Thora Hird

Acting / Production / Writing / Creator

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.

Personal Information

Place of Birth

Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK

About

Acting, Male

Birthday

28 May 1911, 114 years old

Known For

The Quatermass Xperiment

The Lodger

Went the Day Well?

The Nightcomers

A Kind of Loving

The Entertainer

Conspirator

The Magic Box

The Magnet

Filmography

Production

Writing

Creator

Thora Hird Tribute

Self, Various Characters (archive footage)

2003

Lost for Words

Annie Longden

1999

Julie and the Cadillacs

Julie's grandmother

1999

Talking Heads 2

1998

Pat and Margaret

Jim's Mother

1994

Wide-Eyed and Legless

Deric's Mother

1993

Memento Mori

Jean Taylor

1992

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

Old Betsy

1990

The Tailor of Gloucester

Mrs. Speck

1989

Talking Heads

1988

Consuming Passions

Mrs. Gordon

1988

Emma and Grandpa

Narrator (UK)

1983

Say Something Happened

Elizabeth Mary Rhodes

1982

Intensive Care

Aunty Kitty

1982

Afternoon Off

Mrs Beevers

1979

Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

Mrs. Hopkins

1978

The Mayor's Charity

Olive Major

1977

The Villa Maroc

Doris

1972

The Nightcomers

Mrs. Grose

1972

The Fox Trot

Gwen

1971

Some Will, Some Won't

Agnes Russell

1970

Romeo and Juliet

Nurse

1967

Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am!

Blanche Hoskins

1966

Rattle of a Simple Man

Mrs. Winthram

1964

Bitter Harvest

Mrs. Jessup

1963

Term of Trial

Mrs. Taylor

1962

A Kind of Loving

Mrs. Rothwell

1962

Over the Odds

Mrs Carter

1961

The Entertainer

Mrs. Ada Lapford

1960

Further Up the Creek

Mrs. Galloway

1958

A Clean Sweep

Vera Watson

1958

These Dangerous Years

Mrs. Ada Larkin

1957

The Good Companions

Mrs Oakroyd

1957

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

1956

Simon and Laura

Jessie

1955

Tiger by the Tail

Mary

1955

The Quatermass Xperiment

Rosie Wrigley

1955

The Love Match

Sal Brown

1955

One Good Turn

Cook

1955

The Crowded Day

Customer

1954

For Better, for Worse

Mrs. Doyle

1954

Don't Blame the Stork

Agnes O'Connor

1954

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

1953

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

1952

The Galloping Major

Tea Stall Woman (uncredited)

1951

The Magnet

Nanny's friend

1950

Once a Sinner

Mrs. James

1950

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

1949

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

1948

The Courtneys of Curzon Street

Maud

1947

Two Thousand Women

Mrs. Burtshaw

1944

The Lodger

First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)

1944

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

Go to Blazes

Elsie

1942