Thora Hird
Born: 1911/05/28 in Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK
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
Movies
- Went the Day Well?
1942
- The Quatermass Xperiment
1955
- Corridor of Mirrors
1948
- A Kind of Loving
1962
- Madness of the Heart
1949
- The Nightcomers
1972
- For Better, for Worse
1954
- One Good Turn
1955
- The Lost Hours
1952
- The Magnet
1950
- The Entertainer
1960
- The Long Memory
1953
- Conspirator
1949
- Term of Trial
1962
- Time, Gentlemen, Please!
1952
- Once a Jolly Swagman
1949
- Personal Affair
1953
- Turn the Key Softly
1953
- Lost
1956
- Blonde Bait
1956
- Some Will, Some Won't
1970
- The Black Sheep of Whit...
1942
- Boys in Brown
1949
- Now and Forever
1956
- Further Up the Creek
1958
- Consuming Passions
1988
- Emergency Call
1952
- The Love Match
1955
- Pat and Margaret
1994
- A Day to Remember
1953
- Lost for Words
1999
- Women Without Men
1956
- Once a Sinner
1950
- Portrait from Life
1948
- Rattle of a Simple Man
1964
- These Dangerous Years
1957
- Go to Blazes
1942
- A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
1949
- The Great Game
1953
- The Tailor of Gloucester
1989
- Intensive Care
1982
- My Brother Jonathan
1948
- Who's a Good Boy Then? ...
1966
- Me! I'm Afraid of Virgi...
1978
- Afternoon Off
1979
- Fools Rush In
1949
- Talking Heads
1988
- Talking Heads 2
1998
- Julie and the Cadillacs
1999
- Simon and Laura
1955
- Background
1953
- Emma and Grandpa
1983
- Don't Blame the Stork
1954
- The Blind Goddess
1948
- The Next of Kin
1942
- Bitter Harvest
1963
- Romeo and Juliet
1967
- Wide-Eyed and Legless
1993
- Street Corner
1953
- The Lodger
1944
- Two Thousand Women
1944
- The Magic Box
1952
- Sailor Beware
1956
- The Good Companions
1957
- Home and Away
1956
- The Weaker Sex
1948
- Tiger by the Tail
1955
- Maytime in Mayfair
1949
- The Villa Maroc
1972
- The Fox Trot
1971
- The Courtneys of Curzon...
1947
- The Frightened Man
1952
- Memento Mori
1992
- The Cure for Love
1949
- The Foreman Went to Fra...
1942
- A Clean Sweep
1958
- The Tale of Little Pig ...
1990
- The Mayor's Charity
1977
- Say Something Happened
1982
- The Galloping Major
1951
- Over the Odds
1961
- Thora Hird Tribute
2003
- The Crowded Day
1954
TV Shows
- Z-Cars
1962
- In Loving Memory
1969
- Heartbeat
1992
- Last of the Summer Wine
1973
- Blankety Blank
1979
- Hallelujah!
1981
- The First Lady
1968
- Meet the Wife
1963
- dinnerladies
1998
- The Adventures of Robin...
1955
- Play for Today
1970
- BBC Play of the Month
1965
- Perfect Scoundrels
1990
- Talking Heads
1988
- Talking Heads
1988
- ITV Christmas Comedy
1983
- Goggle Eyes
1993
- All Creatures Great and...
1978
- BBC Play of the Month
1965
- The Nearly Complete and...
2000
- Objects of Affection
1982
- Play for Today
1970
- Play for Today
1970
- Dixon of Dock Green
1955
- Tell Me Another
1976
- Parkinson
1998
- Screen Two
1985
- The BAFTA Awards
1949
- The Queen's Nose
1995
- The Wednesday Play
1964
- Festival
1963
- Esther