Thora Hird

Thora Hird

Birthday: May 28, 1911 in Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK

Deathday: March 15, 2003

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

The Nightcomers

The Nightcomers

The Quatermass Xperiment

The Quatermass Xperiment

A Kind of Loving

A Kind of Loving

Thora Hird Tribute

Thora Hird Tribute

Self, Various Characters (archive footage)

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything

The BAFTA Awards

The BAFTA Awards

Lost for Words

Lost for Words

Julie and the Cadillacs

Julie and the Cadillacs

Julie's grandmother

Blankety Blank

Parkinson

Parkinson

Talking Heads 2

Talking Heads 2

dinnerladies

dinnerladies

Talking Heads

Talking Heads

Queen's Nose

Queen's Nose

Pat and Margaret

Pat and Margaret

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

Hannah Stockdale

Wide-Eyed and Legless

Wide-Eyed and Legless

Goggle Eyes

Goggle Eyes

Memento Mori

Memento Mori

Screen Two

Screen Two

Perfect Scoundrels

Perfect Scoundrels

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

The Tailor of Gloucester

The Tailor of Gloucester

All Creatures Great and Small

All Creatures Great and Small

Consuming Passions

Consuming Passions

Talking Heads

Talking Heads

Talking Heads

Talking Heads

Last of the Summer Wine

Last of the Summer Wine

Emma and Grandpa

Emma and Grandpa

Intensive Care

Intensive Care

Say Something Happened

Say Something Happened

Elizabeth Mary Rhodes

Objects of Affection

Objects of Affection

Elizabeth Mary Rhodes

Play for Today

Play for Today

Hallelujah!

Hallelujah!

Captain Emily Ridley

Afternoon Off

Afternoon Off

In Loving Memory

In Loving Memory

Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

The Mayor's Charity

The Mayor's Charity

Play for Today

Play for Today

Tell Me Another

Tell Me Another

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

The Nightcomers

The Nightcomers

The Villa Maroc

The Villa Maroc

Play for Today

Play for Today

The Fox Trot

The Fox Trot

Some Will, Some Won't

Some Will, Some Won't

The First Lady

The First Lady

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am!

Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am!

Blanche Hoskins

Dixon of Dock Green

Dixon of Dock Green

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

Blanche Hoskins

Rattle of a Simple Man

Rattle of a Simple Man

Meet the Wife

Meet the Wife

Festival

Festival

Bitter Harvest

Bitter Harvest

Z-Cars

Z-Cars

A Kind of Loving

A Kind of Loving

Term of Trial

Term of Trial

Over the Odds

Over the Odds

The Entertainer

The Entertainer

Mrs. Ada Lapford

ITV Christmas Comedy

ITV Christmas Comedy

Further Up the Creek

Further Up the Creek

A Clean Sweep

A Clean Sweep

These Dangerous Years

These Dangerous Years

Mrs. Ada Larkin

The Good Companions

The Good Companions

Lost

Lost

Kelly's landlady

Blonde Bait

Blonde Bait

'Granny' Ramsey

Now and Forever

Now and Forever

Maggie the Maid (uncredited)

Women Without Men

Women Without Men

Sailor Beware

Sailor Beware

Home and Away

Home and Away

The Quatermass Xperiment

The Quatermass Xperiment

One Good Turn

One Good Turn

The Love Match

The Love Match

Simon and Laura

Simon and Laura

Tiger by the Tail

Tiger by the Tail

The Adventures of Robin Hood

The Adventures of Robin Hood

For Better, for Worse

For Better, for Worse

Don't Blame the Stork

Don't Blame the Stork

The Crowded Day

The Crowded Day

The Long Memory

The Long Memory

Personal Affair

Personal Affair

Turn the Key Softly

Turn the Key Softly

Mrs. Rowan, landlady

A Day to Remember

A Day to Remember

The Great Game

The Great Game

Background

Background

Street Corner

Street Corner

The Big Frame

The Big Frame

Time, Gentlemen, Please!

Time, Gentlemen, Please!

Emergency Call

Emergency Call

The Magic Box

The Magic Box

Doctor's Housekeeper

The Frightened Man

The Frightened Man

The Galloping Major

The Galloping Major

Tea Stall Woman (uncredited)

The Magnet

The Magnet

Once a Sinner

Once a Sinner

Madness of the Heart

Madness of the Heart

Conspirator

Conspirator

Once a Jolly Swagman

Once a Jolly Swagman

Boys in Brown

Boys in Brown

A Boy, a Girl and a Bike

A Boy, a Girl and a Bike

Fools Rush In

Fools Rush In

Maytime in Mayfair

Maytime in Mayfair

The Cure for Love

The Cure for Love

Corridor of Mirrors

Corridor of Mirrors

Visitor in Tussauds

Portrait from Life

Portrait from Life

My Brother Jonathan

My Brother Jonathan

The Blind Goddess

The Blind Goddess

Derek's Charwoman

The Weaker Sex

The Weaker Sex

The Courtneys of Curzon Street

The Courtneys of Curzon Street

The Lodger

The Lodger

First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)

Two Thousand Women

Two Thousand Women

Went the Day Well?

Went the Day Well?

