
Cast
Thora Hird
Acting
Cast
Thora Hird
Known for
Acting
Born
1911-05-28
From
Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK
Died
2003-03-15
Also known as Dame 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.

The Lodger
as First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)

The Quatermass Xperiment
as Rosie Wrigley

The Nightcomers
as Mrs. Grose

Conspirator
as Broaders

Consuming Passions
as Mrs. Gordon

Memento Mori
as Jean Taylor

The Magnet
as Nanny's friend

For Better, for Worse
as Mrs. Doyle

The Magic Box
as Doctor's Housekeeper

The Entertainer
as Mrs. Ada Lapford

Tiger by the Tail
as Mary

The Love Match
as Sal Brown

Corridor of Mirrors
as Visitor in Tussauds

Further Up the Creek
as Mrs. Galloway

Lost
as Kelly's landlady

Sailor Beware
as Mrs Lack

Time, Gentlemen, Please!
as Alice Crouch

Emergency Call
as Mrs. Cornelius

These Dangerous Years
as Mrs. Ada Larkin

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
as Old Betsy

One Good Turn
as Cook

The Next of Kin
as ATS drover with puncture

Afternoon Off
as Mrs Beevers

Romeo and Juliet
as Nurse

Intensive Care
as Aunty Kitty

Simon and Laura
as Jessie

Blonde Bait
as 'Granny' Ramsey

Street Corner
as Mrs. Perkins

The Big Frame
as Hotel Maid

The Galloping Major
as Tea Stall Woman (uncredited)

Pat and Margaret
as Jim's Mother

Went the Day Well?
as Ivy

The Courtneys of Curzon Street
as Maud

Term of Trial
as Mrs. Taylor

Maytime in Mayfair
as Janet

Boys in Brown
as Mrs. Knowles

Lost for Words
as Annie Longden

The Foreman Went to France
as Barmaid

Now and Forever
as Maggie the Maid (uncredited)

The Crowded Day
as Customer

The Long Memory
as Mrs Pewsey

Once a Sinner
as Mrs. James

The Tailor of Gloucester
as Mrs. Speck

Bitter Harvest
as Mrs. Jessup

Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
as Mrs. Hopkins

A Kind of Loving
as Mrs. Rothwell

Madness of the Heart
as Rosa

The Big Blockade
as German barmaid (uncredited)

The Great Game
as Miss Rawlings

Personal Affair
as Mrs. Usher

Some Will, Some Won't
as Agnes Russell

The Black Sheep of Whitehall
as Joyce

A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
as Mrs. Bates

The Frightened Man
as Vera

Don't Blame the Stork
as Agnes O'Connor

Two Thousand Women
as Mrs. Burtshaw

Once a Jolly Swagman
as Ma Fox

Background
as Mrs. Humphries

The Blind Goddess
as Derek's Charwoman

The Cure for Love
as Mrs. Dorbell

A Day to Remember
as Mrs. Trott

A Clean Sweep
as Vera Watson

Over the Odds
as Mrs Carter

Home and Away
as Margie Groves

The Fox Trot
as Gwen

Portrait from Life
as Mrs. Skinner

My Brother Jonathan
as Ada

The Good Companions
as Mrs Oakroyd

Women Without Men
as Gran' Rafferty

Julie and the Cadillacs
as Julie's grandmother

The Mayor's Charity
as Olive Major

Rattle of a Simple Man
as Mrs. Winthram

Talking Heads

Say Something Happened
as Elizabeth Mary Rhodes

Thora Hird Tribute
as Self, Various Characters (archive footage)

Fools Rush In
as Mrs. Coot

The Weaker Sex
as Mrs. Gaye

Talking Heads 2

Wide-Eyed and Legless
as Deric's Mother

The Villa Maroc
as Doris

Go to Blazes
as Elsie

Emma and Grandpa
as Narrator (voice)

Turn the Key Softly
as Mrs. Rowan, landlady

Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am!
as Blanche Hoskins