Thora Hird
Age: 91 | From: Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK
Person Details
Birthday: 1911-05-28 14:32:32
Death: 2003-03-15 14:32:32
Aliases: Dame Thora Hird
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK
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Movie Involvements: 48
TV Involvements: 10
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Play for Today
(1970) Aunt KItty
The Adventures of Robin Hood
(1955) Ada
BBC Play of the Month
(1965) Nurse
Dixon of Dock Green
(1955) Alice Leggett
Talking Heads
(1988) Violet
Objects of Affection
(1982) Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
The Quatermass Xperiment
(1955) Rosie Wrigley
The Nightcomers
(1972) Mrs. GroseActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | N/A | |
| 1999 | Annie Longden | |
| Julie's grandmother | ||
| 1998 | Enid | |
| N/A | ||
| 1994 | Jim's Mother | |
| 1993 | Deric's Mother | |
| Mrs Harrington | ||
| 1992 | Jean Taylor | |
| Hannah Stockdale | ||
| 1990 | Old Betsy | |
| Martha | ||
| 1989 | Mrs. Speck | |
| 1988 | Doris | |
| Violet | ||
| N/A | ||
| Mrs. Gordon | ||
| 1983 | N/A | |
| 1982 | Elizabeth Mary Rhodes | |
| Aunty Kitty | ||
| 1981 | Captain Emily Ridley | |
| 1979 | Mrs Beevers | |
| N/A | ||
| 1978 | Mrs. Hopkins | |
| Mrs. Clarke | ||
| 1977 | Olive Major | |
| 1973 | Edie | |
| Herself (archive footage) | ||
| 1972 | Doris | |
| Mrs. Grose | ||
| 1971 | Gwen | |
| 1970 | Olive Major | |
| Doris | ||
| Aunt KItty | ||
| Agnes Russell | ||
| 1969 | Ivy Unsworth | |
| 1968 | N/A | |
| 1967 | Nurse | |
| 1966 | Blanche Hoskins | |
| 1965 | Clare Soppitt | |
| Nurse | ||
| 1964 | Mrs. Winthram | |
| 1963 | N/A | |
| Mrs. Jessup | ||
| 1962 | Mrs. Taylor | |
| Mrs. Rothwell | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1960 | Mrs. Ada Lapford | |
| 1958 | Mrs. Galloway | |
| Vera Watson | ||
| 1957 | Mrs. Ada Larkin | |
| Mrs Oakroyd | ||
| 1956 | Maggie the Maid (uncredited) | |
| Mrs Lack | ||
| Margie Groves | ||
| Gran' Rafferty | ||
| 'Granny' Ramsey | ||
| Kelly's landlady | ||
| 1955 | Jessie | |
| Ada | ||
| Mary | ||
| Rosie Wrigley | ||
| Alice Leggett | ||
| Sal Brown | ||
| Cook | ||
| 1954 | Mrs. Doyle | |
| Agnes O'Connor | ||
| 1953 | Mrs. Trott | |
| Mrs. Humphries | ||
| Mrs. Usher | ||
| Mrs. Rowan, landlady | ||
| Mrs. Perkins | ||
| Mrs Pewsey | ||
| Miss Rawlings | ||
| 1952 | Hotel Maid | |
| Alice Crouch | ||
| Mrs. Cornelius | ||
| Vera | ||
| Doctor's Housekeeper | ||
| 1950 | Nanny's friend | |
| Mrs. James | ||
| 1949 | Mrs. Dorbell | |
| Rosa | ||
| Mrs. Knowles | ||
| Broaders | ||
| Janet | ||
| Mrs. Coot | ||
| Mrs. Bates | ||
| Ma Fox | ||
| 1948 | Mrs. Skinner | |
| Mrs. Gaye | ||
| Derek's Charwoman | ||
| Visitor in Tussauds | ||
| Ada | ||
| 1947 | Maud | |
| 1944 | Mrs. Burtshaw | |
| First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited) | ||
| 1942 | Ivy | |
| Barmaid | ||
| ATS drover with puncture | ||
| Joyce | ||
| Elsie | ||
| Narrator (UK) | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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