Thora Hird
Known for: Acting
Born: May 28, 1911
Died: March 15, 2003
Place of birth: Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK
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.
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Filmography
85 movies · 32 TV shows, newest first
NR
Thora Hird Tribute
2003
NR
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000
6.5
Lost for Words
19998.0
Julie and the Cadillacs
1999
7.5
dinnerladies
1998
8.5
Talking Heads 2
1998
NR
Parkinson
1998
7.2
The Queen's Nose
1995
7.7
Pat and Margaret
1994
6.5
Wide-Eyed and Legless
19938.0
Goggle Eyes
1993
6.3
Memento Mori
1992
7.2
Heartbeat
1992
NR
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
1990
6.0
Perfect Scoundrels
1990
NR
The Tailor of Gloucester
1989
7.2
Screen One
1989
5.0
Talking Heads
1988
6.7
Talking Heads
1988
8.3
Consuming Passions
1988
NR
Last of the Summer Wine: Uncle of the Bride
1986
7.1
Screen Two
1985
7.0
Emma and Grandpa
1983
NR
ITV Christmas Comedy
1983
NR
Say Something Happened
1982
8.0
Objects of Affection
1982
9.0
Intensive Care
1982
6.2
Hallelujah!
1981
NR
Afternoon Off
1979
5.3
Blankety Blank
1979
10.0
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
1978
7.8
All Creatures Great and Small
1978
9.0
The Mayor's Charity
1977
8.0
Tell Me Another
1976
7.2
Last of the Summer Wine
1973
NR
The Villa Maroc
1972
5.7
The Nightcomers
1972NR
Stage 2
1971
9.0
The Fox Trot
1971
6.6
Play for Today
1970
5.2
Some Will, Some Won't
1970
6.8
In Loving Memory
1969
10.0
The First Lady
1968
NR
Romeo and Juliet
1967NR
Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am!
1966
5.2
BBC Play of the Month
1965
5.5
Rattle of a Simple Man
1964
5.2
The Wednesday Play
19646.5
Meet the Wife
19638.0
Festival
1963
6.2
Bitter Harvest
1963
6.1
Term of Trial
1962
7.1
A Kind of Loving
1962
7.3
Z-Cars
1962
10.0
Over the Odds
1961NR
Drama 61-67
1961
6.2
The Entertainer
1960
6.6
Further Up the Creek
1958NR
A Clean Sweep
1958
7.3
These Dangerous Years
1957
7.0
The Good Companions
1957
7.0
Now and Forever
1956
7.5
Sailor Beware
1956
7.0
Home and Away
1956
6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956
7.5
Women Without Men
1956
5.8
Blonde Bait
1956
6.8
Lost
1956
5.9
Simon and Laura
1955
6.5
The Quatermass Xperiment
1955
6.4
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
6.3
Tiger by the Tail
1955
6.0
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
7.7
The Love Match
1955
6.2
One Good Turn
1955
5.8
The Crowded Day
1954
5.8
For Better, for Worse
19549.0
Don't Blame the Stork
1954
7.4
A Day to Remember
1953
7.0
Background
1953
6.3
Personal Affair
1953
6.3
Turn the Key Softly
1953
5.5
Street Corner
1953
6.7
The Long Memory
1953
7.3
The Great Game
1953
4.5
The Big Frame
1952
8.0
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
1952
6.7
Emergency Call
1952
6.5
The Frightened Man
1952
6.5
The Magic Box
1952
6.1
The Galloping Major
1951
6.4
The Magnet
1950
7.1
Once a Sinner
1950
7.0
The Cure for Love
1949
6.0
Madness of the Heart
1949
6.3
Boys in Brown
1949
5.8
Conspirator
1949
10.0
The BAFTA Awards
1949
6.5
Maytime in Mayfair
1949
4.9
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
1949
6.7
Fools Rush In
1949
5.8
Once a Jolly Swagman
1949
6.3
Portrait from Life
1948
6.7
The Weaker Sex
1948
5.8
The Blind Goddess
1948
6.0
Corridor of Mirrors
1948
6.8
My Brother Jonathan
1948
5.3
The Courtneys of Curzon Street
1947
6.9
Two Thousand Women
1944
6.5
The Lodger
1944
7.1
Went the Day Well?
1942
6.6
The Foreman Went to France
1942
5.0
The Next of Kin
1942
8.2
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
1942
6.7
The Big Blockade
1942
9.0
Go to Blazes
1942NR
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