Mrs. Skinner
(1948)
The Blind Goddess
as Derek's Charwoman
(1948)
My Brother Jonathan
as Ada
(1948)
The Weaker Sex
as Mrs. Gaye
(1947)
(1944)
The Lodger
as First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)
(1944)
Two Thousand Women
as Mrs. Burtshaw
(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
(1942)
Go to Blazes
as Elsie