Acting
Thora Hird
EN cinema · 86 credits
Born
28 May 1911
Died
15 March 2003 (aged 91)
Birthplace
Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK
Also known as Dame 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.
Known for
Filmography
Thora Hird Tribute
as Self, Various Characters (archive footage)
Lost for Words
as Annie Longden
Julie and the Cadillacs
1999
Julie and the Cadillacs
as Julie's grandmother
Pat and Margaret
as Jim's Mother
Wide-Eyed and Legless
as Deric's Mother
Memento Mori
as Jean Taylor
The Tailor of Gloucester
as Mrs. Speck
Consuming Passions
as Mrs. Gordon
Emma and Grandpa
as Narrator (voice)
Intensive Care
as Aunty Kitty
Say Something Happened
as Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
Afternoon Off
as Mrs Beevers
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
as Mrs. Hopkins
The Mayor's Charity
as Olive Major
The Nightcomers
as Mrs. Grose
The Fox Trot
as Gwen
Some Will, Some Won't
as Agnes Russell
Rattle of a Simple Man
as Mrs. Winthram
Bitter Harvest
as Mrs. Jessup (uncredited)
A Kind of Loving
as Mrs. Rothwell
Term of Trial
as Mrs. Taylor
Over the Odds
as Mrs Carter
The Entertainer
as Mrs. Ada Lapford
Further Up the Creek
as Mrs. Galloway
A Clean Sweep
1958
A Clean Sweep
as Vera Watson
These Dangerous Years
as Mrs. Ada Larkin
The Good Companions
as Mrs Oakroyd
Lost
as Kelly's landlady
Blonde Bait
as 'Granny' Ramsey
Now and Forever
as Maggie the Maid (uncredited)
Women Without Men
as Gran' Rafferty
Sailor Beware
as Mrs Lack
Home and Away
as Margie Groves
The Quatermass Xperiment
as Rosie Wrigley
One Good Turn
as Cook
The Love Match
as Sal Brown
Simon and Laura
as Jessie
For Better, for Worse
as Mrs. Doyle
Don't Blame the Stork
1954
Don't Blame the Stork
as Agnes O'Connor
The Crowded Day
as Customer
The Long Memory
as Mrs Pewsey
Personal Affair
as Mrs. Usher
Turn the Key Softly
as Mrs. Rowan, landlady
A Day to Remember
as Mrs. Trott
The Great Game
as Miss Rawlings
Background
as Mrs. Humphries
Street Corner
as Mrs. Perkins
The Big Frame
as Hotel Maid
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
as Alice Crouch
Emergency Call
as Mrs. Cornelius
The Magic Box
as Doctor's Housekeeper
The Galloping Major
as Tea Stall Woman (uncredited)
The Magnet
as Nanny's friend
Once a Sinner
as Mrs. James
Conspirator
as Broaders
Once a Jolly Swagman
as Ma Fox
Boys in Brown
as Mrs. Knowles
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
as Mrs. Bates
Fools Rush In
as Mrs. Coot
Maytime in Mayfair
as Janet
The Cure for Love
as Mrs. Dorbell
Corridor of Mirrors
as Visitor in Tussauds
Portrait from Life
as Mrs. Skinner
The Blind Goddess
as Derek's Charwoman
The Weaker Sex
as Mrs. Gaye
The Lodger
as First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)
Two Thousand Women
as Mrs. Burtshaw
Go to Blazes
as Elsie
The Next of Kin
as ATS drover with puncture
The Foreman Went to France
as Barmaid
The Big Blockade
as German barmaid (uncredited)