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.
Acted in
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
dinnerladies
1998
as Enid
Talking Heads 2
1998
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
Talking Heads
1988
Talking Heads
1988
as Doris
Talking Heads
1988
as Violet
Consuming Passions
1988
as Mrs. Gordon
Screen Two
1985
as Jean Taylor
ITV Christmas Comedy
1983
Say Something Happened
1982
as Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
Objects of Affection
1982
as Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
Intensive Care
1982
as Aunty Kitty
Hallelujah!
1981
as Captain Emily Ridley
Afternoon Off
1979
as Mrs Beevers
Blankety Blank
1979
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
Last of the Summer Wine
1973
as Herself (archive footage)
The Villa Maroc
1972
as Doris
The Nightcomers
1972
as Mrs. Grose
The Fox Trot
1971
as Gwen
Play for Today
1970
as Olive Major
Play for Today
1970
as Doris
Play for Today
1970
as Aunt KItty
Some Will, Some Won't
1970
as Agnes Russell
In Loving Memory
1969
as Ivy Unsworth
The First Lady
1968
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
Meet the Wife
1963
Bitter Harvest
1963
as Mrs. Jessup
Term of Trial
1962
as Mrs. Taylor
A Kind of Loving
1962
as Mrs. Rothwell
Z-Cars
1962
Over the Odds
1961
as Mrs Carter
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
Now and Forever
1956
as Maggie the Maid (uncredited)
Sailor Beware
1956
as Mrs Lack
Home and Away
1956
as Margie Groves
Women Without Men
1956
as Gran' Rafferty
Blonde Bait
1956
as 'Granny' Ramsey
Lost
1956
as Kelly's landlady
Simon and Laura
1955
as Jessie
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
as Ada
Tiger by the Tail
1955
as Mary
The Quatermass Xperiment
1955
as Rosie Wrigley
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
as Alice Leggett
The Love Match
1955
as Sal Brown
One Good Turn
1955
as Cook
For Better, for Worse
1954
as Mrs. Doyle
Don't Blame the Stork
1954
as Agnes O'Connor
A Day to Remember
1953
as Mrs. Trott
Background
1953
as Mrs. Humphries
Personal Affair
1953
as Mrs. Usher
Turn the Key Softly
1953
as Mrs. Rowan, landlady
Street Corner
1953
as Mrs. Perkins
The Long Memory
1953
as Mrs Pewsey
The Great Game
1953
as Miss Rawlings
The Big Frame
1952
as Hotel Maid
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
1952
as Alice Crouch
Emergency Call
1952
as Mrs. Cornelius
The Frightened Man
1952
as Vera
The Magic Box
1952
as Doctor's Housekeeper
The Galloping Major
1951
as Tea Stall Woman (uncredited)
The Magnet
1950
as Nanny's friend
Once a Sinner
1950
as Mrs. James
The Cure for Love
1949
as Mrs. Dorbell
Madness of the Heart
1949
as Rosa
Boys in Brown
1949
as Mrs. Knowles
Conspirator
1949
as Broaders
The BAFTA Awards
1949
as Self - Winner
Maytime in Mayfair
1949
as Janet
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
1949
as Mrs. Bates
Fools Rush In
1949
as Mrs. Coot
Once a Jolly Swagman
1949
as Ma Fox
Portrait from Life
1948
as Mrs. Skinner
The Weaker Sex
1948
as Mrs. Gaye
The Blind Goddess
1948
as Derek's Charwoman
Corridor of Mirrors
1948
as Visitor in Tussauds
My Brother Jonathan
1948
as Ada
The Courtneys of Curzon Street
1947
as Maud
Two Thousand Women
1944
as Mrs. Burtshaw
The Lodger
1944
as First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)
Went the Day Well?
1942
as Ivy
The Foreman Went to France
1942
as Barmaid
The Next of Kin
1942
as ATS drover with puncture
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
1942
as Joyce
Go to Blazes
1942
as Elsie
Emma and Grandpa
as Narrator (UK)