Actor

Thora Hird

Birthday: May 28, 1911

Born in: Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK

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.

Movie Credits

Thora Hird Tribute (2003) as Self, Various Characters (archive footage)
Age: 91
Lost for Words (1999) as Annie Longden
Age: 87
Julie and the Cadillacs (1999) as Julie's grandmother
Age: 87
Talking Heads 2 (1998)
Age: 87
Pat and Margaret (1994) as Jim's Mother
Age: 83
Wide-Eyed and Legless (1993) as Deric's Mother
Age: 82
Memento Mori (1992) as Jean Taylor
Age: 80
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (1990) as Old Betsy
Age: 79
The Tailor of Gloucester (1989) as Mrs. Speck
Age: 78
Talking Heads (1988)
Age: 76
Consuming Passions (1988) as Mrs. Gordon
Age: 76
Emma and Grandpa (1983) as Narrator (voice)
Age: 72
Say Something Happened (1982) as Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
Age: 71
Intensive Care (1982) as Aunty Kitty
Age: 71
Afternoon Off (1979) as Mrs Beevers
Age: 67
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1978) as Mrs. Hopkins
Age: 67
The Mayor's Charity (1977) as Olive Major
Age: 66
The Villa Maroc (1972) as Doris
Age: 60
The Nightcomers (1972) as Mrs. Grose
Age: 60
The Fox Trot (1971) as Gwen
Age: 59
Some Will, Some Won't (1970) as Agnes Russell
Age: 58
Romeo and Juliet (1967) as Nurse
Age: 55
Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am! (1966) as Blanche Hoskins
Age: 54
Rattle of a Simple Man (1964) as Mrs. Winthram
Age: 53
Bitter Harvest (1963) as Mrs. Jessup
Age: 51
Term of Trial (1962) as Mrs. Taylor
Age: 51
A Kind of Loving (1962) as Mrs. Rothwell
Age: 50
Over the Odds (1961) as Mrs Carter
Age: 50
The Entertainer (1960) as Mrs. Ada Lapford
Age: 49
Further Up the Creek (1958) as Mrs. Galloway
Age: 47
A Clean Sweep (1958) as Vera Watson
Age: 46
These Dangerous Years (1957) as Mrs. Ada Larkin
Age: 46
The Good Companions (1957) as Mrs Oakroyd
Age: 45
Now and Forever (1956) as Maggie the Maid (uncredited)
Age: 45
Sailor Beware (1956) as Mrs Lack
Age: 45
Home and Away (1956) as Margie Groves
Age: 45
Women Without Men (1956) as Gran' Rafferty
Age: 45
Blonde Bait (1956) as 'Granny' Ramsey
Age: 44
Lost (1956) as Kelly's landlady
Age: 44
Simon and Laura (1955) as Jessie
Age: 44
The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) as Rosie Wrigley
Age: 44
Tiger by the Tail (1955) as Mary
Age: 44
The Love Match (1955) as Sal Brown
Age: 43
One Good Turn (1955) as Cook
Age: 43
The Crowded Day (1954) as Customer
Age: 43
For Better, for Worse (1954) as Mrs. Doyle
Age: 43
Don't Blame the Stork (1954) as Agnes O'Connor
Age: 42
A Day to Remember (1953) as Mrs. Trott
Age: 42
Background (1953) as Mrs. Humphries
Age: 42
Personal Affair (1953) as Mrs. Usher
Age: 42
Turn the Key Softly (1953) as Mrs. Rowan, landlady
Age: 41
Street Corner (1953) as Mrs. Perkins
Age: 41
The Long Memory (1953) as Mrs Pewsey
Age: 41
The Great Game (1953) as Miss Rawlings
Age: 41
The Big Frame (1952) as Hotel Maid
Age: 41
Time, Gentlemen, Please! (1952) as Alice Crouch
Age: 41
Emergency Call (1952) as Mrs. Cornelius
Age: 40
The Frightened Man (1952) as Vera
Age: 40
The Magic Box (1952) as Doctor's Housekeeper
Age: 40
The Galloping Major (1951) as Tea Stall Woman (uncredited)
Age: 39
The Magnet (1950) as Nanny's friend
Age: 39
Once a Sinner (1950) as Mrs. James
Age: 39
The Cure for Love (1949) as Mrs. Dorbell
Age: 38
Madness of the Heart (1949) as Rosa
Age: 38
Boys in Brown (1949) as Mrs. Knowles
Age: 38
Conspirator (1949) as Broaders
Age: 38
Maytime in Mayfair (1949) as Janet
Age: 37
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike (1949) as Mrs. Bates
Age: 37
Fools Rush In (1949) as Mrs. Coot
Age: 37
Once a Jolly Swagman (1949) as Ma Fox
Age: 37
Portrait from Life (1948) as Mrs. Skinner
Age: 37
The Weaker Sex (1948) as Mrs. Gaye
Age: 37
The Blind Goddess (1948) as Derek's Charwoman
Age: 37
Corridor of Mirrors (1948) as Visitor in Tussauds
Age: 36
My Brother Jonathan (1948) as Ada
Age: 36
The Courtneys of Curzon Street (1947) as Maud
Age: 35
Two Thousand Women (1944) as Mrs. Burtshaw
Age: 33
The Lodger (1944) as First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)
Age: 32
Went the Day Well? (1942) as Ivy
Age: 31
The Foreman Went to France (1942) as Barmaid
Age: 31
The Next of Kin (1942) as ATS drover with puncture
Age: 31
The Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942) as Joyce
Age: 30
Go to Blazes (1942) as Elsie
Age: 30