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.
Went the Day Well?
(Ivy)
The Quatermass Xperiment
(Rosie Wrigley)
Corridor of Mirrors
(Visitor in Tussauds)
A Kind of Loving
(Mrs. Rothwell)
Madness of the Heart
(Rosa)
The Nightcomers
(Mrs. Grose)
For Better, for Worse
(Mrs. Doyle)
One Good Turn
(Cook)
The Big Frame
(Hotel Maid)
The Magnet
(Nanny's friend)
The Entertainer
(Mrs. Ada Lapford)
The Long Memory
(Mrs Pewsey)
Conspirator
(Broaders)
Term of Trial
(Mrs. Taylor)
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
(Alice Crouch)
Once a Jolly Swagman
(Ma Fox)
Personal Affair
(Mrs. Usher)
Turn the Key Softly
(Mrs. Rowan, landlady)
Lost
(Kelly's landlady)
Blonde Bait
('Granny' Ramsey)
Some Will, Some Won't
(Agnes Russell)
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
(Joyce)
Boys in Brown
(Mrs. Knowles)
Now and Forever
(Maggie the Maid (uncredited))
Further Up the Creek
(Mrs. Galloway)
Consuming Passions
(Mrs. Gordon)
Emergency Call
(Mrs. Cornelius)
The Love Match
(Sal Brown)
Pat and Margaret
(Jim's Mother)
A Day to Remember
(Mrs. Trott)
Lost for Words
(Annie Longden)
Women Without Men
(Gran' Rafferty)
Once a Sinner
(Mrs. James)
Portrait from Life
(Mrs. Skinner)
Rattle of a Simple Man
(Mrs. Winthram)
These Dangerous Years
(Mrs. Ada Larkin)
Go to Blazes
(Elsie)
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
(Mrs. Bates)
The Great Game
(Miss Rawlings)
The Tailor of Gloucester
(Mrs. Speck)
Intensive Care
(Aunty Kitty)
My Brother Jonathan
(Ada)
Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am!
(Blanche Hoskins)
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
(Mrs. Hopkins)
Afternoon Off
(Mrs Beevers)
Fools Rush In
(Mrs. Coot)
Talking Heads
Talking Heads 2
Julie and the Cadillacs
(Julie's grandmother)
Simon and Laura
(Jessie)
Background
(Mrs. Humphries)
Emma and Grandpa
(Narrator (UK))
Don't Blame the Stork
(Agnes O'Connor)
The Blind Goddess
(Derek's Charwoman)
The Next of Kin
(ATS drover with puncture)
Bitter Harvest
(Mrs. Jessup)
Romeo and Juliet
(Nurse)
Wide-Eyed and Legless
(Deric's Mother)
Street Corner
(Mrs. Perkins)
The Lodger
(First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited))
Two Thousand Women
(Mrs. Burtshaw)
The Magic Box
(Doctor's Housekeeper)
The Good Companions
(Mrs Oakroyd)
Sailor Beware
(Mrs Lack)
Home and Away
(Margie Groves)
The Weaker Sex
(Mrs. Gaye)
Tiger by the Tail
(Mary)
Maytime in Mayfair
(Janet)
The Villa Maroc
(Doris)
The Fox Trot
(Gwen)
The Courtneys of Curzon Street
(Maud)
The Frightened Man
(Vera)
Memento Mori
(Jean Taylor)
The Cure for Love
(Mrs. Dorbell)
The Foreman Went to France
(Barmaid)
A Clean Sweep
(Vera Watson)
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
(Old Betsy)
The Mayor's Charity
(Olive Major)
Say Something Happened
(Elizabeth Mary Rhodes)
The Galloping Major
(Tea Stall Woman (uncredited))
Over the Odds
(Mrs Carter)
Z-Cars
In Loving Memory
(Ivy Unsworth)
Heartbeat
(Hannah Stockdale)
Last of the Summer Wine
(Edie)
Blankety Blank
Hallelujah!
(Captain Emily Ridley)
The First Lady
Meet the Wife
dinnerladies
(Enid)
The Adventures of Robin Hood
(Ada)
Play for Today
(Olive Major)
BBC Play of the Month
(Clare Soppitt)
Perfect Scoundrels
(Martha)
Talking Heads
(Doris)
Talking Heads
(Violet)
ITV Christmas Comedy
Goggle Eyes
(Mrs Harrington)
All Creatures Great and Small
(Mrs. Clarke)
BBC Play of the Month
(Nurse)
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
Objects of Affection
(Elizabeth Mary Rhodes)
Play for Today
(Doris)
Play for Today
(Aunt KItty)
Dixon of Dock Green
(Alice Leggett)
Last of the Summer Wine
(Herself (archive footage))
Tell Me Another
(Herself)
Parkinson
(Self)
Screen Two
(Jean Taylor)