Thora Hird

Actor

Born: May 28, 1911
Died: March 15, 2003 (age 91)
From: 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.

Filmography (84)

Thora Hird Tribute (2003)
Self, Various Characters (archive footage)
Lost for Words (1999)
Annie Longden
Julie and the Cadillacs
Julie and the Cadillacs (1999)
Julie's grandmother
Talking Heads 2 (1998)
Pat and Margaret (1994)
Jim's Mother
Wide-Eyed and Legless (1993)
Deric's Mother
Memento Mori (1992)
Jean Taylor
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (1990)
Old Betsy
The Tailor of Gloucester (1989)
Mrs. Speck
Talking Heads (1988)
Consuming Passions (1988)
Mrs. Gordon
Emma and Grandpa (1983)
Narrator (voice)
Say Something Happened (1982)
Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
Intensive Care (1982)
Aunty Kitty
Afternoon Off (1979)
Mrs Beevers
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1978)
Mrs. Hopkins
The Mayor's Charity (1977)
Olive Major
The Villa Maroc (1972)
Doris
The Nightcomers (1972)
Mrs. Grose
The Fox Trot (1971)
Gwen
Some Will, Some Won't (1970)
Agnes Russell
Romeo and Juliet (1967)
Nurse
Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am!
Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am! (1966)
Blanche Hoskins
Rattle of a Simple Man (1964)
Mrs. Winthram
Bitter Harvest (1963)
Mrs. Jessup
Term of Trial (1962)
Mrs. Taylor
A Kind of Loving (1962)
Mrs. Rothwell
Over the Odds (1961)
Mrs Carter
The Entertainer (1960)
Mrs. Ada Lapford
Further Up the Creek (1958)
Mrs. Galloway