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Thora Hird

Born
May 28, 1911
Died
March 15, 2003
Wikipedia
Wikipedia
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
The Nightcomers
(1972)
Mrs. Grose
The Entertainer
(1960)
Mrs. Ada Lapford
Talking Heads
(1988)
The Quatermass Xperiment
(1955)
Rosie Wrigley
The Lodger
(1944)
First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)
Full Filmography
Acting
Went the Day Well?
(1942)
Ivy
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
(1942)
Joyce
The Next of Kin
(1942)
ATS drover with puncture
Go to Blazes
(1942)
Elsie
The Foreman Went to France
(1942)
Barmaid
The Lodger
(1944)
First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)
Two Thousand Women
(1944)
Mrs. Burtshaw
The Courtneys of Curzon Street
(1947)
Maud
My Brother Jonathan
(1948)
Ada
Corridor of Mirrors
(1948)
Visitor in Tussauds
The Weaker Sex
(1948)
Mrs. Gaye
The Blind Goddess
(1948)
Derek's Charwoman
Portrait from Life
(1948)
Mrs. Skinner
Conspirator
(1949)
Broaders
Maytime in Mayfair
(1949)
Janet
Madness of the Heart
(1949)
Rosa
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
(1949)
Mrs. Bates
The Cure for Love
(1949)
Mrs. Dorbell
Fools Rush In
(1949)
Mrs. Coot
Once a Jolly Swagman
(1949)
Ma Fox
Boys in Brown
(1949)
Mrs. Knowles
The Magnet
(1950)
Nanny's friend
Once a Sinner
(1950)
Mrs. James
Emergency Call
(1952)
Mrs. Cornelius
The Frightened Man
(1952)
Vera
The Magic Box
(1952)
Doctor's Housekeeper
The Big Frame
(1952)
Hotel Maid
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
(1952)
Alice Crouch
Personal Affair
(1953)
Mrs. Usher
Turn the Key Softly
(1953)
Mrs. Rowan, landlady
A Day to Remember
(1953)
Mrs. Trott
The Great Game
(1953)
Miss Rawlings
The Long Memory
(1953)
Mrs Pewsey
Background
(1953)
Mrs. Humphries
Street Corner
(1953)
Mrs. Perkins
Don't Blame the Stork
(1954)
Agnes O'Connor
For Better, for Worse
(1954)
Mrs. Doyle
Simon and Laura
(1955)
Jessie
One Good Turn
(1955)
Cook
The Love Match
(1955)
Sal Brown
The Quatermass Xperiment
(1955)
Rosie Wrigley
Tiger by the Tail
(1955)
Mary
Sailor Beware
(1956)
Mrs Lack
Women Without Men
(1956)
Gran' Rafferty
Lost
(1956)
Kelly's landlady
Blonde Bait
(1956)
'Granny' Ramsey
Home and Away
(1956)
Margie Groves
Now and Forever
(1956)
Maggie the Maid (uncredited)
These Dangerous Years
(1957)
Mrs. Ada Larkin
The Good Companions
(1957)
Mrs Oakroyd
A Clean Sweep
(1958)
Vera Watson
Further Up the Creek
(1958)
Mrs. Galloway
The Entertainer
(1960)
Mrs. Ada Lapford
Term of Trial
(1962)
Mrs. Taylor
A Kind of Loving
(1962)
Mrs. Rothwell
Bitter Harvest
(1963)
Mrs. Jessup
Rattle of a Simple Man
(1964)
Mrs. Winthram
Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am!
(1966)
Blanche Hoskins
Romeo and Juliet
(1967)
Nurse
Some Will, Some Won't
(1970)
Agnes Russell
The Fox Trot
(1971)
Gwen
The Nightcomers
(1972)
Mrs. Grose
The Villa Maroc
(1972)
Doris
The Mayor's Charity
(1977)
Olive Major
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
(1978)
Mrs. Hopkins
Afternoon Off
(1979)
Mrs Beevers
Intensive Care
(1982)
Aunty Kitty
Talking Heads
(1988)
Consuming Passions
(1988)
Mrs. Gordon
The Tailor of Gloucester
(1989)
Mrs. Speck
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
(1990)
Old Betsy
Memento Mori
(1992)
Jean Taylor
Wide-Eyed and Legless
(1993)
Deric's Mother
Pat and Margaret
(1994)
Jim's Mother
Talking Heads 2
(1998)
Julie and the Cadillacs
(1999)
Julie's grandmother
Lost for Words
(1999)
Annie Longden
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