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Date of Birth:
Mini Biography:
In a career than spanned eight decades Thora Hird was widely regarded... more
Trivia:
Knighted (in her eighties) as a Dame Commander of the British Empire (DBE)... more
Awards:
5 wins
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1 nomination
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(2 articles)
DVD Playhouse: April 2009
(From The Hollywood Interview. 11 April 2009, 11:58 AM, PDT)
DS Icon: Dame Thora Hird
(From digitalspy. 4 December 2008, 10:00 PM, PST)
(From The Hollywood Interview. 11 April 2009, 11:58 AM, PDT)
DS Icon: Dame Thora Hird
(From digitalspy. 4 December 2008, 10:00 PM, PST)
Alternate Names:
Dame Thora Hird
Filmography
Actress:
- "Last of the Summer Wine" .... Edie / ... (152 episodes, 1986-2003)
... aka Roy Clarke's Last of the Summer Wine (Australia)
- All of a Florrie (2003) TV episode (as Dame Thora Hird) .... Edie
- The Second Husband and the Showgirls (2003) TV episode (as Dame Thora Hird) .... Edie
- The Man Who Invented Yorkshire Funny Stuff (2003) TV episode (as Dame Thora Hird) .... Edie
- The Frenchies Are Coming (2003) TV episode (as Dame Thora Hird) .... Edie
- The Miraculous Curing of Old Goff Helliwell (2003) TV episode (as Dame Thora Hird) .... Edie
(147 more) - The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything (1999) (TV)
- "The Queen's Nose" .... Pstmistress (2 episodes, 1995-1999)
- Harmony's Return (1999) TV episode
- Episode #1.1 (1995) TV episode .... Pstmistress - Lost for Words (1999) (TV) (as Dame Thora Hird) .... Annie Longden
- Julie and the Cadillacs (1999) .... Julie's grandmother
- "Dinnerladies" .... Enid (1 episode, 1998)
- Moods (1998) TV episode (as Dame Thora Hird) .... Enid - "Talking Heads 2" .... Violet (1 episode, 1998)
- Waiting for the Telegram (1998) TV episode .... Violet - "Heartbeat" .... Hannah Stockdale (1 episode, 1994)
... aka Classic Heartbeat (UK: rerun title)
- Lost and Found (1994) TV episode .... Hannah Stockdale - Pat and Margaret (1994) (TV) .... Jim's Mother
- Wide-Eyed and Legless (1993) .... Deric's Mother
... aka The Wedding Gift (USA) - "The Good Guys" .... Edna Wood (1 episode, 1992)
- Her Finest Hour (1992) TV episode .... Edna Wood - Memento Mori (1992) (TV) .... Jean Taylor
- "Perfect Scoundrels" .... Martha (1 episode, 1991)
- Grandmother's Footsteps (1991) TV episode .... Martha - "All Creatures Great and Small" .... Mrs. Clarke (2 episodes, 1989-1990)
- Promises to Keep (1990) TV episode .... Mrs. Clarke
- The Best Time (1989) TV episode .... Mrs. Clarke - The Tailor of Gloucester (1989) (TV) .... Mrs. Speck
- "Talking Heads" .... Doris (1 episode, 1988)
- A Cream Cracker Under the Settee (1988) TV episode .... Doris - Consuming Passions (1988) .... Mrs.Gordon
- Big Day at Dream Acres (1987) (TV) .... Edie Pegden
- "In Loving Memory" .... Ivy Unsworth (36 episodes, 1979-1986)
- Up in the World (1986) TV episode .... Ivy Unsworth
- The Undertaker's Apprentice (1986) TV episode .... Ivy Unsworth
- King of the Mountains (1986) TV episode .... Ivy Unsworth
- The Second Time Around (1986) TV episode .... Ivy Unsworth
- They Shoot Undertakers, Don't They? (1986) TV episode .... Ivy Unsworth
(31 more) - Uncle of the Bride (1985) (TV) .... Edie Pegden
- "Hallelujah!" .... Captain Emily Ridley / ... (15 episodes, 1983-1984)
