- Mother of Janette Scott and thus ex-mother-in-law of Mel Tormé.
- A memorial service was held for her at Westminster Abbey, London on 15 September 2003.
- She was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1983 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to drama and the DBE (Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1993 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to drama.
- On 13 September 2013 a memorial plaque to her was unveiled in Morecambe near where she was born. It is outside the Eric Bartholomew pub, named in honour of Eric Morecambe whose real surname was Bartholomew and who was also born in the town.
- Daughter of James Henry Hird, former manager of the Royalty Theatre, Morecambe.
- Had an older brother Neville and an older sister Olga.
- Made guest appearances, during the 1990s, in such BBC programs as That's Showbusiness (1989) and One Foot in the Past (1993).
- She was the subject of BBC1's "This Is Your Life" at Christmas 1996.
- Grandmother of Daisy Tormé and James Tormé.
- Made her stage debut in 1911 at the age of two months when she was carried on stage at the Royalty Theatre Morecambe in a play directed by her father, who was also the stage manager.
- For several years she was presenter of the BBC1 religious program "Your Songs Of Praise Choice" (later retitled Praise Be (1981)), from the mid-1970s.
- Had a brother.
- Married in 1937.
- Her husband, Jimmy Scott was her personal manager.
- Her grandfather was a fisherman,.
- Used to live in a house called Prompt Corner in Morcambe, Lancashire, The house was sold just after the war and they moved to a mews cottage near Paddington in London.
- Daughter Janette Scott has the same head, hands and feet sizes as her mother, Thora.
- She was seen by George Formby at the Morcambe Winter Gardens who arranged a screen test for her with Basil Dearden who gave her a film contract.
- Got a film contract with Ealing in 1939.
- Her parents were theatricals,.
- Husband Jimmy used to be a drummer at the Blackpool Winter Gardens.
- Prior to acting she was a cashier at the Cooperative Society.
- Made over 100 films and television commercials for Mothers Pride Bread amongst others.
- Her family lived in Cheapside, Morecambe virtually next door to the back of the Theatre Royal.
- Met her husband in 1934 at the Morecambe Winter Gardens when he was the orchestra leader there and she was in the repertory company.
- When she was getting ready for her wedding she tripped on the landing of her home and fell down stairs fortunately without breaking any bones.
- Her husband,Jimmy Scott, was a dance band drummer and became her manager.
- Husband was musician Jimmy Scott.
- Had a brother, Neville.
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