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