- A Goose for Mrs. Scratchitt (1984) TV episode .... Captain Emily Ridley/Captain Agnes Ridley
- It Happened One Night (1984) TV episode .... Captain Emily Ridley
- Rock Bottom (1984) TV episode .... Captain Emily Ridley
- The Snake Pit: Part 2 (1984) TV episode .... Captain Emily Ridley
- The Snake Pit: Part 1 (1984) TV episode .... Captain Emily Ridley
(10 more) - "Objects of Affection" .... Mam (1 episode, 1982)
- Say Something Happened (1982) TV episode .... Mam - "Play for Today" .... Aunty Kitty / ... (4 episodes, 1971-1982)
- Intensive Care (1982) TV episode .... Aunty Kitty
- The Mayor's Charity (1977) TV episode .... Olive Major
- The Villa Maroc (1972) TV episode .... Doris
- The Foxtrot (1971) TV episode .... Gwen - "Flesh and Blood" .... Mabel Brassington (20 episodes, 1980-1982)
- Episode #2.10 (1982) TV episode .... Mabel Brassington
- Episode #2.9 (1982) TV episode .... Mabel Brassington
- Episode #2.8 (1982) TV episode .... Mabel Brassington
- Episode #2.7 (1982) TV episode .... Mabel Brassington
- Episode #2.6 (1982) TV episode .... Mabel Brassington
(15 more) - "Thomas and Sarah" .... Mrs. Entwistle (1 episode, 1979)
... aka Thomas & Sarah (Australia)
- Made in Heaven (1979) TV episode .... Mrs. Entwistle - Afternoon Off (1979) (TV) .... Mrs. Beevers
... aka Six Plays by Alan Bennett: Afternoon Off (UK: series title) - Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1978) (TV) .... Mrs. Hopkins
... aka Six Plays by Alan Bennett: Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf (UK: series title) - The Boys and Mrs B (1977) (TV) .... Mrs. Battley
- "BBC Play of the Month" .... Clare Soppitt / ... (2 episodes, 1967-1975)
- When We Are Married (1975) TV episode .... Clare Soppitt
- Romeo and Juliet (1967) TV episode .... Nurse - "Softly Softly" .... Mary Meegan (1 episode, 1975)
... aka Softly, Softly: Task Force (UK: new title)
- Dorothy's Birthday (1975) TV episode .... Mary Meegan - The Nightcomers (1971) .... Mrs. Grose
- She Stoops to Conquer (1971) (TV) .... Mrs. Hardcastle
... aka Stage 2: She Stoops to Conquer (UK: series title) - "Seasons of the Year" .... Widow Butley (1 episode, 1971)
- The Three Graces (1971) TV episode .... Widow Butley - "Ours Is a Nice House" .... Thora Parker (13 episodes, 1969-1970)
- Judge for Yourself (1970) TV episode .... Thora Parker
- Uproar at the Opera (1970) TV episode .... Thora Parker
- Not in Front of the Dicky Birds (1970) TV episode .... Thora Parker
- Pretty Bubbles in the Air (1970) TV episode .... Thora Parker
- The Bella of the Ball (1970) TV episode .... Thora Parker
(8 more) - Some Will, Some Won't (1970) .... Agnes Russell
- "The First Lady" .... Sarah Danby (39 episodes, 1968-1969)
- The Whips Are Out (1969) TV episode .... Sarah Danby
- A Cross for Sarah (1969) TV episode .... Sarah Danby
- A Banner with a Strange Device (1969) TV episode .... Sarah Danby
- And They Call That Progress (1969) TV episode .... Sarah Danby
- All in a Good Cause (1969) TV episode .... Sarah Danby
(34 more) - "Meet the Wife" .... Thora Blacklock (39 episodes, 1963-1966)
- Christmas Travel (1966) TV episode .... Thora Blacklock
- This Christmas, Shop Early! (1966) TV episode .... Thora Blacklock
- Bless 'Em All (1966) TV episode .... Thora Blacklock
- The Nasty Sleeper (1966) TV episode .... Thora Blacklock
- The Homework (1966) TV episode .... Thora Blacklock
(34 more) - "Jackanory" .... Storyteller (5 episodes, 1966)
