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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) — Rosie Wrigley
2. The Lodger (1944) — First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)
3. The Nightcomers (1972) — Mrs. Grose
4. Went the Day Well? (1942) — Ivy
5. A Kind of Loving (1962) — Mrs. Rothwell
6. The Entertainer (1960) — Mrs. Ada Lapford
7. All Creatures Great and Small (1978) — Mrs. Clarke
8. Last of the Summer Wine (1973) — Edie
9. dinnerladies (1998) — Enid
10. Heartbeat (1992) — Hannah Stockdale
11. The Magic Box (1952) — Doctor's Housekeeper
12. The Magnet (1950) — Nanny's friend
13. Conspirator (1949) — Broaders
14. Corridor of Mirrors (1948) — Visitor in Tussauds
15. The Long Memory (1953) — Mrs Pewsey
16. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955) — Ada
17. Term of Trial (1962) — Mrs. Taylor
18. Once a Jolly Swagman (1949) — Ma Fox
19. Turn the Key Softly (1953) — Mrs. Rowan, landlady
20. Personal Affair (1953) — Mrs. Usher
21. Rattle of a Simple Man (1964) — Mrs. Winthram
22. Simon and Laura (1955) — Jessie
23. Bitter Harvest (1963) — Mrs. Jessup
24. Street Corner (1953) — Mrs. Perkins
25. One Good Turn (1955) — Cook
26. Boys in Brown (1949) — Mrs. Knowles
27. Pat and Margaret (1994) — Jim's Mother
28. Two Thousand Women (1944) — Mrs. Burtshaw
29. The Foreman Went to France (1942) — Barmaid
30. For Better, for Worse (1954) — Mrs. Doyle
31. The Next of Kin (1942) — ATS drover with puncture
32. Play for Today (1970) — Olive Major
33. Madness of the Heart (1949) — Rosa
34. The Big Frame (1952) — Hotel Maid
35. Portrait from Life (1948) — Mrs. Skinner
36. A Boy, a Girl and a Bike (1949) — Mrs. Bates
37. The Galloping Major (1951) — Tea Stall Woman (uncredited)
38. The Crowded Day (1954) — Customer
39. Blankety Blank (1979)
40. BBC Play of the Month (1965) — Clare Soppitt