The Black Sheep of Whitehall

The Black Sheep of Whitehall

Go to Blazes

Go to Blazes

The Next of Kin

The Next of Kin

ATS drover with puncture

The Foreman Went to France

The Foreman Went to France

Esther

Esther

Thora Hird Tribute

Thora Hird Tribute

Self, Various Characters (archive footage)

Lost for Words

Lost for Words

Julie and the Cadillacs

Julie and the Cadillacs

Julie's grandmother

Talking Heads 2

Talking Heads 2

Pat and Margaret

Pat and Margaret

Wide-Eyed and Legless

Wide-Eyed and Legless

Memento Mori

Memento Mori

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

The Tailor of Gloucester

The Tailor of Gloucester

Consuming Passions

Consuming Passions

Talking Heads

Talking Heads

Emma and Grandpa

Emma and Grandpa

Intensive Care

Intensive Care

Say Something Happened

Say Something Happened

Elizabeth Mary Rhodes

Afternoon Off

Afternoon Off

Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

The Mayor's Charity

The Mayor's Charity

The Nightcomers

The Nightcomers

The Villa Maroc

The Villa Maroc

The Fox Trot

The Fox Trot

Some Will, Some Won't

Some Will, Some Won't

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am!

Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am!

Blanche Hoskins

Rattle of a Simple Man

Rattle of a Simple Man

Bitter Harvest

Bitter Harvest

A Kind of Loving

A Kind of Loving

Term of Trial

Term of Trial

Over the Odds

Over the Odds

The Entertainer

The Entertainer

Mrs. Ada Lapford

Further Up the Creek

Further Up the Creek

A Clean Sweep

A Clean Sweep

These Dangerous Years

These Dangerous Years

Mrs. Ada Larkin

The Good Companions

The Good Companions

Lost

Lost

Kelly's landlady

Blonde Bait

Blonde Bait

'Granny' Ramsey

Now and Forever

Now and Forever

Maggie the Maid (uncredited)

Women Without Men

Women Without Men

Sailor Beware

Sailor Beware

Home and Away

Home and Away

The Quatermass Xperiment

The Quatermass Xperiment

One Good Turn

One Good Turn

The Love Match

The Love Match

Simon and Laura

Simon and Laura

Tiger by the Tail

Tiger by the Tail

For Better, for Worse

For Better, for Worse

Don't Blame the Stork

Don't Blame the Stork

The Crowded Day

The Crowded Day

The Long Memory

The Long Memory

Personal Affair

Personal Affair

Turn the Key Softly

Turn the Key Softly

Mrs. Rowan, landlady

A Day to Remember

A Day to Remember

The Great Game

The Great Game

Background

Background

Street Corner

Street Corner

The Big Frame

The Big Frame

Time, Gentlemen, Please!

Time, Gentlemen, Please!

Emergency Call

Emergency Call

The Magic Box

The Magic Box

Doctor's Housekeeper

The Frightened Man

The Frightened Man

The Galloping Major

The Galloping Major

Tea Stall Woman (uncredited)

The Magnet

The Magnet

Once a Sinner

Once a Sinner

Madness of the Heart

Madness of the Heart

Conspirator

Conspirator

Once a Jolly Swagman

Once a Jolly Swagman

Boys in Brown

Boys in Brown

A Boy, a Girl and a Bike

A Boy, a Girl and a Bike

Fools Rush In

Fools Rush In

Maytime in Mayfair

Maytime in Mayfair

The Cure for Love

The Cure for Love

Corridor of Mirrors

Corridor of Mirrors

Visitor in Tussauds

Portrait from Life

Portrait from Life

My Brother Jonathan

My Brother Jonathan

The Blind Goddess

The Blind Goddess

Derek's Charwoman

The Weaker Sex

The Weaker Sex

The Courtneys of Curzon Street

The Courtneys of Curzon Street

The Lodger

The Lodger

First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)

Two Thousand Women

Two Thousand Women

Went the Day Well?

Went the Day Well?

The Black Sheep of Whitehall

The Black Sheep of Whitehall

Go to Blazes

Go to Blazes

The Next of Kin

The Next of Kin

ATS drover with puncture

The Foreman Went to France

The Foreman Went to France

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything

The BAFTA Awards

The BAFTA Awards

Blankety Blank

Parkinson

Parkinson

dinnerladies

dinnerladies

Talking Heads

Talking Heads

Queen's Nose

Queen's Nose

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

Hannah Stockdale

Goggle Eyes

Goggle Eyes

Screen Two

Screen Two

Perfect Scoundrels

Perfect Scoundrels

All Creatures Great and Small

All Creatures Great and Small

Talking Heads

Talking Heads

Last of the Summer Wine

Last of the Summer Wine

Objects of Affection

Objects of Affection

Elizabeth Mary Rhodes

Play for Today

Play for Today

Hallelujah!

Hallelujah!

Captain Emily Ridley

In Loving Memory

In Loving Memory

Play for Today

Play for Today

Tell Me Another

Tell Me Another

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

Play for Today

Play for Today

The First Lady

The First Lady

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

Dixon of Dock Green

Dixon of Dock Green

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

Blanche Hoskins

Meet the Wife

Meet the Wife

Festival

Festival

Z-Cars

Z-Cars

ITV Christmas Comedy

ITV Christmas Comedy

The Adventures of Robin Hood

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Esther

Esther