Thora Birch
Department: Acting
Biography
Thora Birch (born March 11, 1982) is an American actress. She was a child actor in the 1990s, starring in movies such as All I Want for Christmas (1991), Patriot Games (1992), Hocus Pocus (1993), Now and Then (1995), and Alaska (1996). She came to prominence in 1999 after earning worldwide attention and praise for her performance in American Beauty. She then starred in the well received film Ghost World (2001), which earned her a Golden Globe nomination.
Known For
American Beauty
1999
The Hole
2001
Ghost World
2001
Shadow Realm
2002
Hocus Pocus
1993
Winter of Frozen Dreams
2009
Dark Corners
2006
Train
2008
Capitalism: A Love Story
2009
Dungeons & Dragons
2000
Deadline
2009
The Smokers
2000
Now and Then
1995
Clear and Present Danger
1994
Slingshot
2005
Patriot Games
1992
All I Want For Christmas
1991
Hurricane Bianca: The Roots of All Evil
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Monkey Trouble
1994
Alaska
1996
Paradise
1991
Silver City
2004
Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story
2003
The Pregnancy Pact
2010
Petunia
2013
Dark Avenger
1990
The Itsy Bitsy Spider
1992
Night Ride Home
1999
Purple People Eater
1988
The Gabby Petito Story
2022
The Chronology of Water
2025
Thirsty
2025
The Midway Point
2024
The Making of "Dungeons and Dragons"
2001
Above Suspicion
2019
My Life as a Teenage Robot: Escape from Cluster Prime
2005
The Competition
2018
Anywhere but Here
1999
The Etruscan Smile
2018
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
2001
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
2019
Affairs of State
2018
The Dot
2004
Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash
2018
Kindred Spirits
2019
American Beauty: Look Closer...
2000
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
2020
13 Minutes
2021
Civilian
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Doogie Howser, M.D.
1989
Punk'd
2003
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
Day by Day
1988
Monty
1994
Parenthood
1990
The Outer Limits
1995
The Oscars
1953
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Colony
2016
The Walking Dead
2010
The Walking Dead
2010
Touched by an Angel
1994
Mayfair Witches
2023
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Late Show with David Letterman
1993