Thora Hird
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Play for Today
Olive Major
1970
Series
Play for Today
Aunt KItty
1970
Series
Play for Today
Doris
1970
Series
Heartbeat
Hannah Stockdale
1992
Series
The South Bank Show
1978
Series
Last of the Summer Wine
Edie
1973
Series
The Wednesday Play
Blanche Hoskins
1964
Series
Z-Cars
1962
Series
Screen Two
Jean Taylor
1985
Series
BBC Play of the Month
Clare Soppitt
1965
Series
BBC Play of the Month
Nurse
1965
Series
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Ada
1955
Series
Parkinson
Self
1998
Series
All Creatures Great and Small
Mrs. Clarke
1978
Series
Blankety Blank
1979
Series
Dixon of Dock Green
Alice Leggett
1955
Series
The BAFTA Awards
Self - Winner
1949
Series
Screen One
Deric's Mother
1989
Series
Screen One
Jim's Mother
1989
Drama 61-67
Mrs. Hope
1961
Series
dinnerladies
Enid
1998
Series
The Queen's Nose
Postmistress
1995
Festival
Mrs. Baines
1963
Series
The First Lady
Sarah Danby
1968
Series
In Loving Memory
Ivy Unsworth
1969
Series
Perfect Scoundrels
Martha
1990
Series
Hallelujah!
Captain Emily Ridley
1981
Series
Tell Me Another
Herself
1976
Series
Talking Heads
Violet
1988
Series
Talking Heads
Doris
1988
Series
Armchair Theatre
Momma Brodsky
1956
Series
Armchair Theatre
Miss Ogilvie
1956
Film
Consuming Passions
Mrs. Gordon
1988
Series
Objects of Affection
Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
1982
Series
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000
Series
ITV Christmas Comedy
1983
Series
Thomas & Sarah
Mrs Entwistle
1979
Film
The Quatermass Xperiment
Rosie Wrigley
1955
Goggle Eyes
Mrs Harrington
1993
Film
The Lodger
First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)
1944
Esther
Self
Film
Tiger by the Tail
Mary
1955
Film
Conspirator
Broaders
1949
Stage 2
Mrs. Hardcastle
1971
Film
The Villa Maroc
Doris
1972
Film
The Weaker Sex
Mrs. Gaye
1948
Film
A Kind of Loving
Mrs. Rothwell
1962
Film
Went the Day Well?
Ivy
1942
Film
The Nightcomers
Mrs. Grose
1972
Film
For Better, for Worse
Mrs. Doyle
1954
Film
Simon and Laura
Jessie
1955
Meet the Wife
1963
Film
One Good Turn
Cook
1955
Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am!
Blanche Hoskins
1966
Film
Corridor of Mirrors
Visitor in Tussauds
1948
Film
Rattle of a Simple Man
Mrs. Winthram
1964
Film
Lost
Kelly's landlady
1956
Film
The Entertainer
Mrs. Ada Lapford
1960
Film
Term of Trial
Mrs. Taylor
1962
Film
Wide-Eyed and Legless
Deric's Mother
1993
Film
The Next of Kin
ATS drover with puncture
1942
Film
The Magic Box
Doctor's Housekeeper
1952
Film
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
Old Betsy
1990
Film
These Dangerous Years
Mrs. Ada Larkin
1957
Film
Last of the Summer Wine: Uncle of the Bride
Edie Pegden
1986
Film
A Day to Remember
Mrs. Trott
1953
Film
Portrait from Life
Mrs. Skinner
1948
Film
Romeo and Juliet
Nurse
1967
Film
Once a Jolly Swagman
Ma Fox
1949
Film
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
Alice Crouch
1952
Film
Last of the Summer Wine: Big Day at Dream Acres
Edie Pegden
1987
Film
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Mrs. Hopkins
1978
Film
Madness of the Heart
Rosa
1949
Film
The Long Memory
Mrs Pewsey
1953
Film
My Brother Jonathan
Ada
1948
Film
The Foreman Went to France
Barmaid
1942
Film
Street Corner
Mrs. Perkins
1953
Film
Some Will, Some Won't
Agnes Russell
1970
Film
Sailor Beware
Mrs Lack
1956
Series
Flesh and Blood
Mabel Brassington
1980
Film
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
Joyce
1942
Film
Further Up the Creek
Mrs. Galloway
1958
Film
The Blind Goddess
Derek's Charwoman
1948
Film
Women Without Men
Gran' Rafferty
1956
Film
The Courtneys of Curzon Street
Maud
1947
Film
Now and Forever
Maggie the Maid (uncredited)
1956
Film
Turn the Key Softly
Mrs. Rowan, landlady
1953
Film
The Big Blockade
German barmaid (uncredited)
1942
Film
Personal Affair
Mrs. Usher
1953
Film
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
Mrs. Bates
1949
Film
The Mayor's Charity
Olive Major
1977
Film
Memento Mori
Jean Taylor
1992
Film
The Big Frame
Hotel Maid
1952
Film
Maytime in Mayfair
Janet
1949
Film
Pat and Margaret
Jim's Mother
1994
Film
The Cure for Love
Mrs. Dorbell
1949
Film
The Fox Trot
Gwen
1971
Film
The Tailor of Gloucester
Mrs. Speck
1989
Film
The Magnet
Nanny's friend
1950
Film
Talking Heads
1988
Film
Boys in Brown
Mrs. Knowles
1949
Film
The Great Game
Miss Rawlings
1953
Film
Home and Away
Margie Groves
1956
Film
The Good Companions
Mrs Oakroyd
1957
Film
The Crowded Day
Customer
1954
Film
The Love Match
Sal Brown
1955
Film
Once a Sinner
Mrs. James
1950
Film
Two Thousand Women
Mrs. Burtshaw
1944
Film
Afternoon Off
Mrs Beevers
1979
Film
Emergency Call
Mrs. Cornelius
1952
Film
The Galloping Major
Tea Stall Woman (uncredited)
1951
Film
Background
Mrs. Humphries
1953
Film
Intensive Care
Aunty Kitty
1982
Film
Thora Hird Tribute
Self, Various Characters (archive footage)
2003
Don't Blame the Stork
Agnes O'Connor
1954
Film
Lost for Words
Annie Longden
1999
Film
Bitter Harvest
Mrs. Jessup (uncredited)
1963
Julie and the Cadillacs
Julie's grandmother
1999
Film
Blonde Bait
'Granny' Ramsey
1956
Film
The Frightened Man
Vera
1952
Film
Over the Odds
Mrs Carter
1961
A Clean Sweep
Vera Watson
1958
Film
Go to Blazes
Elsie
1942
Film
Talking Heads 2
1998
Film
Fools Rush In
Mrs. Coot
1949
Film
Say Something Happened
Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
1982
Film
Emma and Grandpa
Narrator (voice)
1983