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Thora Hird (1911–2003)

Actress

In a career than spanned eight decades, Thora Hird was widely-regarded as one of Britain's finest character actresses. She made over 100 films as well as starring in a host of TV comedies and, as a straight actress, excelled in the works of playwright Alan Bennett. Even in her 90s, she was working almost daily... See full bio »

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in Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK

Died:

(age 91) in Brinsworth House, Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK
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1986-2003 Last of the Summer Wine (TV series)
Edie / Edie Pegden
– All of a Florrie (2003) … Edie (as Dame Thora Hird)
– The Second Husband and the Showgirls (2003) … Edie (as Dame Thora Hird)
– The Man Who Invented Yorkshire Funny Stuff (2003) … Edie (as Dame Thora Hird)
– The Frenchies Are Coming (2003) … Edie (as Dame Thora Hird)
– The Miraculous Curing of Old Goff Helliwell (2003) … Edie (as Dame Thora Hird)
See all 152 episodes »
 
1999 Hilltop Hospital (TV series)
Gracey Greyshell
 
1999 The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything (TV movie)
 
1995-1999 The Queen's Nose (TV series)
Pstmistress
– Harmony's Return (1999) (uncredited)
– Episode #1.1 (1995) … Pstmistress
 
1999 Lost for Words (TV movie)
Annie Longden (as Dame Thora Hird)
 
1999 Julie and the Cadillacs
Julie's grandmother
 
1999 Masterpiece (TV series)
Annie Longden
– Lost for Words (1999) … Annie Longden
 
1998 Dinnerladies (TV series)
Enid
– Moods (1998) … Enid (as Dame Thora Hird)
 
1998 Talking Heads 2 (TV mini-series)
Violet
– Waiting for the Telegram (1998) … Violet
 
1994 Heartbeat (TV series)
Hannah Stockdale
– Lost and Found (1994) … Hannah Stockdale
 
1994 Pat and Margaret (TV movie)
Jim's Mother
 
1994 Under the Hammer (TV series)
Nanny Tucker
– Treasure Trove (1994) … Nanny Tucker
– The Spectre at the Feast (1994) … Nanny Tucker
 
1993 Screen One (TV series)
Deric's Mother
– Wide-Eyed and Legless (1993) … Deric's Mother
 
1993 Thora on the Straight and Narrow (TV series)
– One Voice (1993)
 
1992 Screen Two (TV series)
Jean Taylor
– Memento Mori (1992) … Jean Taylor
 
1992 The Good Guys (TV series)
Edna Wood
– Her Finest Hour (1992) … Edna Wood
 
1991 Perfect Scoundrels (TV series)
Martha
– Grandmother's Footsteps (1991) … Martha
 
1989-1990 All Creatures Great and Small (TV series)
Mrs. Clarke / Mrs. Clarke (as Mrs Clarke also)
– Promises to Keep (1990) … Mrs. Clarke
– The Best Time (1989) … Mrs. Clarke (as Mrs Clarke also)
 
1989 The Tailor of Gloucester (TV movie)
Mrs. Speck
 
1988 Talking Heads (TV mini-series)
Doris
– A Cream Cracker Under the Settee (1988) … Doris
 
1988 Consuming Passions
Mrs.Gordon
 
1979-1986 In Loving Memory (TV series)
Ivy Unsworth
– Up in the World (1986) … Ivy Unsworth
– The Undertaker's Apprentice (1986) … Ivy Unsworth
– King of the Mountains (1986) … Ivy Unsworth
– The Second Time Around (1986) … Ivy Unsworth
– They Shoot Undertakers, Don't They? (1986) … Ivy Unsworth
See all 36 episodes »
 
1983-1984 Hallelujah! (TV series)
Captain Emily Ridley / Captain Agnes Ridley
– A Goose for Mrs. Scratchitt (1984) … Captain Emily Ridley / Captain Agnes Ridley
– It Happened One Night (1984) … Captain Emily Ridley
– Rock Bottom (1984) … Captain Emily Ridley
– The Snake Pit: Part 2 (1984) … Captain Emily Ridley
– The Snake Pit: Part 1 (1984) … Captain Emily Ridley
See all 13 episodes »
 
