Thora Hird

Actress

Born: May 28, 1911 (91 years old)

Died: March 15, 2003

Place of birth: Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK

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.

Filmography (59)

• Went the Day Well? (1942, ★ 7.2)
• A Kind of Loving (1962, ★ 7)
• The Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942, ★ 7.8)
• Pat and Margaret (1994, ★ 7.5)
• The Quatermass Xperiment (1955, ★ 6.5)
• A Day to Remember (1953, ★ 6.9)
• Two Thousand Women (1944, ★ 6.9)
• Sailor Beware (1956, ★ 7)
• Z-Cars (1962, ★ 7)
• In Loving Memory (1969, ★ 6.8)
• Heartbeat (1992, ★ 7.1)
• Last of the Summer Wine (1973, ★ 7.1)
• dinnerladies (1998, ★ 7.4)
• All Creatures Great and Small (1978, ★ 7.7)
• Screen Two (1985, ★ 6.8)
• Corridor of Mirrors (1948, ★ 5.8)
• Madness of the Heart (1949, ★ 5.9)
• The Nightcomers (1972, ★ 5.6)
• For Better, for Worse (1954, ★ 5.6)
• One Good Turn (1955, ★ 6.1)
• The Magnet (1950, ★ 6.3)
• The Entertainer (1960, ★ 6.2)
• The Long Memory (1953, ★ 6.6)
• Conspirator (1949, ★ 5.7)
• Term of Trial (1962, ★ 6)
• Once a Jolly Swagman (1949, ★ 5.6)
• Personal Affair (1953, ★ 6.2)
• Turn the Key Softly (1953, ★ 6.1)
• Lost (1956, ★ 6.2)
• Boys in Brown (1949, ★ 6.1)