Thora Hird

Known for: Acting
Born: May 28, 1911, Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK
Died: March 15, 2003
Movies: 86

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.

Best-Known Movies

6.5

The Quatermass Xperiment

1955

6.5

The Lodger

1944

5.7

The Nightcomers

1972

7.1

Went the Day Well?

1942

7.1

A Kind of Loving

1962

6.2

The Entertainer

1960

6.5

The Magic Box

1952

6.4

The Magnet

1950

5.8

Conspirator

1949

6.0

Corridor of Mirrors

1948

Filmography

2003	Thora Hird Tribute	Self, Various Characters (archive footage)
1999	Lost for Words	Annie Longden
1999	Julie and the Cadillacs	Julie's grandmother
1998	Talking Heads 2
1994	Pat and Margaret	Jim's Mother
1993	Wide-Eyed and Legless	Deric's Mother
1992	Memento Mori	Jean Taylor
1990	The Tale of Little Pig Robinson	Old Betsy
1989	The Tailor of Gloucester	Mrs. Speck
1988	Talking Heads
1988	Consuming Passions	Mrs. Gordon
1987	Last of the Summer Wine: Big Day at Dream Acres	Edie Pegden
1986	Last of the Summer Wine: Uncle of the Bride	Edie Pegden
1983	Emma and Grandpa	Narrator (voice)
1982	Say Something Happened	Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
1982	Intensive Care	Aunty Kitty
1979	Afternoon Off	Mrs Beevers
1978	Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf	Mrs. Hopkins
1977	The Mayor's Charity	Olive Major
1972	The Villa Maroc	Doris
1972	The Nightcomers	Mrs. Grose
1971	The Fox Trot	Gwen
1970	Some Will, Some Won't	Agnes Russell
1967	Romeo and Juliet	Nurse
1966	Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am!	Blanche Hoskins
1964	Rattle of a Simple Man	Mrs. Winthram
1963	Bitter Harvest	Mrs. Jessup (uncredited)
1962	Term of Trial	Mrs. Taylor
1962	A Kind of Loving	Mrs. Rothwell
1961	Over the Odds	Mrs Carter
1960	The Entertainer	Mrs. Ada Lapford
1958	Further Up the Creek	Mrs. Galloway
1958	A Clean Sweep	Vera Watson
1957	These Dangerous Years	Mrs. Ada Larkin
1957	The Good Companions	Mrs Oakroyd
1956	Now and Forever	Maggie the Maid (uncredited)
1956	Sailor Beware	Mrs Lack
1956	Home and Away	Margie Groves
1956	Women Without Men	Gran' Rafferty
1956	Blonde Bait	'Granny' Ramsey
1956	Lost	Kelly's landlady
1955	Simon and Laura	Jessie
1955	The Quatermass Xperiment	Rosie Wrigley
1955	Tiger by the Tail	Mary
1955	The Love Match	Sal Brown
1955	One Good Turn	Cook
1954	The Crowded Day	Customer
1954	For Better, for Worse	Mrs. Doyle
1954	Don't Blame the Stork	Agnes O'Connor
1953	A Day to Remember	Mrs. Trott
1953	Background	Mrs. Humphries
1953	Personal Affair	Mrs. Usher
1953	Turn the Key Softly	Mrs. Rowan, landlady
1953	Street Corner	Mrs. Perkins
1953	The Long Memory	Mrs Pewsey
1953	The Great Game	Miss Rawlings
1952	The Big Frame	Hotel Maid
1952	Time, Gentlemen, Please!	Alice Crouch
1952	Emergency Call	Mrs. Cornelius
1952	The Frightened Man	Vera
1952	The Magic Box	Doctor's Housekeeper
1951	The Galloping Major	Tea Stall Woman (uncredited)
1950	The Magnet	Nanny's friend
1950	Once a Sinner	Mrs. James
1949	The Cure for Love	Mrs. Dorbell
1949	Madness of the Heart	Rosa
1949	Boys in Brown	Mrs. Knowles
1949	Conspirator	Broaders
1949	Maytime in Mayfair	Janet
1949	A Boy, a Girl and a Bike	Mrs. Bates
1949	Fools Rush In	Mrs. Coot
1949	Once a Jolly Swagman	Ma Fox
1948	Portrait from Life	Mrs. Skinner
1948	The Weaker Sex	Mrs. Gaye
1948	The Blind Goddess	Derek's Charwoman
1948	Corridor of Mirrors	Visitor in Tussauds
1948	My Brother Jonathan	Ada
1947	The Courtneys of Curzon Street	Maud
1944	Two Thousand Women	Mrs. Burtshaw
1944	The Lodger	First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)
1942	Went the Day Well?	Ivy
1942	The Foreman Went to France	Barmaid
1942	The Next of Kin	ATS drover with puncture
1942	The Black Sheep of Whitehall	Joyce
1942	The Big Blockade	German barmaid (uncredited)
1942	Go to Blazes	Elsie

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