1983 Entry (short)
Narrator
 
1982 Objects of Affection (TV series)
Mam - Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
– Say Something Happened (1982) … Mam - Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
 
1971-1982 Play for Today (TV series)
Aunty Kitty / Doris / Gwen / …
– Intensive Care (1982) … Aunty Kitty
– The Mayor's Charity (1977) … Olive Major
– The Villa Maroc (1972) … Doris
– The Fox Trot (1971) … Gwen
 
1980-1982 Flesh and Blood (TV series)
Mabel Brassington
– Episode #2.10 (1982) … Mabel Brassington
– Episode #2.9 (1982) … Mabel Brassington
– Episode #2.8 (1982) … Mabel Brassington
– Episode #2.7 (1982) … Mabel Brassington
– Episode #2.6 (1982) … Mabel Brassington
See all 20 episodes »
 
1979 Thomas and Sarah (TV series)
Mrs. Entwistle
– Made in Heaven (1979) … Mrs. Entwistle
 
1979 Afternoon Off (TV movie)
Mrs. Beevers
 
1978 Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf (TV movie)
Mrs. Hopkins
 
1977 Young at Heart (TV series)
– Pilot (1977)
 
1977 The Boys and Mrs B (TV short)
Mrs. Battley
 
1967-1975 BBC Play of the Month (TV series)
Clare Soppitt / Nurse
– When We Are Married (1975) … Clare Soppitt
– Romeo and Juliet (1967) … Nurse
 
1975 Softly Softly: Task Force (TV series)
Mary Meegan
– Dorothy's Birthday (1975) … Mary Meegan
 
1971 The Nightcomers
Mrs. Grose
 
1971 Stage 2 (TV series)
Mrs. Hardcastle
– She Stoops to Conquer (1971) … Mrs. Hardcastle
 
1971 Seasons of the Year (TV series)
Widow Butley
– The Three Graces (1971) … Widow Butley
 
1969-1970 Ours Is a Nice House (TV series)
Thora Parker
– Judge for Yourself (1970) … Thora Parker
– Uproar at the Opera (1970) … Thora Parker
– Not in Front of the Dicky Birds (1970) … Thora Parker
– Pretty Bubbles in the Air (1970) … Thora Parker
– The Bella of the Ball (1970) … Thora Parker
See all 13 episodes »
 
1970 Some Will, Some Won't
Agnes Russell
 
1970 It's Tommy Cooper (TV series)
Guest
– Episode #1.9 (1970) … Guest
 
1969 ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV series)
Mrs Ogden
– It Calls for a Great Deal of Love (1969) … Mrs Ogden
 
1968-1969 The First Lady (TV series)
Sarah Danby
– The Whips Are Out (1969) … Sarah Danby
– A Cross for Sarah (1969) … Sarah Danby
– A Banner with a Strange Device (1969) … Sarah Danby
– And They Call That Progress (1969) … Sarah Danby
– All in a Good Cause (1969) … Sarah Danby
See all 39 episodes »
 
1963-1966 Meet the Wife (TV series)
Thora Blacklock
– Christmas Travel (1966) … Thora Blacklock
– This Christmas, Shop Early! (1966) … Thora Blacklock
– Bless 'Em All (1966) … Thora Blacklock
– The Nasty Sleeper (1966) … Thora Blacklock
– The Homework (1966) … Thora Blacklock
See all 39 episodes »
 
1966 Jackanory (TV series)
Storyteller
– A Disappearing Trick (1966) … Storyteller
– A Shopping Expedition (1966) … Storyteller
– Paddington Goes Underground (1966) … Storyteller
– A Bear in Hot Water (1966) … Storyteller
– Please Look After This Bear (1966) … Storyteller
 
