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.

Known For

Play for Today

Play for Today

Play for Today

Heartbeat

Last of the Summer Wine

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

Z-Cars

All Movies (84)

• Thora Hird Tribute2003 · as Self, Various Characters (archive footage)
• Lost for Words1999 · as Annie Longden
• Julie and the Cadillacs1999 · as Julie's grandmother
• Talking Heads 21998
• Pat and Margaret1994 · as Jim's Mother
• Wide-Eyed and Legless1993 · as Deric's Mother
• Memento Mori1992 · as Jean Taylor
• The Tale of Little Pig Robinson1990 · as Old Betsy
• The Tailor of Gloucester1989 · as Mrs. Speck
• Talking Heads1988
• Consuming Passions1988 · as Mrs. Gordon
• Emma and Grandpa1983 · as Narrator (voice)
• Say Something Happened1982 · as Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
• Intensive Care1982 · as Aunty Kitty
• Afternoon Off1979 · as Mrs Beevers
• Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf1978 · as Mrs. Hopkins
• The Mayor's Charity1977 · as Olive Major
• The Villa Maroc1972 · as Doris
• The Nightcomers1972 · as Mrs. Grose
• The Fox Trot1971 · as Gwen
• Some Will, Some Won't1970 · as Agnes Russell
• Romeo and Juliet1967 · as Nurse
• Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am!1966 · as Blanche Hoskins
• Rattle of a Simple Man1964 · as Mrs. Winthram
• Bitter Harvest1963 · as Mrs. Jessup
• Term of Trial1962 · as Mrs. Taylor
• A Kind of Loving1962 · as Mrs. Rothwell
• Over the Odds1961 · as Mrs Carter
• The Entertainer1960 · as Mrs. Ada Lapford
• Further Up the Creek1958 · as Mrs. Galloway
• A Clean Sweep1958 · as Vera Watson
• These Dangerous Years1957 · as Mrs. Ada Larkin
• The Good Companions1957 · as Mrs Oakroyd
• Now and Forever1956 · as Maggie the Maid (uncredited)
• Sailor Beware1956 · as Mrs Lack
• Home and Away1956 · as Margie Groves
• Women Without Men1956 · as Gran' Rafferty
• Blonde Bait1956 · as 'Granny' Ramsey
• Lost1956 · as Kelly's landlady
• Simon and Laura1955 · as Jessie
• The Quatermass Xperiment1955 · as Rosie Wrigley
• Tiger by the Tail1955 · as Mary
• The Love Match1955 · as Sal Brown
• One Good Turn1955 · as Cook
• The Crowded Day1954 · as Customer
• For Better, for Worse1954 · as Mrs. Doyle
• Don't Blame the Stork1954 · as Agnes O'Connor
• A Day to Remember1953 · as Mrs. Trott
• Background1953 · as Mrs. Humphries
• Personal Affair1953 · as Mrs. Usher
• Turn the Key Softly1953 · as Mrs. Rowan, landlady
• Street Corner1953 · as Mrs. Perkins
• The Long Memory1953 · as Mrs Pewsey
• The Great Game1953 · as Miss Rawlings
• The Big Frame1952 · as Hotel Maid
• Time, Gentlemen, Please!1952 · as Alice Crouch
• Emergency Call1952 · as Mrs. Cornelius
• The Frightened Man1952 · as Vera
• The Magic Box1952 · as Doctor's Housekeeper
• The Galloping Major1951 · as Tea Stall Woman (uncredited)
• The Magnet1950 · as Nanny's friend
• Once a Sinner1950 · as Mrs. James
• The Cure for Love1949 · as Mrs. Dorbell
• Madness of the Heart1949 · as Rosa
• Boys in Brown1949 · as Mrs. Knowles
• Conspirator1949 · as Broaders
• Maytime in Mayfair1949 · as Janet
• A Boy, a Girl and a Bike1949 · as Mrs. Bates
• Fools Rush In1949 · as Mrs. Coot
• Once a Jolly Swagman1949 · as Ma Fox
• Portrait from Life1948 · as Mrs. Skinner
• The Weaker Sex1948 · as Mrs. Gaye
• The Blind Goddess1948 · as Derek's Charwoman
• Corridor of Mirrors1948 · as Visitor in Tussauds
• My Brother Jonathan1948 · as Ada
• The Courtneys of Curzon Street1947 · as Maud
• Two Thousand Women1944 · as Mrs. Burtshaw
• The Lodger1944 · as First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)
• Went the Day Well?1942 · as Ivy
• The Foreman Went to France1942 · as Barmaid
• The Next of Kin1942 · as ATS drover with puncture
• The Black Sheep of Whitehall1942 · as Joyce
• The Big Blockade1942 · as German barmaid (uncredited)
• Go to Blazes1942 · as Elsie

All TV Shows (37)

• The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything2000
• dinnerladies1998 · as Enid
• Parkinson1998 · as Self
• The Queen's Nose1995 · as Postmistress
• Goggle Eyes1993 · as Mrs Harrington
• Heartbeat1992 · as Hannah Stockdale
• Perfect Scoundrels1990 · as Martha
• Screen One1989 · as Deric's Mother
• Screen One1989 · as Jim's Mother
• Talking Heads1988 · as Violet
• Talking Heads1988 · as Doris
• Screen Two1985 · as Jean Taylor
• ITV Christmas Comedy1983
• Objects of Affection1982 · as Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
• Hallelujah!1981 · as Captain Emily Ridley
• Blankety Blank1979
• All Creatures Great and Small1978 · as Mrs. Clarke
• Tell Me Another1976 · as Herself
• Last of the Summer Wine1973 · as Edie
• Play for Today1970 · as Olive Major
• Play for Today1970 · as Aunt KItty
• Play for Today1970 · as Doris
• In Loving Memory1969 · as Ivy Unsworth
• The First Lady1968
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Clare Soppitt
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Nurse
• The Wednesday Play1964 · as Blanche Hoskins
• Meet the Wife1963
• Festival1963 · as Mrs. Baines
• Z-Cars1962
• Drama 61-671961 · as Mrs. Hope
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Momma Brodsky
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Miss Ogilvie
• The Adventures of Robin Hood1955 · as Ada
• Dixon of Dock Green1955 · as Alice Leggett
• The BAFTA Awards1949 · as Self - Winner
• Esther— · as Self