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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
Talking Heads
(1988)
The Lodger
(1944)
First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)
The Nightcomers
(1972)
Mrs. Grose
Full Filmography
Acting
Went the Day Well?
(1942)
Ivy
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
(1942)
Joyce
Go to Blazes
(1942)
Elsie
The Next of Kin
(1942)
ATS drover with puncture
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
Corridor of Mirrors
(1948)
Visitor in Tussauds
Portrait from Life
(1948)
Mrs. Skinner
My Brother Jonathan
(1948)
Ada
The Blind Goddess
(1948)
Derek's Charwoman
The Weaker Sex
(1948)
Mrs. Gaye
Madness of the Heart
(1949)
Rosa
Conspirator
(1949)
Broaders
Once a Jolly Swagman
(1949)
Ma Fox
Boys in Brown
(1949)
Mrs. Knowles
Fools Rush In
(1949)
Mrs. Coot
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
(1949)
Mrs. Bates
Maytime in Mayfair
(1949)
Janet
The Cure for Love
(1949)
Mrs. Dorbell
The Magnet
(1950)
Nanny's friend
Once a Sinner
(1950)
Mrs. James
The Big Frame
(1952)
Hotel Maid
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
(1952)
Alice Crouch
Emergency Call
(1952)
Mrs. Cornelius
The Magic Box
(1952)
Doctor's Housekeeper
The Frightened Man
(1952)
Vera
The Long Memory
(1953)
Mrs Pewsey
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
Background
(1953)
Mrs. Humphries
Street Corner
(1953)
Mrs. Perkins
For Better, for Worse
(1954)
Mrs. Doyle
Don't Blame the Stork
(1954)
Agnes O'Connor
The Quatermass Xperiment
(1955)
Rosie Wrigley
One Good Turn
(1955)
Cook
The Love Match
(1955)
Sal Brown
Simon and Laura
(1955)
Jessie
Tiger by the Tail
(1955)
Mary
Lost
(1956)
Kelly's landlady
Blonde Bait
(1956)
'Granny' Ramsey
Women Without Men
(1956)
Gran' Rafferty
Sailor Beware
(1956)
Mrs Lack
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
Further Up the Creek
(1958)
Mrs. Galloway
A Clean Sweep
(1958)
Vera Watson
The Entertainer
(1960)
Mrs. Ada Lapford
A Kind of Loving
(1962)
Mrs. Rothwell
Term of Trial
(1962)
Mrs. Taylor
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
Consuming Passions
(1988)
Mrs. Gordon
Talking Heads
(1988)
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)
Lost for Words
(1999)
Annie Longden
Julie and the Cadillacs
(1999)
Julie's grandmother
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