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.
Acted in 106
2000s
- 2000
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
TV
1990s
- 1999
Lost for Words
Annie Longden
- 1998
dinnerladies
Enid · 1 episode
Talking Heads 2
Movie
- 1995
The Queen's Nose
Postmistress · 2 episodes
- 1994
Pat and Margaret
Jim's Mother
- 1993
Wide-Eyed and Legless
Deric's Mother
- 1992
Memento Mori
Jean Taylor
- 1990
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
Old Betsy
Perfect Scoundrels
Martha · 1 episode
1980s
- 1989
The Tailor of Gloucester
Mrs. Speck
- 1988
Talking Heads
Movie
Talking Heads
Violet, Doris · 1 episode
- 1987
Last of the Summer Wine: Big Day at Dream Acres
Edie Pegden
- 1986
Last of the Summer Wine: Uncle of the Bride
Edie Pegden
- 1985
- 1983
ITV Christmas Comedy
TV
- 1982
Say Something Happened
Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
Intensive Care
Aunty Kitty
- 1981
Hallelujah!
Captain Emily Ridley · 15 episodes
- 1980
Flesh and Blood
Mabel Brassington · 20 episodes
1970s
- 1979
Afternoon Off
Mrs Beevers
Thomas & Sarah
Mrs Entwistle · 1 episode
- 1978
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Mrs. Hopkins
- 1977
The Mayor's Charity
Olive Major
- 1973
- 1972
The Villa Maroc
Doris
The Nightcomers
Mrs. Grose
- 1971
The Fox Trot
Gwen
- 1970
Some Will, Some Won't
Agnes Russell
1960s
- 1969
In Loving Memory
Ivy Unsworth · 36 episodes
- 1968
The First Lady
Sarah Danby · 54 episodes
- 1967
Romeo and Juliet
Nurse
- 1965
- 1964
Rattle of a Simple Man
Mrs. Winthram
- 1963
Bitter Harvest
Mrs. Jessup (uncredited)
- 1962
Term of Trial
Mrs. Taylor
A Kind of Loving
Mrs. Rothwell
- 1961
Over the Odds
Mrs Carter
- 1960
1950s
- 1958
Further Up the Creek
Mrs. Galloway
- 1957
These Dangerous Years
Mrs. Ada Larkin
The Good Companions
Mrs Oakroyd
- 1956
Now and Forever
Maggie the Maid (uncredited)
Sailor Beware
Mrs Lack
Home and Away
Margie Groves
Armchair Theatre
Momma Brodsky, Miss Ogilvie · 1 episode
Women Without Men
Gran' Rafferty
Blonde Bait
'Granny' Ramsey
Lost
Kelly's landlady
- 1955
Simon and Laura
Jessie
The Love Match
Sal Brown
One Good Turn
Cook
- 1954
The Crowded Day
Customer
For Better, for Worse
Mrs. Doyle
- 1953
A Day to Remember
Mrs. Trott
Background
Mrs. Humphries
Personal Affair
Mrs. Usher
Turn the Key Softly
Mrs. Rowan, landlady
Street Corner
Mrs. Perkins
The Long Memory
Mrs Pewsey
The Great Game
Miss Rawlings
- 1952
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
Alice Crouch
The Magic Box
Doctor's Housekeeper
- 1951
The Galloping Major
Tea Stall Woman (uncredited)
- 1950
The Magnet
Nanny's friend
1940s
- 1949
The Cure for Love
Mrs. Dorbell
Madness of the Heart
Rosa
Boys in Brown
Mrs. Knowles
Conspirator
Broaders
Maytime in Mayfair
Janet
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
Mrs. Bates
Fools Rush In
Mrs. Coot
Once a Jolly Swagman
Ma Fox
- 1948
Portrait from Life
Mrs. Skinner
The Weaker Sex
Mrs. Gaye
The Blind Goddess
Derek's Charwoman
Corridor of Mirrors
Visitor in Tussauds
My Brother Jonathan
Ada
- 1947
The Courtneys of Curzon Street
Maud
- 1944
Two Thousand Women
Mrs. Burtshaw
- 1942
Went the Day Well?
Ivy
The Foreman Went to France
Barmaid
The Next of Kin
ATS drover with puncture
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
Joyce
The Big Blockade
German barmaid (uncredited)
Go to Blazes
Elsie
Appearances5
2000s
- 2003
Thora Hird Tribute
Self, Various Characters (archive footage)
1990s
- 1998
1980s
- 1983
Emma and Grandpa
Narrator (voice)
1970s
- 1976
Tell Me Another
Herself · 3 episodes