1966 Dixon of Dock Green (TV series)
Alice Leggett
– Face at the Window (1966) … Alice Leggett
 
1966 The Wednesday Play (TV series)
Blanche Hoskins
– Who's a Good Boy Then? (1966) … Blanche Hoskins
 
1964 A Christmas Night with the Stars (TV series)
Thora Blacklock
– Episode dated 25 December 1964 (1964) … Thora Blacklock
 
1964 Rattle of a Simple Man
Mrs. Winthram
 
1964 First Night (TV series)
Queenie
– All Things Bright and Beautiful (1964) … Queenie
 
1963 Comedy Playhouse (TV series)
Thora Blacklock
– The Bed (1963) … Thora Blacklock
 
1963 Drama 61-67 (TV series)
Mrs. Hope
– Drama '63: Albert Hope (1963) … Mrs. Hope
 
1963 Z Cars (TV series)
Mrs. Edwards
– Nothing Serious (1963) … Mrs. Edwards
 
1963 Bitter Harvest
Mrs. Jessup
 
1962 Term of Trial
Mrs. Taylor
 
1960-1962 BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV series)
Aggie Thompson / Emmie Slee
– So Many Children (1962) … Aggie Thompson
– Twentieth Century Theatre: The Queen Came By (1960) … Emmie Slee
 
1962 A Kind of Loving
Mrs. Rothwell
 
1961 ITV Television Playhouse (TV series)
Helen Curvis
– Hi Diddle Diddle (1961) … Helen Curvis
 
1961 Over the Odds
Mrs. Carter
 
1960 The Entertainer
Mrs. Ada Lapford
 
1959 The Anne Shelton Show (TV series)
– Episode dated 5 January 1959 (1959)
 
1956-1958 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
Momma Brodsky
– The Witching Hour (1958)
– The Same Sky (1956) … Momma Brodsky
 
1958 Further Up the Creek
Mrs. Galloway
 
1958 A Clean Sweep (short)
Vera Watson
 
1957 Dangerous Youth
Mrs. Larkin
 
1957 The Good Companions
Mrs. Oakroyd
 
1956 Home and Away
Margie Groves
 
1956 Panic in the Parlor
Mrs. Lack
 
1956 Blonde Bait
'Granny' Ramsey
 
1956 Women Without Men
Granny Rafferty
 
1956 Now and Forever
Maggie the Maid (uncredited)
 
1956 Tears for Simon
Kelly's landlady
 
1956 Home James (TV series)
 
1955 The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV series)
Ada
– A Husband for Marian (1955) … Ada
 
1955 Simon and Laura
Jessie
 
1955 The Quatermass Xperiment
Rosemary 'Rosie' Elizabeth Wrigley
 
1955 Cross-Up
Mary, farm girl
 
1955 The Love Match
Sal Brown
 
1955 The Queen Came By (TV movie)
Emmie Slee
 
1955 One Good Turn
Cook
 
1954 Shop Spoiled
Eunice's Mother
 
1954 Cocktails in the Kitchen
Mrs. Doyle
 
1954 Don't Blame the Stork
Agnes O'Connor
 
1953 A Day to Remember
Mrs. Trott
 
1953 Edge of Divorce
Mrs. Humphries
 
1953 Personal Affair
Mrs. Usher
 
1953 Turn the Key Softly
Mrs. Rowan, landlady
 
1953 Both Sides of the Law
Mrs. Perkins (woman at police station)
 
1953 The Long Memory
Mrs. Pewsley
 
1953 The Great Game
Miss Rawlings
 
1952 The Big Frame
Hotel Maid
 
1952 Time, Gentlemen, Please!
Alice Crouch
 
1952 The Hundred Hour Hunt
Mrs. Cornelius
 
1952 The Frightened Man
Vera
 
1951 The Magic Box
Doctor's Housekeeper
 
1951 What Happens to Love (TV movie)
Mrs. Rowbotham
 
1951 BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV series)
Anna Priashkina
– The Bachelor (1951) … Anna Priashkina
 
