Thora Hird
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.

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Roles

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Lost for Words (1999)
Annie Longden
Julie and the Cadillacs (1999)
Julie's grandmother
Talking Heads 2 (1998)
Pat and Margaret (1994)
Jim's Mother
Wide-Eyed and Legless (1993)
Deric's Mother
Memento Mori (1992)
Jean Taylor
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (1990)
Old Betsy
The Tailor of Gloucester (1989)
Mrs. Speck
Talking Heads (1988)
Consuming Passions (1988)
Mrs. Gordon
Intensive Care (1982)
Aunty Kitty
Afternoon Off (1979)
Mrs Beevers
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1978)
Mrs. Hopkins
The Mayor's Charity (1977)
Olive Major
The Villa Maroc (1972)
Doris
The Nightcomers (1972)
Mrs. Grose
The Fox Trot (1971)
Gwen
Some Will, Some Won't (1970)
Agnes Russell
Romeo and Juliet (1967)
Nurse
Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am! (1966)
Blanche Hoskins
Rattle of a Simple Man (1964)
Mrs. Winthram
Bitter Harvest (1963)
Mrs. Jessup
Term of Trial (1962)
Mrs. Taylor
A Kind of Loving (1962)
Mrs. Rothwell
The Entertainer (1960)
Mrs. Ada Lapford
Further Up the Creek (1958)
Mrs. Galloway
A Clean Sweep (1958)
Vera Watson
These Dangerous Years (1957)
Mrs. Ada Larkin
The Good Companions (1957)
Mrs Oakroyd
Now and Forever (1956)
Maggie the Maid (uncredited)
Sailor Beware (1956)
Mrs Lack
Home and Away (1956)
Margie Groves
Women Without Men (1956)
Gran' Rafferty
Blonde Bait (1956)
'Granny' Ramsey
Lost (1956)
Kelly's landlady
Simon and Laura (1955)
Jessie
Tiger by the Tail (1955)
Mary
The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
Rosie Wrigley
The Love Match (1955)
Sal Brown
One Good Turn (1955)
Cook
For Better, for Worse (1954)
Mrs. Doyle
Don't Blame the Stork (1954)
Agnes O'Connor
A Day to Remember (1953)
Mrs. Trott
Background (1953)
Mrs. Humphries
Personal Affair (1953)
Mrs. Usher
Turn the Key Softly (1953)
Mrs. Rowan, landlady
Street Corner (1953)
Mrs. Perkins
The Long Memory (1953)
Mrs Pewsey
The Great Game (1953)
Miss Rawlings
The Big Frame (1952)
Hotel Maid
Time, Gentlemen, Please! (1952)
Alice Crouch
Emergency Call (1952)
Mrs. Cornelius
The Frightened Man (1952)
Vera
The Magic Box (1952)
Doctor's Housekeeper
The Magnet (1950)
Nanny's friend
Once a Sinner (1950)
Mrs. James
The Cure for Love (1949)
Mrs. Dorbell
Madness of the Heart (1949)
Rosa
Boys in Brown (1949)
Mrs. Knowles
Conspirator (1949)
Broaders
Maytime in Mayfair (1949)
Janet
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike (1949)
Mrs. Bates
Fools Rush In (1949)
Mrs. Coot
Once a Jolly Swagman (1949)
Ma Fox
Portrait from Life (1948)
Mrs. Skinner
The Weaker Sex (1948)
Mrs. Gaye
The Blind Goddess (1948)
Derek's Charwoman
Corridor of Mirrors (1948)
Visitor in Tussauds
My Brother Jonathan (1948)
Ada
The Courtneys of Curzon Street (1947)
Maud
Two Thousand Women (1944)
Mrs. Burtshaw
The Lodger (1944)
First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)
Went the Day Well? (1942)
Ivy
The Foreman Went to France (1942)
Barmaid
The Next of Kin (1942)
ATS drover with puncture
The Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942)
Joyce
Go to Blazes (1942)
Elsie

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