- A Disappearing Trick (1966) TV episode .... Storyteller
- A Shopping Expedition (1966) TV episode .... Storyteller
- Paddington Goes Underground (1966) TV episode .... Storyteller
- A Bear in Hot Water (1966) TV episode .... Storyteller
- Please Look After This Bear (1966) TV episode .... Storyteller - "Dixon of Dock Green" .... Alice Leggett (1 episode, 1966)
- Face at the Window (1966) TV episode .... Alice Leggett - "The Wednesday Play" .... Blanche Hoskins (1 episode, 1966)
- Who's a Good Boy Then? (1966) TV episode .... Blanche Hoskins - "A Christmas Night with the Stars" .... Thora Blacklock (1 episode, 1964)
- Episode dated 25 December 1964 (1964) TV episode .... Thora Blacklock - Rattle of a Simple Man (1964) .... Mrs. Winthram
- "Comedy Playhouse" .... Thora Blacklock (1 episode, 1963)
- The Bed (1963) TV episode .... Thora Blacklock - "Z Cars" .... Mrs. Edwards (1 episode, 1963)
- Nothing Serious (1963) TV episode .... Mrs. Edwards - Bitter Harvest (1963) .... Mrs. Jessup
- Term of Trial (1962) .... Mrs. Taylor
- "BBC Sunday-Night Play" .... Aggie Thompson (1 episode, 1962)
- So Many Children (1962) TV episode .... Aggie Thompson - A Kind of Loving (1962) .... Mrs. Rothwell
- "ITV Television Playhouse" .... Helen Curvis (1 episode, 1961)
- Hi Diddle Diddle (1961) TV episode .... Helen Curvis - Over the Odds (1961) .... Mrs. Carter
- The Entertainer (1960) .... Mrs. Ada Lapford
- "Armchair Theatre" (2 episodes, 1956-1958)
- The Witching Hour (1958) TV episode
- The Same Sky (1956) TV episode - Further Up the Creek (1958) .... Mrs. Galloway
- A Clean Sweep (1958) .... Vera Watson
- These Dangerous Years (1957) .... Mrs. Larkin
... aka Dangerous Years
... aka Dangerous Youth (USA) - The Good Companions (1957) .... Mrs. Oakroyd
- Home and Away (1956) .... Margie Groves
- Sailor Beware (1956) .... Mrs. Lack
... aka Panic in the Parlor (USA) - Women Without Men (1956) .... Granny
- Blonde Bait (1956) .... 'Granny' Ramsey
- Now and Forever (1956) (uncredited) .... Maggie the maid
- Lost (1956) .... Kelly's landlady
... aka Tears for Simon (USA) - "The Adventures of Robin Hood" .... Ada (1 episode, 1955)
- A Husband for Marian (1955) TV episode .... Ada - Simon and Laura (1955) .... Jessie
- The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) .... Rosemary 'Rosie' Elizabeth Rigly
... aka Shock
... aka The Creeping Unknown (USA)
... aka The Quatermass Experiment (USA)
... aka X the Experiment (UK: informal alternative title) - Tiger by the Tail (1955) .... Mary, farm girl
... aka Cross-Up (USA) - The Love Match (1955) .... Sal Brown
- One Good Turn (1955) .... Cook
- The Crowded Day (1954) .... Eunice's Mother
... aka Shop Spoiled (USA) - For Better, for Worse (1954) .... Mrs. Doyle
... aka Cocktails in the Kitchen (USA) - Don't Blame the Stork (1954) .... Agnes O'Connor
- A Day to Remember (1953) .... Mrs. Trott
- Background (1953) .... Mrs. Humphries
... aka Edge of Divorce (USA) - Personal Affair (1953) .... Mrs. Usher
- Turn the Key Softly (1953) .... Mrs. Rowan, landlady
- Street Corner (1953) .... Mrs. Perkins (woman at police station)
... aka Both Sides of the Law (USA) - The Great Game (1953) .... Miss Rawlings
- The Lost Hours (1952) .... Hotel Maid
... aka The Big Frame (USA) - Time, Gentlemen, Please! (1952) .... Alice Crouch
... aka Nothing to Lose - Emergency Call (1952) .... Mrs. Cornelius
... aka Emergency!
