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.
Filmography
all 100
Movies 77
TV Shows 23
Gracey Greyshell
Hilltop Hospital (1999)
TV
Julie's Grandmother
Julie and the Cadillacs (1999)
Movie
Jim's Mother
Pat and Margaret (1994)
Movie
Deric's Mother
Wide-Eyed and Legless (1993)
Movie
Mrs Harrington
Goggle Eyes (1993)
TV
Jean Taylor
Memento Mori (1992)
Movie
Hannah Stockdale
Heartbeat (1992)
TV
9
Mrs. Speck
The Tailor of Gloucester (1989)
Movie
Mrs. Gordon
Consuming Passions (1988)
Movie
Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
Objects of Affection (1982)
TV
Aunty Kitty
Intensive Care (1982)
Movie
Captain Emily Ridley
Hallelujah! (1981)
TV
Mrs Beevers
Afternoon Off (1979)
Movie
Mrs. Hopkins
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1978)
Movie
Mrs. Clarke
All Creatures Great and Small (1978)
TV
6
Olive Major
The Mayor's Charity (1977)
Movie
Mrs. Grose
The Nightcomers (1972)
Movie
Olive Major / Doris / Aunt KItty
Play for Today (1970)
TV
Agnes Russell
Some Will, Some Won't (1970)
Movie
Ivy Unsworth
In Loving Memory (1969)
TV
Sarah Danby
The First Lady (1968)
TV
Blanche Hoskins
Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am! (1966)
Movie
Nurse / Clare Soppitt
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
TV
Mrs. Winthram
Rattle of a Simple Man (1964)
Movie
Thora Blacklock
Meet the Wife (1963)
TV
Mrs. Jessup
Bitter Harvest (1963)
Movie
Mrs. Taylor
Term of Trial (1962)
Movie
Mrs. Rothwell
A Kind of Loving (1962)
Movie
Ada Lapford
The Entertainer (1960)
Movie
Mrs. Gallaway
Further Up the Creek (1958)
Movie
Vera Watson
A Clean Sweep (1958)
Movie
Mrs. Larkin
These Dangerous Years (1957)
Movie
Mrs Oakroyd
The Good Companions (1957)
Movie
Maggie the Maid (uncredited)
Now and Forever (1956)
Movie
Mrs Lack
Sailor Beware (1956)
Movie
Granny Rafferty
Women Without Men (1956)
Movie
'Granny' Ramsey
Blonde Bait (1956)
Movie
Kelly's Landlady
Lost (1956)
Movie
Rosemary 'Rosie' Elizabeth Wrigley
The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
Movie
5.44
Alice Leggett
Dixon of Dock Green (1955)
TV
Sal Brown
The Love Match (1955)
Movie
Mrs. Doyle
For Better, for Worse (1954)
Movie
Agnes O'Connor
Don't Blame the Stork (1954)
Movie
Mrs. Trott
A Day to Remember (1953)
Movie
Mrs. Humphries
Background (1953)
Movie
Mrs. Usher
Personal Affair (1953)
Movie
Mrs. Rowan, landlady
Turn the Key Softly (1953)
Movie
2
Mrs. Perkins (Woman at Police Station)
Street Corner (1953)
Movie
Mrs. Pewsey
The Long Memory (1953)
Movie
Miss Rawlings
The Great Game (1953)
Movie
Hotel Maid
The Big Frame (1952)
Movie
Alice Crouch
Time, Gentlemen, Please! (1952)
Movie
Mrs. Cornelius
Emergency Call (1952)
Movie
Doctor's Housekeeper
The Magic Box (1952)
Movie
6
Nannie's Friend
The Magnet (1950)
Movie
Mrs. James
Once a Sinner (1950)
Movie
Mrs. Dorbell
The Cure for Love (1949)
Movie
Mrs. Knowles
Boys in Brown (1949)
Movie
6
Broaders
Conspirator (1949)
Movie
Mrs. Coot
Fools Rush In (1949)
Movie
Mrs. Bates
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike (1949)
Movie
Mrs. Skinner
Portrait from Life (1948)
Movie
Mrs. Gaye
The Weaker Sex (1948)
Movie
Derek's Charwoman
The Blind Goddess (1948)
Movie
Visitor in Tussauds
Corridor of Mirrors (1948)
Movie
Mrs. Burtshaw
Two Thousand Women (1944)
Movie
First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)
The Lodger (1944)
Movie
ATS drover with puncture
The Next of Kin (1942)
Movie
Mrs. Hopkins
Me! I’m Afraid of Virginia Woolf
TV
Mother
Lost for Words
TV
Gallery
Information
Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1911-05-28
Deathday2003-03-15 (91 years old)
Birth PlaceMorecambe, Lancashire, England, UK
ChildrenJanette Scott
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
Also Known AsDame Thora Hird
AwardsDame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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