Thora Hird
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.
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Movies (27)
Thora Hird Tribute
as Self, Various Characters (archive footage)
2003
Lost for Words
as Annie Longden
1999
Julie and the Cadillacs
as Julie's grandmother
1999
Talking Heads 2
1998
Pat and Margaret
as Jim's Mother
1994
Wide-Eyed and Legless
as Deric's Mother
1993
Memento Mori
as Jean Taylor
1992
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
as Old Betsy
1990
The Tailor of Gloucester
as Mrs. Speck
1989
Talking Heads
1988
Consuming Passions
as Mrs. Gordon
1988
Emma and Grandpa
as Narrator (voice)
1983
Say Something Happened
as Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
1982
Intensive Care
as Aunty Kitty
1982
Afternoon Off
as Mrs Beevers
1979
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
as Mrs. Hopkins
1978
The Mayor's Charity
as Olive Major
1977
The Villa Maroc
as Doris
1972
The Nightcomers
as Mrs. Grose
1972
The Fox Trot
as Gwen
1971
Some Will, Some Won't
as Agnes Russell
1970
Romeo and Juliet
as Nurse
1967
Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am!
as Blanche Hoskins
1966
Rattle of a Simple Man
as Mrs. Winthram
1964
Bitter Harvest
as Mrs. Jessup
1963
Term of Trial
as Mrs. Taylor
1962
A Kind of Loving
as Mrs. Rothwell
1962
TV Shows (23)
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000
dinnerladies
as Enid
1998
Parkinson
as Self
1998
Queen's Nose
as Postmistress
1995
Goggle Eyes
as Mrs Harrington
1993
Heartbeat
as Hannah Stockdale
1992
Perfect Scoundrels
as Martha
1990
Talking Heads
as Doris
1988
Screen Two
as Jean Taylor
1985
ITV Christmas Comedy
1983
Objects of Affection
as Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
1982
Hallelujah!
as Captain Emily Ridley
1981
Blankety Blank
1979
All Creatures Great and Small
as Mrs. Clarke
1978
Tell Me Another
as Herself
1976
Last of the Summer Wine
as Edie
1973
Play for Today
as Olive Major
1970
In Loving Memory
as Ivy Unsworth
1969
The First Lady
1968
BBC Play of the Month
as Clare Soppitt
1965
The Wednesday Play
as Blanche Hoskins
1964
Meet the Wife
1963
Festival
as Mrs. Baines
1963