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Thora Hird

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.

Born

May 28, 1911

Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK

Died

Mar 15, 2003

Known For

Acting

Movies

86 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.1

movie

Known For

The Quatermass Xperiment

The Quatermass Xperiment

1955

as Rosie Wrigley
The Quatermass Xperiment
The Quatermass Xperiment
1955 • as Rosie Wrigley
★ 6.5
The Nightcomers
The Nightcomers
1972 • as Mrs. Grose
★ 5.7
Conspirator
Conspirator
1949 • as Broaders
★ 5.8
The Lodger
The Lodger
1944 • as First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Consuming Passions
Consuming Passions
1988 • as Mrs. Gordon
★ 8.3
Went the Day Well?
Went the Day Well?
1942 • as Ivy
★ 7.1
The Entertainer
The Entertainer
1960 • as Mrs. Ada Lapford
★ 6.2
One Good Turn
One Good Turn
1955 • as Cook
★ 6.2
Simon and Laura
Simon and Laura
1955 • as Jessie
★ 5.9
Once a Jolly Swagman
Once a Jolly Swagman
1949 • as Ma Fox
★ 5.8
Last of the Summer Wine: Big Day at Dream Acres
Last of the Summer Wine: Big Day at Dream Acres
1987 • as Edie Pegden
The Magic Box
The Magic Box
1952 • as Doctor's Housekeeper
★ 6.5
A Kind of Loving
A Kind of Loving
1962 • as Mrs. Rothwell
★ 7.1
Further Up the Creek
Further Up the Creek
1958 • as Mrs. Galloway
★ 6.6
Madness of the Heart
Madness of the Heart
1949 • as Rosa
★ 6.0
Last of the Summer Wine: Uncle of the Bride
Last of the Summer Wine: Uncle of the Bride
1986 • as Edie Pegden
For Better, for Worse
For Better, for Worse
1954 • as Mrs. Doyle
★ 5.8
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
1967 • as Nurse
Lost
Lost
1956 • as Kelly's landlady
★ 6.8
The Long Memory
The Long Memory
1953 • as Mrs Pewsey
★ 6.7
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
1978 • as Mrs. Hopkins
★ 10.0
Wide-Eyed and Legless
Wide-Eyed and Legless
1993 • as Deric's Mother
★ 6.5
Pat and Margaret
Pat and Margaret
1994 • as Jim's Mother
★ 7.7
Term of Trial
Term of Trial
1962 • as Mrs. Taylor
★ 6.1
Tiger by the Tail
Tiger by the Tail
1955 • as Mary
★ 6.3
Memento Mori
Memento Mori
1992 • as Jean Taylor
★ 6.3
A Day to Remember
A Day to Remember
1953 • as Mrs. Trott
★ 7.4
The Next of Kin
The Next of Kin
1942 • as ATS drover with puncture
★ 5.0
Turn the Key Softly
Turn the Key Softly
1953 • as Mrs. Rowan, landlady
★ 6.3
The Weaker Sex
The Weaker Sex
1948 • as Mrs. Gaye
★ 6.7
Some Will, Some Won't
Some Will, Some Won't
1970 • as Agnes Russell
★ 5.2
Now and Forever
Now and Forever
1956 • as Maggie the Maid (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Personal Affair
Personal Affair
1953 • as Mrs. Usher
★ 6.3
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
1990 • as Old Betsy
Bitter Harvest
Bitter Harvest
1963 • as Mrs. Jessup
★ 6.2
The Blind Goddess
The Blind Goddess
1948 • as Derek's Charwoman
★ 5.8
Rattle of a Simple Man
Rattle of a Simple Man
1964 • as Mrs. Winthram
★ 5.6
The Cure for Love
The Cure for Love
1949 • as Mrs. Dorbell
★ 7.0
My Brother Jonathan
My Brother Jonathan