... aka The Hundred Hour Hunt (USA) - The Frightened Man (1952) .... Vera
- The Magic Box (1952) .... Doctor's Housekeeper
- The Long Memory (1952) .... Mrs. Pewsley
- "BBC Sunday-Night Theatre" .... Anna Priashkina (1 episode, 1951)
- The Bachelor (1951) TV episode .... Anna Priashkina - The Galloping Major (1951) (uncredited)
- The Magnet (1950) .... Nanny's friend
- Once a Sinner (1950) .... Mrs. James
- The Cure for Love (1950) .... Mrs. Dorbell
- Boys in Brown (1949) .... Mrs. Knowles
- Conspirator (1949) .... Broaders
- Madness of the Heart (1949) .... Rosa
- Maytime in Mayfair (1949) .... Janet
- A Boy, a Girl and a Bike (1949) .... Mrs. Bates
- Fools Rush In (1949) .... Mrs. Coot
- Once a Jolly Swagman (1949) .... Ma Fox
... aka Maniacs on Wheels (USA) - Portrait from Life (1948) .... Mrs. Skinner
... aka Lost Daughter (USA)
... aka The Girl in the Painting (USA) - The Weaker Sex (1948) .... Mrs. Gaye
- The Blind Goddess (1948) (uncredited) .... Derek`s Charwoman
- Corridor of Mirrors (1948) .... Visitor in Tussauds
- My Brother Jonathan (1948) .... Ada
- The Courtneys of Curzon Street (1947) .... Maud
... aka Kathy's Love Affair (USA)
... aka Katy's Love Affair (USA)
... aka The Courtney Affair (USA) - Two Thousand Women (1944) .... Mrs. Burtshaw
... aka House of 1,000 Women - Went the Day Well? (1942) .... Ivy Dawking, [a Land Army Girl]
... aka 48 Hours (USA) - The Foreman Went to France (1942) (uncredited) .... Barmaid
... aka Somewhere in France - The Next of Kin (1942) .... ATS drover with puncture
- The Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942) .... Joyce, Davis's secretary
- Go to Blazes (1942) .... Elsie
- The Big Blockade (1940) .... German barmaid
Self:
- 30 Years of 'Last of the Summer Wine' (2003) (TV) .... Herself
- "Open House" .... Herself (1 episode, 2002)
... aka Open House with Gloria Hunniford (UK)
- Episode dated 18 June 2002 (2002) TV episode .... Herself - "Heroes of Comedy" .... Herself (1 episode, 1999)
- Thora Hird (1999) TV episode .... Herself - Python Night: 30 Years of Monty Python (1999) (TV) .... Herself/Alan Bennett
- "Blankety Blank" .... Herself (1 episode, 1999)
... aka Lily Savage's Blankety Blank (UK: new title)
- Episode #16.2 (1999) TV episode .... Herself - The British Comedy Awards 1998 (1998) (TV) .... Herself
- 25 Years of 'Last of the Summer Wine' (1997) (TV) .... Herself
- "The Frank Skinner Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1997)
- Episode #2.6 (1997) TV episode .... Herself - An Audience with Bruce Forsyth (1997) (TV) .... Herself
- "This Is Your Life" .... Herself (1 episode, 1996)
- Dame Thora Hird OBE (1996) TV episode .... Herself - "The South Bank Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1994)
- Dame Thora Hird (1994) TV episode .... Herself - Classic Coronation Street (1993/I) (TV) .... Herself
- "Fighting Back" .... Herself (1 episode, 1992)
- Episode #1.9 (1992) TV episode .... Herself - "You Bet!" .... Herself (1 episode, 1989)
- Episode #2.4 (1989) TV episode .... Herself - "A Question of Entertainment" .... Herself (1 episode, 1988)
- Episode #1.13 (1988) TV episode .... Herself - "Looks Familiar" .... Herself - Guest (3 episodes, 1976-1986)
- Episode #14.1 (1986) TV episode .... Herself - Guest
- Episode dated 8 April 1982 (1982) TV episode .... Herself - Guest
- Episode dated 26 October 1976 (1976) TV episode .... Herself - Guest - "Film Night" .... Herself (1 episode, 1971)
- Film Night Special: John Schlesinger (1971) TV episode .... Herself - Holiday Startime (1970) (TV) .... Herself
- "Dee Time" .... Herself (1 episode, 1967)
- Episode #1.18 (1967) TV episode .... Herself - "Late Show London" .... Herself (1 episode, 1966)
- Episode #1.5 (1966) TV episode .... Herself
Archive Footage:
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"Arena"
- It's Time for 'Just a Minute' (2002) TV episode (archive sound) .... Herself -
"Clapper Board"
- Arthur Askey: Part 2 (1978) TV episode
Additional Details
Other Works:
TV commercial for Churchill Adjustable Chairs (2002)
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Publicity Listings:
5 Print Biographies | 3 Magazine Cover Photos
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