Thora Hird
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1911-05-28 – 2003-03-15
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.
Known for
Went the Day Well?
1942Ivy
The Quatermass Xperiment
1955Rosie Wrigley
Corridor of Mirrors
1948Visitor in Tussauds
A Kind of Loving
1962Mrs. Rothwell
Madness of the Heart
1949Rosa
The Nightcomers
1972Mrs. Grose
For Better, for Worse
1954Mrs. Doyle
One Good Turn
1955Cook
The Big Frame
1952Hotel Maid
The Magnet
1950Nanny's friend
The Entertainer
1960Mrs. Ada Lapford
The Long Memory
1953Mrs Pewsey
Conspirator
1949Broaders
Term of Trial
1962Mrs. Taylor
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
1952Alice Crouch
Once a Jolly Swagman
1949Ma Fox
Personal Affair
1953Mrs. Usher
Turn the Key Softly
1953Mrs. Rowan, landlady
Lost
1956Kelly's landlady