1948 • as Ada
★ 6.8
The Tailor of Gloucester
The Tailor of Gloucester
1989 • as Mrs. Speck
Women Without Men
Women Without Men
1956 • as Gran' Rafferty
★ 7.5
movie
Julie and the Cadillacs
1999 • as Julie's grandmother
★ 8.0
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
1952 • as Alice Crouch
★ 8.0
Blonde Bait
Blonde Bait
1956 • as 'Granny' Ramsey
★ 5.8
Sailor Beware
Sailor Beware
1956 • as Mrs Lack
★ 7.5
The Magnet
The Magnet
1950 • as Nanny's friend
★ 6.4
Corridor of Mirrors
Corridor of Mirrors
1948 • as Visitor in Tussauds
★ 6.0
movie
Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am!
1966 • as Blanche Hoskins
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
1942 • as Joyce
★ 8.2
The Big Frame
The Big Frame
1952 • as Hotel Maid
★ 4.5
movie
Don't Blame the Stork
1954 • as Agnes O'Connor
★ 9.0
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
1949 • as Mrs. Bates
★ 4.9
The Love Match
The Love Match
1955 • as Sal Brown
★ 7.7
The Foreman Went to France
The Foreman Went to France
1942 • as Barmaid
★ 6.6
Intensive Care
Intensive Care
1982 • as Aunty Kitty
★ 9.0
The Courtneys of Curzon Street
The Courtneys of Curzon Street
1947 • as Maud
★ 5.3
Street Corner
Street Corner
1953 • as Mrs. Perkins
★ 5.5
The Mayor's Charity
The Mayor's Charity
1977 • as Olive Major
★ 9.0
Once a Sinner
Once a Sinner
1950 • as Mrs. James
★ 7.1
Afternoon Off
Afternoon Off
1979 • as Mrs Beevers
Emergency Call
Emergency Call
1952 • as Mrs. Cornelius
★ 6.7
Talking Heads 2
Talking Heads 2
1998
★ 8.5
The Villa Maroc
The Villa Maroc
1972 • as Doris
The Good Companions
The Good Companions
1957 • as Mrs Oakroyd
★ 7.0
Lost for Words
Lost for Words
1999 • as Annie Longden
★ 6.5
The Crowded Day
The Crowded Day
1954 • as Customer
★ 5.8
Fools Rush In
Fools Rush In
1949 • as Mrs. Coot
★ 6.7
Boys in Brown
Boys in Brown
1949 • as Mrs. Knowles
★ 6.3
Portrait from Life
Portrait from Life
1948 • as Mrs. Skinner
★ 6.3
Two Thousand Women
Two Thousand Women
1944 • as Mrs. Burtshaw
★ 6.9
Maytime in Mayfair
Maytime in Mayfair
1949 • as Janet
★ 6.5
Talking Heads
Talking Heads
1988
★ 5.0
These Dangerous Years
These Dangerous Years
1957 • as Mrs. Ada Larkin
★ 7.3
The Big Blockade
The Big Blockade
1942 • as German barmaid (uncredited)
★ 6.7
The Fox Trot
The Fox Trot
1971 • as Gwen
★ 9.0
Thora Hird Tribute
Thora Hird Tribute
2003 • as Self, Various Characters (archive footage)
The Great Game
The Great Game
1953 • as Miss Rawlings
★ 7.3
The Galloping Major
The Galloping Major
1951 • as Tea Stall Woman (uncredited)
★ 6.1
The Frightened Man
The Frightened Man
1952 • as Vera
★ 6.5
Say Something Happened
Say Something Happened
1982 • as Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
Background
Background
1953 • as Mrs. Humphries
★ 7.0
Over the Odds
Over the Odds
1961 • as Mrs Carter
★ 10.0
Emma and Grandpa
Emma and Grandpa
1983 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 7.0
Home and Away
Home and Away
1956 • as Margie Groves
★ 7.0
movie
A Clean Sweep
1958 • as Vera Watson
Go to Blazes
Go to Blazes
1942 • as Elsie
★ 9.0