
Thora Hird
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
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
Filmography

Thora Hird Tribute
2003
as Self, Various Characters (archive footage)

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000

Lost for Words
1999
as Annie Longden
Julie and the Cadillacs
1999
as Julie's grandmother

Talking Heads 2
1998

dinnerladies
1998
as Enid

Parkinson
1998
as Self

The Queen's Nose
1995
as Postmistress

Pat and Margaret
1994
as Jim's Mother

Wide-Eyed and Legless
1993
as Deric's Mother
Goggle Eyes
1993
as Mrs Harrington

Memento Mori
1992
as Jean Taylor

Heartbeat
1992
as Hannah Stockdale

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
1990
as Old Betsy

Perfect Scoundrels
1990
as Martha

The Tailor of Gloucester
1989
as Mrs. Speck

Screen One
1989
as Deric's Mother

Screen One
1989
as Jim's Mother

Consuming Passions
1988
as Mrs. Gordon

Talking Heads
1988

Talking Heads
1988
as Doris

Talking Heads
1988
as Violet

Last of the Summer Wine: Big Day at Dream Acres
1987
as Edie Pegden

Last of the Summer Wine: Uncle of the Bride
1986
as Edie Pegden

Screen Two
1985
as Jean Taylor

Emma and Grandpa
1983
as Narrator (voice)

ITV Christmas Comedy
1983

Intensive Care
1982
as Aunty Kitty

Say Something Happened
1982
as Elizabeth Mary Rhodes

Objects of Affection
1982
as Elizabeth Mary Rhodes

Hallelujah!
1981
as Captain Emily Ridley

Afternoon Off
1979
as Mrs Beevers

Blankety Blank
1979

Thomas & Sarah
1979
as Mrs Entwistle

Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
1978
as Mrs. Hopkins

All Creatures Great and Small
1978
as Mrs. Clarke

The Mayor's Charity
1977
as Olive Major

Tell Me Another
1976
as Herself

Last of the Summer Wine
1973
as Edie

The Nightcomers
1972
as Mrs. Grose

The Villa Maroc
1972
as Doris

The Fox Trot
1971
as Gwen
Stage 2
1971
as Mrs. Hardcastle

Some Will, Some Won't
1970
as Agnes Russell

Play for Today
1970
as Olive Major

Play for Today
1970
as Doris

Play for Today
1970
as Aunt KItty

In Loving Memory
1969
as Ivy Unsworth

The First Lady
1968
as Sarah Danby

Romeo and Juliet
1967
as Nurse
Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am!
1966
as Blanche Hoskins

BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Clare Soppitt

BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Nurse

Rattle of a Simple Man
1964
as Mrs. Winthram

The Wednesday Play
1964
as Blanche Hoskins

Bitter Harvest
1963
as Mrs. Jessup
Meet the Wife
1963
Festival
1963
as Mrs. Baines

A Kind of Loving
1962
as Mrs. Rothwell

Term of Trial
1962
as Mrs. Taylor

Z-Cars
1962

Over the Odds
1961
as Mrs Carter
Drama 61-67
1961
as Mrs. Hope

The Entertainer
1960
as Mrs. Ada Lapford

Further Up the Creek
1958
as Mrs. Galloway
A Clean Sweep
1958
as Vera Watson

These Dangerous Years
1957
as Mrs. Ada Larkin

The Good Companions
1957
as Mrs Oakroyd

Lost
1956
as Kelly's landlady

Blonde Bait
1956
as 'Granny' Ramsey

Now and Forever
1956
as Maggie the Maid (uncredited)

Women Without Men
1956
as Gran' Rafferty

Sailor Beware
1956
as Mrs Lack

Home and Away
1956
as Margie Groves

Armchair Theatre
1956
as Momma Brodsky

Armchair Theatre
1956
as Miss Ogilvie

The Quatermass Xperiment
1955
as Rosie Wrigley

One Good Turn
1955
as Cook

The Love Match
1955
as Sal Brown

Simon and Laura
1955
as Jessie

Tiger by the Tail
1955
as Mary

The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
as Ada

Dixon of Dock Green
1955
as Alice Leggett

For Better, for Worse
1954
as Mrs. Doyle
Don't Blame the Stork
1954
as Agnes O'Connor

The Crowded Day
1954
as Customer

The Long Memory
1953
as Mrs Pewsey

Personal Affair
1953
as Mrs. Usher

Turn the Key Softly
1953
as Mrs. Rowan, landlady

A Day to Remember
1953
as Mrs. Trott

The Great Game
1953
as Miss Rawlings

Background
1953
as Mrs. Humphries

Street Corner
1953
as Mrs. Perkins

The Big Frame
1952
as Hotel Maid

Time, Gentlemen, Please!
1952
as Alice Crouch

Emergency Call
1952
as Mrs. Cornelius

The Magic Box
1952
as Doctor's Housekeeper

The Frightened Man
1952
as Vera

The Galloping Major
1951
as Tea Stall Woman (uncredited)

The Magnet
1950
as Nanny's friend

Once a Sinner
1950
as Mrs. James

Madness of the Heart
1949
as Rosa

Conspirator
1949
as Broaders

Once a Jolly Swagman
1949
as Ma Fox

Boys in Brown
1949
as Mrs. Knowles

A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
1949
as Mrs. Bates

Fools Rush In
1949
as Mrs. Coot

Maytime in Mayfair
1949
as Janet

The Cure for Love
1949
as Mrs. Dorbell

The BAFTA Awards
1949
as Self - Winner

Corridor of Mirrors
1948
as Visitor in Tussauds

Portrait from Life
1948
as Mrs. Skinner

My Brother Jonathan
1948
as Ada

The Blind Goddess
1948
as Derek's Charwoman

The Weaker Sex
1948
as Mrs. Gaye

The Courtneys of Curzon Street
1947
as Maud

The Lodger
1944
as First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)

Two Thousand Women
1944
as Mrs. Burtshaw

Went the Day Well?
1942
as Ivy

The Black Sheep of Whitehall
1942
as Joyce

Go to Blazes
1942
as Elsie

The Next of Kin
1942
as ATS drover with puncture

The Foreman Went to France
1942
as Barmaid

The Big Blockade
1942
as German barmaid (uncredited)