Birthday:
May 28, 1911
Place of Birth: Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK
Place of Birth: Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK
Thora Hird
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
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Went the Day Well? | Ivy | 1942 |
| The Quatermass Xperiment | Rosie Wrigley | 1955 |
| Corridor of Mirrors | Visitor in Tussauds | 1948 |
| A Kind of Loving | Mrs. Rothwell | 1962 |
| Madness of the Heart | Rosa | 1949 |
| The Nightcomers | Mrs. Grose | 1972 |
| For Better, for Worse | Mrs. Doyle | 1954 |
| One Good Turn | Cook | 1955 |
| The Big Frame | Hotel Maid | 1952 |
| The Magnet | Nanny's friend | 1950 |
| The Entertainer | Mrs. Ada Lapford | 1960 |
| The Long Memory | Mrs Pewsey | 1953 |
| Conspirator | Broaders | 1949 |
| Term of Trial | Mrs. Taylor | 1962 |
| Time, Gentlemen, Please! | Alice Crouch | 1952 |
| Once a Jolly Swagman | Ma Fox | 1949 |
| Personal Affair | Mrs. Usher | 1953 |
| Turn the Key Softly | Mrs. Rowan, landlady | 1953 |
| Lost | Kelly's landlady | 1956 |
| Blonde Bait | 'Granny' Ramsey | 1956 |
| Some Will, Some Won't | Agnes Russell | 1970 |
| The Black Sheep of Whitehall | Joyce | 1942 |
| Boys in Brown | Mrs. Knowles | 1949 |
| Now and Forever | Maggie the Maid (uncredited) | 1956 |
| Further Up the Creek | Mrs. Galloway | 1958 |
| Consuming Passions | Mrs. Gordon | 1988 |
| Emergency Call | Mrs. Cornelius | 1952 |
| The Love Match | Sal Brown | 1955 |
| Pat and Margaret | Jim's Mother | 1994 |
| A Day to Remember | Mrs. Trott | 1953 |
| Lost for Words | Annie Longden | 1999 |
| Women Without Men | Gran' Rafferty | 1956 |
| Once a Sinner | Mrs. James | 1950 |
| Portrait from Life | Mrs. Skinner | 1948 |
| Rattle of a Simple Man | Mrs. Winthram | 1964 |
| These Dangerous Years | Mrs. Ada Larkin | 1957 |
| Go to Blazes | Elsie | 1942 |
| A Boy, a Girl and a Bike | Mrs. Bates | 1949 |
| The Great Game | Miss Rawlings | 1953 |
| The Tailor of Gloucester | Mrs. Speck | 1989 |
| Intensive Care | Aunty Kitty | 1982 |
| My Brother Jonathan | Ada | 1948 |
| Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am! | Blanche Hoskins | 1966 |
| Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf | Mrs. Hopkins | 1978 |
| Afternoon Off | Mrs Beevers | 1979 |
| Fools Rush In | Mrs. Coot | 1949 |
| Talking Heads | 1988 | |
| Talking Heads 2 | 1998 | |
| Julie and the Cadillacs | Julie's grandmother | 1999 |
| Simon and Laura | Jessie | 1955 |
| Background | Mrs. Humphries | 1953 |
| Emma and Grandpa | Narrator (UK) | 1970 |
| Don't Blame the Stork | Agnes O'Connor | 1954 |
| The Blind Goddess | Derek's Charwoman | 1948 |
| The Next of Kin | ATS drover with puncture | 1942 |
| Bitter Harvest | Mrs. Jessup | 1963 |
| Romeo and Juliet | Nurse | 1967 |
| Wide-Eyed and Legless | Deric's Mother | 1993 |
| Street Corner | Mrs. Perkins | 1953 |
| The Lodger | First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited) | 1944 |
| Two Thousand Women | Mrs. Burtshaw | 1944 |
| The Magic Box | Doctor's Housekeeper | 1952 |
| The Good Companions | Mrs Oakroyd | 1957 |
| Sailor Beware | Mrs Lack | 1956 |
| Home and Away | Margie Groves | 1956 |
| The Weaker Sex | Mrs. Gaye | 1948 |
| Tiger by the Tail | Mary | 1955 |
| Maytime in Mayfair | Janet | 1949 |
| The Villa Maroc | Doris | 1972 |
| The Fox Trot | Gwen | 1971 |
| The Courtneys of Curzon Street | Maud | 1947 |
| The Frightened Man | Vera | 1952 |
| Memento Mori | Jean Taylor | 1992 |
| The Cure for Love | Mrs. Dorbell | 1949 |
| The Foreman Went to France | Barmaid | 1942 |
| A Clean Sweep | Vera Watson | 1958 |
| The Tale of Little Pig Robinson | Old Betsy | 1990 |
| The Mayor's Charity | Olive Major | 1977 |
| Say Something Happened | Elizabeth Mary Rhodes | 1982 |
| The Galloping Major | Tea Stall Woman (uncredited) | 1951 |
| Over the Odds | Mrs Carter | 1961 | Series | Cast | Year |
| Z-Cars | 1962 | |
| In Loving Memory | Ivy Unsworth | 1969 |
| Heartbeat | Hannah Stockdale | 1992 |
| Last of the Summer Wine | Edie | 1973 |
| Blankety Blank | 1979 | |
| Hallelujah! | Captain Emily Ridley | 1981 |
| The First Lady | 1968 | |
| Meet the Wife | 1963 | |
| Dinnerladies | Enid | 1998 |
| The Adventures of Robin Hood | Ada | 1955 |
| Play for Today | Olive Major | 1970 |
| BBC Play of the Month | Clare Soppitt | 1965 |
| Perfect Scoundrels | Martha | 1990 |
| Talking Heads | Doris | 1988 |
| Talking Heads | Violet | 1988 |
| ITV Christmas Comedy | 1983 | |
| Goggle Eyes | Mrs Harrington | 1993 |
| All Creatures Great and Small | Mrs. Clarke | 1978 |
| BBC Play of the Month | Nurse | 1965 |
| The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything | 2000 | |
| Objects of Affection | Elizabeth Mary Rhodes | 1982 |
| Play for Today | Doris | 1970 |
| Play for Today | Aunt KItty | 1970 |
| Dixon of Dock Green | Alice Leggett | 1955 |
| Last of the Summer Wine | Herself (archive footage) | 1973 |
| Tell Me Another | Herself | 1976 |
| Parkinson | Self | 1998 |