1951 The Galloping Major (uncredited)
 
1950 The Magnet
Nanny's friend
 
1950 Once a Sinner
Mrs. James
 
1949 Boys in Brown
Mrs. Knowles
 
1949 The Cure for Love
Mrs. Dorbell
 
1949 Madness of the Heart
Rosa
 
1949 Conspirator
Broaders
 
1949 Maytime in Mayfair
Janet
 
1949 A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
Mrs. Bates
 
1949 Fools Rush In
Mrs. Coot
 
1949 Maniacs on Wheels
Ma Fox
 
1948 Lost Daughter
Mrs. Skinner
 
1948 The Weaker Sex
Mrs. Gaye
 
1948 The Blind Goddess
Derek's Charwoman (uncredited)
 
1948 Corridor of Mirrors
Visitor in Tussauds
 
1948 My Brother Jonathan
Ada
 
1947 Kathy's Love Affair
Maud
 
1944 Two Thousand Women
Mrs. Burtshaw
 
1942 Went the Day Well?
Ivy
 
1942 The Foreman Went to France
Barmaid (uncredited)
 
1942 The Next of Kin
ATS drover with puncture
 
1942 The Black Sheep of Whitehall
Joyce, Davis's secretary
 
1942 The Big Blockade
German barmaid
 
1942 Go to Blazes (short)
Elsie
 
Show ShowSelf (27 titles)
2002 Open House (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Episode dated 18 June 2002 (2002) … Herself
 
2001 Funny Turns (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Kathy Staff: Wrinkles and All (2001) … Herself
 
2000 The BAFTA TV Awards 2000 (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1999 Heroes of Comedy (TV series documentary)
Herself / Various
– Thora Hird (1999) … Herself/Various (also archive footage)
 
1999 Python Night: 30 Years of Monty Python (TV documentary)
Herself / Alan Bennett
 
1999 Funny Women (TV series documentary)
– Thora Hird (1999)
 
1999 Blankety Blank (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #16.2 (1999) … Herself
 
1998 The British Comedy Awards 1998 (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
1997 25 Years of 'Last of the Summer Wine' (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1997 The Frank Skinner Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #2.6 (1997) … Herself
 
1997 An Audience with Bruce Forsyth (TV movie)
Herself
 
1996 This Is Your Life (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Dame Thora Hird OBE (1996) … Herself
 
1994 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Dame Thora Hird (1994) … Herself
 
1993/I Classic Coronation Street (TV movie)
Herself
 
1993 Celebrity Squares (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 12 March 1993 (1993) … Herself
 
1992 Fighting Back (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.9 (1992) … Herself
 
1989 You Bet! (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #2.4 (1989) … Herself
 
1988 A Question of Entertainment (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.13 (1988) … Herself
 
1976-1986 Looks Familiar (TV series)
Herself - Guest
– Episode #14.1 (1986) … Herself - Guest
– Episode dated 8 April 1982 (1982) … Herself - Guest
– Episode dated 26 October 1976 (1976) … Herself - Guest
 
1982 Topping on Sunday (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.1 (1982) … Herself
 
1979 The Basil Brush Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 8 December 1979 (1979) … Herself
 
1976-1978 Those Wonderful TV Times (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 18 August 1978 (1978) … Herself
– Episode #1.4 (1976) … Herself
 
1971 Film Night (TV series)
Herself
– Film Night Special: John Schlesinger (1971) … Herself
 
1970 Holiday Startime Special (TV movie)
Herself
 
1967 Dee Time (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.18 (1967) … Herself
 
1966 Late Show London (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.5 (1966) … Herself
 
1965 Stars and Garters (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #3.9 (1965) … Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (4 titles)
2003 30 Years of 'Last of the Summer Wine' (TV documentary)
Herself (as Dame Thora Hird)
 
2002 Arena (TV series documentary)
 
1978 Clapper Board (TV series)
 
1977 To See Such Fun (documentary)
Herself
 

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