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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1911-05-28 (113 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

2000

1999

Lost for Words as Annie Longden
Julie and the Cadillacs as Julie's grandmother

1998

dinnerladies as Enid
Parkinson as Self

1995

Queen's Nose as Postmistress

1994

Pat and Margaret as Jim's Mother

1993

Wide-Eyed and Legless as Deric's Mother
Goggle Eyes as Mrs Harrington

1992

Memento Mori as Jean Taylor
Heartbeat as Hannah Stockdale

1990

1989

1988

Consuming Passions as Mrs. Gordon
Talking Heads as Doris
Talking Heads as Violet

1985

Screen Two as Jean Taylor

1983

1982

Intensive Care as Aunty Kitty
Say Something Happened as Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
Objects of Affection as Elizabeth Mary Rhodes

1981

Hallelujah! as Captain Emily Ridley

1979

Afternoon Off as Mrs Beevers

1978

1977

The Mayor's Charity as Olive Major

1976

Tell Me Another as Herself

1973

Last of the Summer Wine as Herself (archive footage)

1972

The Nightcomers as Mrs. Grose

1971

The Fox Trot as Gwen

1970

Some Will, Some Won't as Agnes Russell
Play for Today as Olive Major
Play for Today as Aunt KItty

1969

In Loving Memory as Ivy Unsworth

1968

1967

1966

Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am! as Blanche Hoskins

1965

BBC Play of the Month as Clare Soppitt

1964

Rattle of a Simple Man as Mrs. Winthram

1963

Bitter Harvest as Mrs. Jessup

1962

A Kind of Loving as Mrs. Rothwell
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
A Clean Sweep as Vera Watson

1957

These Dangerous Years as Mrs. Ada Larkin
The Good Companions as Mrs Oakroyd

1956

Lost as Kelly's landlady
Blonde Bait as 'Granny' Ramsey
Now and Forever as Maggie the Maid (uncredited)
Women Without Men as Gran' Rafferty
Sailor Beware as Mrs Lack
Home and Away as Margie Groves

1955

The Quatermass Xperiment as Rosie Wrigley
The Love Match as Sal Brown
Simon and Laura as Jessie
Dixon of Dock Green as Alice Leggett

1954

For Better, for Worse as Mrs. Doyle
Don't Blame the Stork as Agnes O'Connor

1953

The Long Memory as Mrs Pewsey
Personal Affair as Mrs. Usher
Turn the Key Softly as Mrs. Rowan, landlady
A Day to Remember as Mrs. Trott
The Great Game as Miss Rawlings
Background as Mrs. Humphries
Street Corner as Mrs. Perkins

1952

The Big Frame as Hotel Maid
Time, Gentlemen, Please! as Alice Crouch
Emergency Call as Mrs. Cornelius
The Magic Box as Doctor's Housekeeper

1951

The Galloping Major as Tea Stall Woman (uncredited)

1950

The Magnet as Nanny's friend
Once a Sinner as Mrs. James

1949

Conspirator as Broaders
Boys in Brown as Mrs. Knowles
Fools Rush In as Mrs. Coot
The Cure for Love as Mrs. Dorbell
The BAFTA Awards as Self - Winner

1948

Corridor of Mirrors as Visitor in Tussauds
Portrait from Life as Mrs. Skinner
The Blind Goddess as Derek's Charwoman
The Weaker Sex as Mrs. Gaye

1947

1944

The Lodger as First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)
Two Thousand Women as Mrs. Burtshaw

1942

Go to Blazes as Elsie
The Next of Kin as ATS drover with puncture

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Emma and Grandpa as Narrator (UK)