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Thora Hird

Thora Hird

Birthday: 1911-05-28 | Place of Birth: 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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1999
Lost for Words

as    Annie Longden

1999
Julie and the Cadillacs

as    Julie's grandmother

1994
Wide-Eyed and Legless

as    Deric's Mother

1994
Pat and Margaret

as    Jim's Mother

1993
Goggle Eyes

as    Mrs Harrington

1992
Memento Mori

as    Jean Taylor

1990
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

as    Old Betsy

1989
The Tailor of Gloucester

as    Mrs. Speck

1988
Consuming Passions

as    Mrs. Gordon

1982
Intensive Care

as    Aunty Kitty

1982
Say Something Happened

as    Elizabeth Mary Rhodes

1981
Hallelujah!

as    Captain Emily Ridley

1978
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

as    Mrs. Hopkins

1977
The Mayor's Charity

as    Olive Major

1972
The Villa Maroc

as    Doris

1971
The Fox Trot

as    Gwen

1969
In Loving Memory

as    Ivy Unsworth

1967
Romeo and Juliet

as    Nurse

1966
Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am!

as    Blanche Hoskins

1964
Rattle of a Simple Man

as    Mrs. Winthram

1963
Bitter Harvest

as    Mrs. Jessup

1962
A Kind of Loving

as    Mrs. Rothwell

1961
Over the Odds

as    Mrs Carter

1960
The Entertainer

as    Mrs. Ada Lapford

1958
Further Up the Creek

as    Mrs. Galloway