Thora Hird
- Acting
- May 28, 1911 · Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK
- March 15, 2003
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
Filmography
- Thora Hird Tribute · Self, Various Characters (archive footage)
- The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
- Lost for Words · Annie Longden
- Julie and the Cadillacs · Julie's grandmother
- dinnerladies · Enid
- Talking Heads 2
- Parkinson · Self
- The Queen's Nose · Postmistress
- Pat and Margaret · Jim's Mother
- Wide-Eyed and Legless · Deric's Mother
- Goggle Eyes · Mrs Harrington
- Memento Mori · Jean Taylor
- Heartbeat · Hannah Stockdale
- The Tale of Little Pig Robinson · Old Betsy
- Perfect Scoundrels · Martha
- The Tailor of Gloucester · Mrs. Speck
- Screen One · Deric's Mother, Jim's Mother
- Talking Heads
- Talking Heads · Doris, Violet
- Consuming Passions · Mrs. Gordon
- Last of the Summer Wine: Big Day at Dream Acres · Edie Pegden
- Last of the Summer Wine: Uncle of the Bride · Edie Pegden
- Screen Two · Jean Taylor
- Emma and Grandpa · Narrator (Voice)
- ITV Christmas Comedy
- Say Something Happened · Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
- Objects of Affection · Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
- Intensive Care · Aunty Kitty
- Hallelujah! · Captain Emily Ridley
- Afternoon Off · Mrs Beevers
- Blankety Blank
- Thomas & Sarah · Mrs Entwistle
- Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf · Mrs. Hopkins
- The South Bank Show
- All Creatures Great and Small · Mrs. Clarke
- The Mayor's Charity · Olive Major
- Tell Me Another · Self
- Last of the Summer Wine · Edie
- The Villa Maroc · Doris
- The Nightcomers · Mrs. Grose
- Stage 2 · Mrs. Hardcastle
- The Fox Trot · Gwen
- Play for Today · Olive Major, Doris
- Some Will, Some Won't · Agnes Russell
- In Loving Memory · Ivy Unsworth
- The First Lady · Sarah Danby
- Romeo and Juliet · Nurse
- Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am! · Blanche Hoskins
- BBC Play of the Month · Clare Soppitt, Nurse
- Rattle of a Simple Man · Mrs. Winthram
- The Wednesday Play · Blanche Hoskins
- Meet the Wife
- Festival · Mrs. Baines
- Bitter Harvest · Mrs. Jessup (uncredited)
- Term of Trial · Mrs. Taylor
- A Kind of Loving · Mrs. Rothwell
- Z-Cars
- Over the Odds · Mrs Carter
- Drama 61-67 · Mrs. Hope
- The Entertainer · Mrs. Ada Lapford
- Further Up the Creek · Mrs. Galloway
- A Clean Sweep · Vera Watson
- These Dangerous Years · Mrs. Ada Larkin
- The Good Companions · Mrs Oakroyd
- Now and Forever · Maggie the Maid (uncredited)
- Sailor Beware · Mrs Lack
- Home and Away · Margie Groves
- Armchair Theatre · Momma Brodsky, Miss Ogilvie
- Women Without Men · Gran' Rafferty
- Blonde Bait · 'Granny' Ramsey
- Lost · Kelly's landlady
- Simon and Laura · Jessie
- The Quatermass Xperiment · Rosie Wrigley
- The Adventures of Robin Hood · Ada
- Tiger by the Tail · Mary
- Dixon of Dock Green · Alice Leggett
- The Love Match · Sal Brown
- One Good Turn · Cook
- The Crowded Day · Customer
- For Better, for Worse · Mrs. Doyle