Thora Hird

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1911-05-28 (92 years old)

Deathday

2003-03-15

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.

Acting

1955

The Quatermass Xperiment

as Rosie Wrigley

1948

Corridor of Mirrors

as Visitor in Tussauds

1962

A Kind of Loving

as Mrs. Rothwell

1972

The Nightcomers

as Mrs. Grose

1954

1955

1952

The Big Frame

as Hotel Maid

1950

The Magnet

as Nanny's friend

1960

The Entertainer

as Mrs. Ada Lapford

1953

The Long Memory

as Mrs Pewsey

1949

Conspirator

as Broaders

1962

Term of Trial

as Mrs. Taylor

1952

1953

Personal Affair

as Mrs. Usher

1953

Turn the Key Softly

as Mrs. Rowan, landlady

1956

Lost

as Kelly's landlady

1956

Blonde Bait

as 'Granny' Ramsey

1970

Some Will, Some Won't

as Agnes Russell

1949

Boys in Brown

as Mrs. Knowles

1956

Now and Forever

as Maggie the Maid (uncredited)

1958

Further Up the Creek

as Mrs. Galloway

1988

Consuming Passions

as Mrs. Gordon

1952

Emergency Call

as Mrs. Cornelius

1955

The Love Match

as Sal Brown

1994

Pat and Margaret

as Jim's Mother

1953

A Day to Remember

as Mrs. Trott

1999

Lost for Words

as Annie Longden

1956

Women Without Men

as Gran' Rafferty

1950

Once a Sinner

as Mrs. James

1948

Portrait from Life

as Mrs. Skinner

1964

Rattle of a Simple Man

as Mrs. Winthram

1957

These Dangerous Years

as Mrs. Ada Larkin

1942

Go to Blazes

as Elsie

1949

1953

The Great Game

as Miss Rawlings

1989

1982

Intensive Care

as Aunty Kitty

1966

1979

Afternoon Off

as Mrs Beevers

1949

Fools Rush In

as Mrs. Coot

1999

Julie and the Cadillacs

as Julie's grandmother

1955

1953

Background

as Mrs. Humphries

-

Emma and Grandpa

as Narrator (UK)

1954

Don't Blame the Stork

as Agnes O'Connor

1948

The Blind Goddess

as Derek's Charwoman

1942

The Next of Kin

as ATS drover with puncture

1963

Bitter Harvest

as Mrs. Jessup

1967

1993

Wide-Eyed and Legless

as Deric's Mother

1953

Street Corner

as Mrs. Perkins

1944

The Lodger

as First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)

1944

Two Thousand Women

as Mrs. Burtshaw

1952

The Magic Box

as Doctor's Housekeeper

1956

Sailor Beware

as Mrs Lack

1957

The Good Companions

as Mrs Oakroyd

1956

Home and Away

as Margie Groves

1948

The Weaker Sex

as Mrs. Gaye

1949

1972

1971

1992

Memento Mori

as Jean Taylor

1949

The Cure for Love

as Mrs. Dorbell

1958

A Clean Sweep

as Vera Watson

1977

The Mayor's Charity

as Olive Major

1982

Say Something Happened

as Elizabeth Mary Rhodes

1951

The Galloping Major

as Tea Stall Woman (uncredited)

1961

Over the Odds

as Mrs Carter

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