About

Known credits:
88
Birthday:
1911-05-28
Place of birth:
Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK
Website:
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Thora Hird

Overview

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

Acting
2000 The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything Actor N/A
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1999 Lost for Words Actor Annie Longden 58
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1999 Julie and the Cadillacs Actor Julie's grandmother N/A
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1998 Talking Heads 2 Actor 58
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1994 Pat and Margaret Actor Jim's Mother 59
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1993 Wide-Eyed and Legless Actor Deric's Mother 59
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1993 Goggle Eyes Actor Mrs Harrington N/A
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1992 Memento Mori Actor Jean Taylor 58
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1990 The Tale of Little Pig Robinson Actor Old Betsy N/A
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1989 The Tailor of Gloucester Actor Mrs. Speck N/A
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1988 Talking Heads Actor 58
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1988 Consuming Passions Actor Mrs. Gordon 58
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1983 ITV Christmas Comedy Actor N/A
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1982 Say Something Happened Actor Elizabeth Mary Rhodes N/A
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1982 Say Something Happened Actor Elizabeth Mary Rhodes N/A
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1982 Intensive Care Actor Aunty Kitty N/A
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1981 Hallelujah! Actor Captain Emily Ridley 68
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1979 Afternoon Off Actor Mrs Beevers N/A
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1978 Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf Actor Mrs. Hopkins N/A
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1977 The Mayor's Charity Actor Olive Major N/A
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1972 The Villa Maroc Actor Doris N/A
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1972 The Nightcomers Actor Mrs. Grose 58
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1971 The Fox Trot Actor Gwen N/A
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1970 Some Will, Some Won't Actor Agnes Russell 59
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1969 In Loving Memory Actor Ivy Unsworth 69
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1968 The First Lady Actor N/A
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1967 Romeo and Juliet Actor Nurse N/A
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1966 Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am! Actor Blanche Hoskins N/A
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1964 Rattle of a Simple Man Actor Mrs. Winthram 58
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1963 Meet the Wife Actor 69
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1963 Bitter Harvest Actor Mrs. Jessup 58
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1962 Term of Trial Actor Mrs. Taylor 58
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1962 A Kind of Loving Actor Mrs. Rothwell 59
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1961 Over the Odds Actor Mrs Carter N/A
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1960 The Entertainer Actor Mrs. Ada Lapford 59
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1958 Further Up the Creek Actor Mrs. Galloway 59
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1958 A Clean Sweep Actor Vera Watson N/A
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1957 These Dangerous Years Actor Mrs. Ada Larkin 59
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1957 The Good Companions Actor Mrs Oakroyd N/A
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1956 Now and Forever Actor Maggie the Maid (uncredited) 59
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1956 Home and Away Actor Margie Groves 59
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1956 Sailor Beware Actor Mrs Lack 59
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1956 Women Without Men Actor Gran' Rafferty 59
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1956 Blonde Bait Actor 'Granny' Ramsey 59
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1956 Lost Actor Kelly's landlady 58
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1955 Simon and Laura Actor Jessie 58
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1955 Tiger by the Tail Actor Mary 58
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1955 The Quatermass Xperiment Actor Rosie Wrigley 60
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1955 The Love Match Actor Sal Brown 59
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1955 One Good Turn Actor Cook 58
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1954 For Better, for Worse Actor Mrs. Doyle 59
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1954 Don't Blame the Stork Actor Agnes O'Connor N/A
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1953 A Day to Remember Actor Mrs. Trott 58
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1953 Background Actor Mrs. Humphries 59
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1953 Personal Affair Actor Mrs. Usher 58
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1953 Turn the Key Softly Actor Mrs. Rowan, landlady 59
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1953 Street Corner Actor Mrs. Perkins 58
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1953 The Long Memory Actor Mrs Pewsey 59
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1953 The Great Game Actor Miss Rawlings 59
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1952 The Big Frame Actor Hotel Maid 58
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1952 Time, Gentlemen, Please! Actor Alice Crouch 59
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1952 Emergency Call Actor Mrs. Cornelius 59
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1952 The Frightened Man Actor Vera 59
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1952 The Magic Box Actor Doctor's Housekeeper 59
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1950 The Magnet Actor Nanny's friend 59
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1950 Once a Sinner Actor Mrs. James 59
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1949 The Cure for Love Actor Mrs. Dorbell N/A
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1949 Madness of the Heart Actor Rosa 59
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1949 Boys in Brown Actor Mrs. Knowles 59
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1949 Conspirator Actor Broaders 59
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1949 Maytime in Mayfair Actor Janet 59
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1949 Fools Rush In Actor Mrs. Coot 59
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1949 A Boy, a Girl and a Bike Actor Mrs. Bates 58
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1949 Once a Jolly Swagman Actor Ma Fox 58
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1948 Portrait from Life Actor Mrs. Skinner 59
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1948 The Weaker Sex Actor Mrs. Gaye 59
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1948 The Blind Goddess Actor Derek's Charwoman 59
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1948 Corridor of Mirrors Actor Visitor in Tussauds 58
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1948 My Brother Jonathan Actor Ada 59
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1947 The Courtneys of Curzon Street Actor Maud 58
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1944 Two Thousand Women Actor Mrs. Burtshaw 59
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1944 The Lodger Actor First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited) 59
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1942 Went the Day Well? Actor Ivy 60
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1942 The Foreman Went to France Actor Barmaid 59
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1942 The Next of Kin Actor ATS drover with puncture 58
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1942 The Black Sheep of Whitehall Actor Joyce 59
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1942 Go to Blazes Actor Elsie 59
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Emma and Grandpa Actor Narrator (UK) N/A
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