Thora Hird

ActingBorn: May 28, 1911in Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UKDied: March 15, 2003

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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Thora Hird Tribute

2003Comedy

as Self, Various Characters (archive footage)

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything

2000Unknown

as Unknown

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Lost for Words

1999TV Movie

as Annie Longden

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Julie and the Cadillacs

1999Music

as Julie's grandmother

dinnerladies

1998Comedy

as Enid

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Talking Heads 2

1998Drama

as Unknown

Parkinson

1998Unknown

as Self

The Queen's Nose

1995Comedy

as Postmistress

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Pat and Margaret

1994Drama

as Jim's Mother

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Wide-Eyed and Legless

1993TV Movie

as Deric's Mother

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Goggle Eyes

1993Family

as Mrs Harrington

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Memento Mori

as Jean Taylor

Heartbeat

1992Crime

as Hannah Stockdale

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The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

1990Family

as Old Betsy

Perfect Scoundrels

1990Drama

as Martha

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The Tailor of Gloucester

1989Family

as Mrs. Speck

Screen One

1989Drama

as Deric's Mother

Screen One

1989Drama

as Jim's Mother

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Talking Heads

1988Drama

as Unknown

Talking Heads

1988Drama

as Violet

Talking Heads

as Doris

Consuming Passions

1988Comedy

as Mrs. Gordon

Screen Two

1985Drama

as Jean Taylor

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Emma and Grandpa

1983Family

as Narrator (voice)

ITV Christmas Comedy

1983Comedy

as Unknown

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Say Something Happened

1982Unknown

as Elizabeth Mary Rhodes

Philo

Objects of Affection

1982Drama

as Elizabeth Mary Rhodes

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Intensive Care

1982Comedy

as Aunty Kitty

Hallelujah!

1981Comedy

as Captain Emily Ridley

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Afternoon Off

1979Drama

as Mrs Beevers

Blankety Blank

1979Comedy

as Unknown

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Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

1978Drama

as Mrs. Hopkins

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All Creatures Great and Small

1978Comedy

as Mrs. Clarke

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The Mayor's Charity

1977Comedy

as Olive Major

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Tell Me Another

1976Unknown

as Herself

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Last of the Summer Wine

1973Comedy

as Edie

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The Villa Maroc

1972Comedy

as Doris

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The Nightcomers

1972Drama

as Mrs. Grose

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Stage 2

1971Drama

as Mrs. Hardcastle

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The Fox Trot

1971Comedy

as Gwen

Play for Today

1970Drama

as Olive Major

Play for Today

1970Drama

as Aunt KItty

Play for Today

1970Drama

as Doris

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Some Will, Some Won't

1970Comedy

as Agnes Russell

In Loving Memory

1969Comedy

as Ivy Unsworth

The First Lady

1968Drama

as Sarah Danby

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Romeo and Juliet

1967Romance

as Nurse

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Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am!

1966TV Movie

as Blanche Hoskins

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BBC Play of the Month

1965Drama

as Clare Soppitt

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BBC Play of the Month

1965Drama

as Nurse

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Rattle of a Simple Man

1964Comedy

as Mrs. Winthram

The Wednesday Play

1964Drama

as Blanche Hoskins

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Meet the Wife

1963Unknown

as Unknown

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Festival

1963Drama

as Mrs. Baines

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Bitter Harvest

1963Drama

as Mrs. Jessup

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Term of Trial

1962Drama

as Mrs. Taylor

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A Kind of Loving

1962Drama

as Mrs. Rothwell

Z-Cars

1962Drama

as Unknown

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Over the Odds

1961Comedy

as Mrs Carter

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Drama 61-67

1961Drama

as Mrs. Hope

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The Entertainer

1960Drama

as Mrs. Ada Lapford

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Further Up the Creek

1958Comedy

as Mrs. Galloway

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A Clean Sweep

1958Comedy

as Vera Watson

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These Dangerous Years

1957Crime

as Mrs. Ada Larkin

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The Good Companions

1957Music

as Mrs Oakroyd

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Now and Forever

1956Thriller

as Maggie the Maid (uncredited)

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Sailor Beware

1956Comedy

as Mrs Lack

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Home and Away

1956Drama

as Margie Groves

Armchair Theatre

1956Drama

as Momma Brodsky

Armchair Theatre

1956Drama

as Miss Ogilvie

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Women Without Men

1956Romance

as Gran' Rafferty

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Blonde Bait

1956Crime

as 'Granny' Ramsey

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Lost

1956Crime

as Kelly's landlady

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Simon and Laura

1955Comedy

as Jessie

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The Quatermass Xperiment

1955Science Fiction

as Rosie Wrigley

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The Adventures of Robin Hood

1955Unknown

as Ada

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Tiger by the Tail

1955Crime

as Mary

Dixon of Dock Green

1955Drama

as Alice Leggett

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The Love Match

1955Comedy

as Sal Brown

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One Good Turn

1955Comedy

as Cook

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The Crowded Day

1954Drama

as Customer

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For Better, for Worse

1954Comedy

as Mrs. Doyle

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Don't Blame the Stork

1954Comedy

as Agnes O'Connor

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A Day to Remember

1953Comedy

as Mrs. Trott

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Background

1953Drama

as Mrs. Humphries

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Personal Affair

1953Crime

as Mrs. Usher

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Turn the Key Softly

1953Crime

as Mrs. Rowan, landlady

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Street Corner

1953Thriller

as Mrs. Perkins

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The Long Memory

1953Crime

as Mrs Pewsey

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The Great Game

1953Unknown

as Miss Rawlings

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The Big Frame

1952Mystery

as Hotel Maid

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Time, Gentlemen, Please!

1952Comedy

as Alice Crouch

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Emergency Call

1952Thriller

as Mrs. Cornelius

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The Frightened Man

1952Drama

as Vera

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The Magic Box

1952Drama

as Doctor's Housekeeper

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The Galloping Major

1951Comedy

as Tea Stall Woman (uncredited)

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The Magnet

1950Comedy

as Nanny's friend

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Once a Sinner

1950Drama

as Mrs. James

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The Cure for Love

1949Comedy

as Mrs. Dorbell

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Madness of the Heart

1949Romance

as Rosa

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Boys in Brown

1949Crime

as Mrs. Knowles

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Conspirator

1949Drama

as Broaders

The BAFTA Awards

1949Unknown

as Self - Winner

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Maytime in Mayfair

1949Drama

as Janet

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A Boy, a Girl and a Bike

1949Romance

as Mrs. Bates

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Fools Rush In

1949Comedy

as Mrs. Coot

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Once a Jolly Swagman

1949Romance

as Ma Fox

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Portrait from Life

1948Drama

as Mrs. Skinner

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The Weaker Sex

1948Drama

as Mrs. Gaye

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The Blind Goddess

1948Drama

as Derek's Charwoman

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Corridor of Mirrors

1948Drama

as Visitor in Tussauds

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My Brother Jonathan

1948Drama

as Ada

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The Courtneys of Curzon Street

1947Drama

as Maud

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Two Thousand Women

1944War

as Mrs. Burtshaw

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The Lodger

1944Thriller

as First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)

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Went the Day Well?

1942War

as Ivy

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The Foreman Went to France

1942War

as Barmaid

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The Next of Kin

1942Drama

as ATS drover with puncture

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The Black Sheep of Whitehall

1942Comedy

as Joyce

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The Big Blockade

1942Drama

as German barmaid (uncredited)

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Go to Blazes

1942Comedy

as Elsie

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Esther

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as Self