Thora Hird
Acting
- Born:
- 1911-05-28
- Died:
- 2003-03-15
- Place of birth:
- Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK
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.
Known For
Filmography
Thora Hird Tribute
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
Lost for Words
Julie and the Cadillacs
dinnerladies
Talking Heads 2
Parkinson
The Queen's Nose
Pat and Margaret
Wide-Eyed and Legless
Goggle Eyes
Memento Mori
Heartbeat
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
Perfect Scoundrels
The Tailor of Gloucester
Screen One
Talking Heads
Talking Heads
Consuming Passions
Last of the Summer Wine: Big Day at Dream Acres
Last of the Summer Wine: Uncle of the Bride
Screen Two
Emma and Grandpa
ITV Christmas Comedy
Say Something Happened
Objects of Affection
Intensive Care
Hallelujah!
Afternoon Off
Blankety Blank
Thomas & Sarah
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
The South Bank Show
All Creatures Great and Small
The Mayor's Charity
Tell Me Another
Last of the Summer Wine
The Villa Maroc
The Nightcomers
Stage 2
The Fox Trot
Play for Today
Some Will, Some Won't
In Loving Memory
The First Lady
Romeo and Juliet
Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am!
BBC Play of the Month
Rattle of a Simple Man
The Wednesday Play
Meet the Wife
Festival
Bitter Harvest
Term of Trial
A Kind of Loving
Z-Cars
Over the Odds
Drama 61-67
The Entertainer
Further Up the Creek
A Clean Sweep
These Dangerous Years
The Good Companions
Now and Forever
Sailor Beware
Home and Away
Armchair Theatre
Women Without Men
Blonde Bait
Lost
Simon and Laura
The Quatermass Xperiment
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Tiger by the Tail
Dixon of Dock Green
The Love Match
One Good Turn
The Crowded Day
For Better, for Worse
Don't Blame the Stork
A Day to Remember
Background
Personal Affair
Turn the Key Softly
Street Corner
The Long Memory
The Great Game
The Big Frame
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
Emergency Call
The Frightened Man
The Magic Box
The Galloping Major
The Magnet
Once a Sinner
The Cure for Love
Madness of the Heart
Boys in Brown
Conspirator
The BAFTA Awards
Maytime in Mayfair
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
Fools Rush In
Once a Jolly Swagman
Portrait from Life
The Weaker Sex
The Blind Goddess
Corridor of Mirrors
My Brother Jonathan
The Courtneys of Curzon Street
Two Thousand Women
The Lodger
Went the Day Well?
The Foreman Went to France
The Next of Kin
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
The Big Blockade
Go to Blazes
Esther