Thora Hird

Personal Info

Birthday

May 28, 1911

Day of Death

2003-03-15

(91 years old)

Place of Birth

Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK

Also Known As

Dame Thora Hird

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

Last of the Summer Wine

Play for Today

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Heartbeat

BBC Play of the Month

The Wednesday Play

All Creatures Great and Small

Screen Two

Filmography

1999
Lost for Words
as Annie Longden
Julie and the Cadillacs
as Julie's grandmother
1994
Pat and Margaret
as Jim's Mother
1993
Wide-Eyed and Legless
as Deric's Mother
1992
Memento Mori
as Jean Taylor
1990
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
as Old Betsy
1989
The Tailor of Gloucester
as Mrs. Speck
1988
Consuming Passions
as Mrs. Gordon
1982
Say Something Happened
as Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
Intensive Care
as Aunty Kitty
1979
Afternoon Off
as Mrs Beevers
1978
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
as Mrs. Hopkins
1977
The Mayor's Charity
as Olive Major
1972
The Villa Maroc
as Doris
The Nightcomers
as Mrs. Grose
1971
The Fox Trot
as Gwen
1970
Some Will, Some Won't
as Agnes Russell
1967
Romeo and Juliet
as Nurse
1966
Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am!
as Blanche Hoskins
1964
Rattle of a Simple Man
as Mrs. Winthram
1963
Bitter Harvest
as Mrs. Jessup
1962
Term of Trial
as Mrs. Taylor
A Kind of Loving
as Mrs. Rothwell
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
Now and Forever
as Maggie the Maid (uncredited)
Sailor Beware
as Mrs Lack
Home and Away
as Margie Groves
Women Without Men
as Gran' Rafferty
Blonde Bait
as 'Granny' Ramsey
Lost
as Kelly's landlady
1955
Simon and Laura
as Jessie
Tiger by the Tail
as Mary
The Quatermass Xperiment
as Rosie Wrigley
The Love Match
as Sal Brown
One Good Turn
as Cook
1954
For Better, for Worse
as Mrs. Doyle
Don't Blame the Stork
as Agnes O'Connor
1953
A Day to Remember
as Mrs. Trott
Background
as Mrs. Humphries
Personal Affair
as Mrs. Usher
Turn the Key Softly
as Mrs. Rowan, landlady
Street Corner
as Mrs. Perkins
The Long Memory
as Mrs Pewsey
The Great Game
as Miss Rawlings
1952
The Big Frame
as Hotel Maid
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
as Alice Crouch
Emergency Call
as Mrs. Cornelius
The Frightened Man
as Vera
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
The Cure for Love
as Mrs. Dorbell
Madness of the Heart
as Rosa
Boys in Brown
as Mrs. Knowles
Conspirator
as Broaders
Maytime in Mayfair
as Janet
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
as Mrs. Bates
Fools Rush In
as Mrs. Coot
Once a Jolly Swagman
as Ma Fox
1948
Portrait from Life
as Mrs. Skinner
The Weaker Sex
as Mrs. Gaye
The Blind Goddess
as Derek's Charwoman
Corridor of Mirrors
as Visitor in Tussauds
My Brother Jonathan
as Ada
1947
The Courtneys of Curzon Street
as Maud
1944
Two Thousand Women
as Mrs. Burtshaw
The Lodger
as First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)
1942
Went the Day Well?
as Ivy
The Foreman Went to France
as Barmaid
The Next of Kin
as ATS drover with puncture
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
as Joyce
Go to Blazes
as Elsie