
Thora Hird
Known for Acting · 115 credits
- Born
- 1911-05-28
- Died
- 2003-03-15
- Place of birth
- Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Dame 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
TV Shows (31)

Play for Today
1970
as Olive Major / Aunt KItty / Doris

Heartbeat
1992
as Hannah Stockdale

The Wednesday Play
1964
as Blanche Hoskins

BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Clare Soppitt / Nurse

Z-Cars
1962

Last of the Summer Wine
1973
as Edie

Screen Two
1985
as Jean Taylor

The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
as Ada

All Creatures Great and Small
1978
as Mrs. Clarke

Parkinson
1998
as Self

Blankety Blank
1979
Drama 61-67
1961
as Mrs. Hope
Festival
1963
as Mrs. Baines

Dixon of Dock Green
1955
as Alice Leggett

The BAFTA Awards
1949
as Self - Winner

Screen One
1989
as Deric's Mother / Jim's Mother

dinnerladies
1998
as Enid

The Queen's Nose
1995
as Postmistress

Perfect Scoundrels
1990
as Martha

In Loving Memory
1969
as Ivy Unsworth

Hallelujah!
1981
as Captain Emily Ridley

The First Lady
1968

Armchair Theatre
1956
as Momma Brodsky / Miss Ogilvie

Talking Heads
1988
as Violet / Doris

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000

Objects of Affection
1982
as Elizabeth Mary Rhodes

ITV Christmas Comedy
1983

Tell Me Another
1976
as Herself
Goggle Eyes
1993
as Mrs Harrington
Meet the Wife
1963
Esther
as Self
Movies (84)

The Nightcomers
1972
as Mrs. Grose

The Quatermass Xperiment
1955
as Rosie Wrigley

The Lodger
1944
as First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)

The Entertainer
1960
as Mrs. Ada Lapford

The Next of Kin
1942
as ATS drover with puncture

For Better, for Worse
1954
as Mrs. Doyle

Corridor of Mirrors
1948
as Visitor in Tussauds

Consuming Passions
1988
as Mrs. Gordon

The Foreman Went to France
1942
as Barmaid

Intensive Care
1982
as Aunty Kitty

The Magic Box
1952
as Doctor's Housekeeper

Conspirator
1949
as Broaders

Memento Mori
1992
as Jean Taylor

Went the Day Well?
1942
as Ivy

The Galloping Major
1951
as Tea Stall Woman (uncredited)

The Magnet
1950
as Nanny's friend

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
1990
as Old Betsy

One Good Turn
1955
as Cook

Further Up the Creek
1958
as Mrs. Galloway

Lost
1956
as Kelly's landlady

Afternoon Off
1979
as Mrs Beevers

Term of Trial
1962
as Mrs. Taylor

The Tailor of Gloucester
1989
as Mrs. Speck

The Big Frame
1952
as Hotel Maid

The Courtneys of Curzon Street
1947
as Maud

Time, Gentlemen, Please!
1952
as Alice Crouch

Sailor Beware
1956
as Mrs Lack

These Dangerous Years
1957
as Mrs. Ada Larkin

Madness of the Heart
1949
as Rosa

Bitter Harvest
1963
as Mrs. Jessup

Simon and Laura
1955
as Jessie

Emergency Call
1952
as Mrs. Cornelius

Home and Away
1956
as Margie Groves

Street Corner
1953
as Mrs. Perkins

Portrait from Life
1948
as Mrs. Skinner

The Long Memory
1953
as Mrs Pewsey

The Crowded Day
1954
as Customer

Once a Jolly Swagman
1949
as Ma Fox

Romeo and Juliet
1967
as Nurse

Lost for Words
1999
as Annie Longden

The Love Match
1955
as Sal Brown

Personal Affair
1953
as Mrs. Usher

A Day to Remember
1953
as Mrs. Trott

Maytime in Mayfair
1949
as Janet

The Black Sheep of Whitehall
1942
as Joyce

Say Something Happened
1982
as Elizabeth Mary Rhodes

The Great Game
1953
as Miss Rawlings

Some Will, Some Won't
1970
as Agnes Russell

The Good Companions
1957
as Mrs Oakroyd

Background
1953
as Mrs. Humphries

Boys in Brown
1949
as Mrs. Knowles

My Brother Jonathan
1948
as Ada

Pat and Margaret
1994
as Jim's Mother

Now and Forever
1956
as Maggie the Maid (uncredited)

Two Thousand Women
1944
as Mrs. Burtshaw

Blonde Bait
1956
as 'Granny' Ramsey

The Fox Trot
1971
as Gwen
Don't Blame the Stork
1954
as Agnes O'Connor

Women Without Men
1956
as Gran' Rafferty

A Kind of Loving
1962
as Mrs. Rothwell

Tiger by the Tail
1955
as Mary

A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
1949
as Mrs. Bates

Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
1978
as Mrs. Hopkins

Wide-Eyed and Legless
1993
as Deric's Mother

Fools Rush In
1949
as Mrs. Coot
A Clean Sweep
1958
as Vera Watson
Julie and the Cadillacs
1999
as Julie's grandmother

The Cure for Love
1949
as Mrs. Dorbell

The Frightened Man
1952
as Vera

The Blind Goddess
1948
as Derek's Charwoman

The Mayor's Charity
1977
as Olive Major

The Big Blockade
1942
as German barmaid (uncredited)

Talking Heads
1988

Over the Odds
1961
as Mrs Carter

The Weaker Sex
1948
as Mrs. Gaye

Thora Hird Tribute
2003
as Self, Various Characters (archive footage)

Go to Blazes
1942
as Elsie
Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am!
1966
as Blanche Hoskins

Once a Sinner
1950
as Mrs. James

Rattle of a Simple Man
1964
as Mrs. Winthram

Turn the Key Softly
1953
as Mrs. Rowan, landlady

Talking Heads 2
1998

Emma and Grandpa
1983
as Narrator (voice)

The Villa Maroc
1972
as Doris
About Thora Hird
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. With 115 credits spanning from 1942 to 2003, Thora Hird has appeared in 84 films and 31 TV shows.
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Most Popular Thora Hird Movies
- The Nightcomers (1972) — as Mrs. Grose
- The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) — as Rosie Wrigley
- The Lodger (1944) — as First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)
- The Entertainer (1960) — as Mrs. Ada Lapford
- The Next of Kin (1942) — as ATS drover with puncture
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