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Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 28, 1911
Died
March 15, 2003
Place of Birth
Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK
Also Known As
- Dame Thora Hird
Thora Hird
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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
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Self, Various Characters (archive footage)
Thora Hird Tribute
2003
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The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000
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Annie Longden
Lost for Words
1999
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Julie's grandmother
Julie and the Cadillacs
1999
7.4
Enid
dinnerladies
1998
7.0
Talking Heads 2
1998
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Self
Parkinson
1998
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Postmistress
Queen's Nose
1995
7.5
Jim's Mother
Pat and Margaret
1994
6.0
Deric's Mother
Wide-Eyed and Legless
1993
Credits
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Thora Hird Tribute
as Self, Various Characters (archive footage)
2003
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The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000
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Lost for Words
as Annie Longden
1999
7.0
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Julie and the Cadillacs
as Julie's grandmother
1999
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dinnerladies
as Enid
1998
7.4
Talking Heads 2
1998
7.0
Parkinson
as Self
1998
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Queen's Nose
as Postmistress
1995
7.0
Pat and Margaret
as Jim's Mother
1994
7.5
Wide-Eyed and Legless
as Deric's Mother
1993
6.0
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Goggle Eyes
as Mrs Harrington
1993
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Memento Mori
as Jean Taylor
1992
6.2
Heartbeat
as Hannah Stockdale
1992
7.1
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
as Old Betsy
1990
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Perfect Scoundrels
as Martha
1990
6.0
The Tailor of Gloucester
as Mrs. Speck
1989
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Talking Heads
as Doris
1988
6.2
Talking Heads
as Violet
1988
6.2
Talking Heads
1988
5.0
Consuming Passions
as Mrs. Gordon
1988
8.0
Screen Two
as Jean Taylor
1985
6.8
Emma and Grandpa
as Narrator (voice)
1983
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ITV Christmas Comedy
1983
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Say Something Happened
as Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
1982
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Objects of Affection
as Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
1982
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Intensive Care
as Aunty Kitty
1982
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Hallelujah!
as Captain Emily Ridley
1981
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Afternoon Off
as Mrs Beevers
1979
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Blankety Blank
1979
4.6
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
as Mrs. Hopkins
1978
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All Creatures Great and Small
as Mrs. Clarke
1978
7.8
The Mayor's Charity
as Olive Major
1977
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Tell Me Another
as Herself
1976
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Last of the Summer Wine
as Edie
1973
7.1
The Villa Maroc
as Doris
1972
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The Nightcomers
as Mrs. Grose
1972
5.6
The Fox Trot
as Gwen
1971
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Play for Today
as Olive Major
1970
6.3
Play for Today
as Doris
1970
6.3
Play for Today
as Aunt KItty
1970
6.3
Some Will, Some Won't
as Agnes Russell
1970
4.8
In Loving Memory
as Ivy Unsworth
1969
6.8
The First Lady
1968
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Romeo and Juliet
as Nurse
1967
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Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am!
as Blanche Hoskins
1966
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BBC Play of the Month
as Clare Soppitt
1965
5.0
BBC Play of the Month
as Nurse
1965
5.0
Rattle of a Simple Man
as Mrs. Winthram
1964
5.2
The Wednesday Play
as Blanche Hoskins
1964
4.5
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Meet the Wife
1963
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Festival
as Mrs. Baines
1963
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Bitter Harvest
as Mrs. Jessup
1963
5.8
Term of Trial
as Mrs. Taylor
1962
6.0
A Kind of Loving
as Mrs. Rothwell
1962
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Z-Cars
1962
7.0
Over the Odds
as Mrs Carter
1961
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Drama 61-67
as Mrs. Hope
1961
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The Entertainer
as Mrs. Ada Lapford
1960
6.2
Further Up the Creek
as Mrs. Galloway
1958
6.0
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A Clean Sweep
as Vera Watson
1958
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These Dangerous Years
as Mrs. Ada Larkin
1957
6.0
The Good Companions
as Mrs Oakroyd
1957
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Now and Forever
as Maggie the Maid (uncredited)
1956
7.0
Sailor Beware
as Mrs Lack
1956
7.0
Home and Away
as Margie Groves
1956
7.0
Women Without Men
as Gran' Rafferty
1956
6.0
Blonde Bait
as 'Granny' Ramsey
1956
4.8
Lost
as Kelly's landlady
1956
7.0
Simon and Laura
as Jessie
1955
5.8
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Ada
1955
6.3
Tiger by the Tail
as Mary
1955
5.6
The Quatermass Xperiment
as Rosie Wrigley
1955
6.5
Dixon of Dock Green
as Alice Leggett
1955
5.3
The Love Match
as Sal Brown
1955
7.1
One Good Turn
as Cook
1955
6.1
The Crowded Day
as Customer
1954
5.4
For Better, for Worse
as Mrs. Doyle
1954
5.6
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Don't Blame the Stork
as Agnes O'Connor
1954
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A Day to Remember
as Mrs. Trott
1953
6.9
Background
as Mrs. Humphries
1953
6.0
Personal Affair
as Mrs. Usher
1953
6.2
Turn the Key Softly
as Mrs. Rowan, landlady
1953
6.2
Street Corner
as Mrs. Perkins
1953
5.4
The Long Memory
as Mrs Pewsey
1953
6.6
The Great Game
as Miss Rawlings
1953
6.0
The Big Frame
as Hotel Maid
1952
3.8
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
as Alice Crouch
1952
8.0
Emergency Call
as Mrs. Cornelius
1952
6.5
The Frightened Man
as Vera
1952
6.2
The Magic Box
as Doctor's Housekeeper
1952
6.4
The Galloping Major
as Tea Stall Woman (uncredited)
1951
6.0
The Magnet
as Nanny's friend
1950
6.3
Once a Sinner
as Mrs. James
1950
6.6
The Cure for Love
as Mrs. Dorbell
1949
6.0
Madness of the Heart
as Rosa
1949
5.9
Boys in Brown
as Mrs. Knowles
1949
6.5
Conspirator
as Broaders
1949
5.7
The BAFTA Awards
as Self - Winner
1949
10.0
Maytime in Mayfair
as Janet
1949
5.3
Fools Rush In
as Mrs. Coot
1949
6.0
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
as Mrs. Bates
1949
4.5
Once a Jolly Swagman
as Ma Fox
1949
5.6
Portrait from Life
as Mrs. Skinner
1948
5.9
The Weaker Sex
as Mrs. Gaye
1948
6.0
The Blind Goddess
as Derek's Charwoman
1948
5.6
Corridor of Mirrors
as Visitor in Tussauds
1948
5.8
My Brother Jonathan
as Ada
1948
6.6
The Courtneys of Curzon Street
as Maud
1947
4.9
Two Thousand Women
as Mrs. Burtshaw
1944
6.9
The Lodger
as First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)
1944
6.4
Went the Day Well?
as Ivy
1942
7.2
The Foreman Went to France
as Barmaid
1942
6.6
The Next of Kin
as ATS drover with puncture
1942
5.1
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
as Joyce
1942
7.8
Go to Blazes
as Elsie
1942
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Esther
as Self
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