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Thora Hird
Born · May 28, 1911
Died · March 15, 2003 (91 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK
Bio
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.
Lost for Words
Annie Longden
7.0
1999
Julie and the Cadillacs
Julie's grandmother
0.0
1999
Talking Heads 2
7.0
1998
Pat and Margaret
Jim's Mother
7.5
1994
The Tailor of Gloucester
Mrs. Speck
0.0
1989
Talking Heads
5.0
1988
Consuming Passions
Mrs. Gordon
8.0
1988
Intensive Care
Aunty Kitty
0.0
1982
Afternoon Off
Mrs Beevers
0.0
1979
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Mrs. Hopkins
0.0
1978
The Nightcomers
Mrs. Grose
5.7
1972
Some Will, Some Won't
Agnes Russell
6.0
1970
Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am!
Blanche Hoskins
0.0
1966
Rattle of a Simple Man
Mrs. Winthram
5.5
1964
Term of Trial
Mrs. Taylor
5.9
1962
A Kind of Loving
Mrs. Rothwell
7.0
1962
The Entertainer
Mrs. Ada Lapford
6.2
1960
Further Up the Creek
Mrs. Galloway
6.0
1958
These Dangerous Years
Mrs. Ada Larkin
6.0
1957
Now and Forever
Maggie the Maid (uncredited)
7.0
1956
Women Without Men
Gran' Rafferty
6.0
1956
Blonde Bait
'Granny' Ramsey
4.8
1956
Lost
Kelly's landlady
7.0
1956
Simon and Laura
Jessie
5.6
1955
The Quatermass Xperiment
Rosie Wrigley
6.5
1955
The Love Match
Sal Brown
7.8
1955
One Good Turn
Cook
6.1
1955
For Better, for Worse
Mrs. Doyle
5.6
1954
Don't Blame the Stork
Agnes O'Connor
0.0
1954
A Day to Remember
Mrs. Trott
7.1
1953
Background
Mrs. Humphries
6.0
1953
Personal Affair
Mrs. Usher
6.2
1953
Turn the Key Softly
Mrs. Rowan, landlady
6.2
1953
The Long Memory
Mrs Pewsey
6.6
1953
The Great Game
Miss Rawlings
6.0
1953
The Big Frame
Hotel Maid
3.8
1952
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
Alice Crouch
8.0
1952
Emergency Call
Mrs. Cornelius
6.5
1952
The Magnet
Nanny's friend
6.3
1950
Once a Sinner
Mrs. James
6.5
1950
Madness of the Heart
Rosa
5.9
1949
Boys in Brown
Mrs. Knowles
6.5
1949
Conspirator
Broaders
5.9
1949
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
Mrs. Bates
4.9
1949
Fools Rush In
Mrs. Coot
6.0
1949
Once a Jolly Swagman
Ma Fox
5.4
1949
Portrait from Life
Mrs. Skinner
5.9
1948
The Blind Goddess
Derek's Charwoman
5.6
1948
Corridor of Mirrors
Visitor in Tussauds
5.7
1948
My Brother Jonathan
Ada
6.6
1948
Went the Day Well?
Ivy
7.2
1942
The Next of Kin
ATS drover with puncture
5.0
1942
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
Joyce
7.2
1942
Go to Blazes
Elsie
10.0
1942
Emma and Grandpa
Narrator (UK)
0.0
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
(2 episodes)
0.0
2000
dinnerladies
Enid · (1 episode)
7.4
1998
Parkinson
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
1998
Wide-Eyed and Legless
Deric's Mother
6.0
1993
Goggle Eyes
Mrs Harrington · (4 episodes)
0.0
1993
Memento Mori
Jean Taylor
6.2
1992
Heartbeat
Hannah Stockdale · (1 episode)
7.0
1992
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
Old Betsy
0.0
1990
Perfect Scoundrels
Martha · (1 episode)
6.0
1990
Talking Heads
Violet · (1 episode)
6.2
1988
Talking Heads
Doris · (1 episode)
6.2
1988
Screen Two
Jean Taylor · (1 episode)
6.8
1985
ITV Christmas Comedy
(15 episodes)
0.0
1983
Say Something Happened
Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
0.0
1982
Objects of Affection
Elizabeth Mary Rhodes · (1 episode)
7.0
1982
Hallelujah!
Captain Emily Ridley · (15 episodes)
6.0
1981
Blankety Blank
(1 episode)
4.6
1979
All Creatures Great and Small
Mrs. Clarke · (2 episodes)
7.7
1978
The Mayor's Charity
Olive Major
0.0
1977
Tell Me Another
Herself · (3 episodes)
8.0
1976
Last of the Summer Wine
Edie · (153 episodes)
7.1
1973
Last of the Summer Wine
Herself (archive footage) · (1 episode)
7.1
1973
The Villa Maroc
Doris
0.0
1972
The Fox Trot
Gwen
0.0
1971
Play for Today
Olive Major · (1 episode)
6.1
1970
Play for Today
Aunt KItty · (1 episode)
6.1
1970
Play for Today
Doris · (1 episode)
6.1
1970
In Loving Memory
Ivy Unsworth · (36 episodes)
6.8
1969
The First Lady
(54 episodes)
0.0
1968
Romeo and Juliet
Nurse
0.0
1967
BBC Play of the Month
Clare Soppitt · (1 episode)
5.0
1965
BBC Play of the Month
Nurse · (1 episode)
5.0
1965
Meet the Wife
(38 episodes)
6.0
1963
Bitter Harvest
Mrs. Jessup
6.2
1963
Z-Cars
(1 episode)
7.0
1962
Over the Odds
Mrs Carter
0.0
1961
A Clean Sweep
Vera Watson
0.0
1958
The Good Companions
Mrs Oakroyd
0.0
1957
Sailor Beware
Mrs Lack
7.0
1956
Home and Away
Margie Groves
7.0
1956
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Ada · (1 episode)
6.1
1955
Tiger by the Tail
Mary
5.6
1955
Dixon of Dock Green
Alice Leggett · (1 episode)
5.3
1955
Street Corner
Mrs. Perkins
5.8
1953
The Frightened Man
Vera
6.2
1952
The Magic Box
Doctor's Housekeeper
6.3
1952
The Galloping Major
Tea Stall Woman (uncredited)
6.0
1951
The Cure for Love
Mrs. Dorbell
0.0
1949
The BAFTA Awards
Self - Winner · (1 episode)
10.0
1949
Maytime in Mayfair
Janet
6.0
1949
The Weaker Sex
Mrs. Gaye
6.0
1948
The Courtneys of Curzon Street
Maud
4.9
1947
Two Thousand Women
Mrs. Burtshaw
6.9
1944
The Lodger
First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)
6.3
1944
The Foreman Went to France
Barmaid
6.2
1942