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Thora Hird

Acting · Born 1911-05-28 · Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK

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.

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Credits · 107

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything

1999 · Annie Longden

Julie and the Cadillacs

Julie and the Cadillacs

1999 · Julie's grandmother

Talking Heads 2

The Queen's Nose

1995 · Postmistress

Pat and Margaret

1994 · Jim's Mother

Wide-Eyed and Legless

1993 · Deric's Mother

1993 · Mrs Harrington

1992 · Jean Taylor

1992 · Hannah Stockdale

Perfect Scoundrels

1989 · Deric's Mother

Consuming Passions

1988 · Mrs. Gordon

1985 · Jean Taylor

Emma and Grandpa

1983 · Narrator (voice)

ITV Christmas Comedy

Objects of Affection

1982 · Elizabeth Mary Rhodes

1982 · Aunty Kitty

1981 · Captain Emily Ridley

1979 · Mrs Entwistle

Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

1978 · Mrs. Hopkins

All Creatures Great and Small

1978 · Mrs. Clarke

The Mayor's Charity

1977 · Olive Major

Tell Me Another

1976 · Herself

Last of the Summer Wine

The Nightcomers

1972 · Mrs. Grose

1971 · Mrs. Hardcastle

1970 · Olive Major

Some Will, Some Won't

1970 · Agnes Russell

In Loving Memory

1969 · Ivy Unsworth

1968 · Sarah Danby

BBC Play of the Month

1965 · Clare Soppitt

Rattle of a Simple Man

1964 · Mrs. Winthram

The Wednesday Play

1964 · Blanche Hoskins

1963 · Mrs. Baines

1963 · Mrs. Jessup

1962 · Mrs. Taylor

A Kind of Loving

1962 · Mrs. Rothwell

1961 · Mrs Carter

1961 · Mrs. Hope

The Entertainer

1960 · Mrs. Ada Lapford

Further Up the Creek

1958 · Mrs. Galloway

These Dangerous Years

1957 · Mrs. Ada Larkin

The Good Companions

1957 · Mrs Oakroyd

Now and Forever

1956 · Maggie the Maid (uncredited)

1956 · Mrs Lack

1956 · Margie Groves

Armchair Theatre

1956 · Momma Brodsky

Women Without Men

1956 · Gran' Rafferty

1956 · 'Granny' Ramsey

1956 · Kelly's landlady

Simon and Laura

The Quatermass Xperiment

1955 · Rosie Wrigley

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Tiger by the Tail

Dixon of Dock Green

1955 · Alice Leggett

1955 · Sal Brown

The Crowded Day

1954 · Customer

For Better, for Worse

1954 · Mrs. Doyle

Don't Blame the Stork

Don't Blame the Stork

1954 · Agnes O'Connor

A Day to Remember

1953 · Mrs. Trott

1953 · Mrs. Humphries

Personal Affair

1953 · Mrs. Usher

Turn the Key Softly

1953 · Mrs. Rowan, landlady

1953 · Mrs. Perkins

The Long Memory

1953 · Mrs Pewsey

1953 · Miss Rawlings

1952 · Hotel Maid

Time, Gentlemen, Please!

1952 · Alice Crouch

1952 · Mrs. Cornelius

The Frightened Man

1952 · Doctor's Housekeeper

The Galloping Major

1951 · Tea Stall Woman (uncredited)

1950 · Nanny's friend

1950 · Mrs. James

The Cure for Love

1949 · Mrs. Dorbell

Madness of the Heart

1949 · Mrs. Knowles

1949 · Broaders

The BAFTA Awards

1949 · Self - Winner

Maytime in Mayfair

A Boy, a Girl and a Bike

1949 · Mrs. Bates

1949 · Mrs. Coot

Once a Jolly Swagman

Portrait from Life

1948 · Mrs. Skinner

1948 · Mrs. Gaye

The Blind Goddess

1948 · Derek's Charwoman

Corridor of Mirrors

1948 · Visitor in Tussauds

My Brother Jonathan

The Courtneys of Curzon Street

Two Thousand Women

1944 · Mrs. Burtshaw

1944 · First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)

Went the Day Well?

The Foreman Went to France

1942 · Barmaid

The Next of Kin

1942 · ATS drover with puncture

The Black Sheep of Whitehall

The Big Blockade

1942 · German barmaid (uncredited)

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