🎭 Actor

Thora Hird

🎂 Born 28 May 1911 (age 91)✝ 15 March 2003📍 Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK

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Acting Credits

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

First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)

The Quatermass Xperiment

1955

Rosie Wrigley

Full Filmography(80 films)

YearTitleCharacterRating

1952The Magic BoxDoctor's Housekeeper★ 6.5 1944The LodgerFirst Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)★ 6.5 1962Term of TrialMrs. Taylor★ 6.1 1955The Quatermass XperimentRosie Wrigley★ 6.5 1992Memento MoriJean Taylor★ 6.3 1942Went the Day Well?Ivy★ 7.2 1949ConspiratorBroaders★ 5.8 1979Afternoon OffMrs Beevers—1962A Kind of LovingMrs. Rothwell★ 7.1 1955One Good TurnCook★ 6.2 1960The EntertainerMrs. Ada Lapford★ 6.2 1972The NightcomersMrs. Grose★ 5.7 1950Once a SinnerMrs. James★ 7.1 1956Sailor BewareMrs Lack★ 7.5 1988Consuming PassionsMrs. Gordon★ 8.3 1956LostKelly's landlady★ 6.8 1988Talking Heads—★ 5.0 1994Pat and MargaretJim's Mother★ 7.7 1953A Day to RememberMrs. Trott★ 7.4 1982Intensive CareAunty Kitty★ 9.0 1942The Next of KinATS drover with puncture★ 5.4 1963Bitter HarvestMrs. Jessup★ 6.2 1952Time, Gentlemen, Please!Alice Crouch★ 8.0 1942The Black Sheep of WhitehallJoyce★ 8.2 1949A Boy, a Girl and a BikeMrs. Bates★ 4.9 1952The Big FrameHotel Maid★ 4.5 1950The MagnetNanny's friend★ 6.4 1956Blonde Bait'Granny' Ramsey★ 5.8 1953The Long MemoryMrs Pewsey★ 6.7 1953Street CornerMrs. Perkins★ 5.5 1971The Fox TrotGwen★ 9.0 1948Corridor of MirrorsVisitor in Tussauds★ 6.0 1955Tiger by the TailMary★ 6.3 1953The Great GameMiss Rawlings★ 7.3 1967Romeo and JulietNurse—1949Madness of the HeartRosa★ 6.0 1952Emergency CallMrs. Cornelius★ 6.7 1990The Tale of Little Pig RobinsonOld Betsy—1954For Better, for WorseMrs. Doyle★ 5.8 1970Some Will, Some Won'tAgnes Russell★ 5.2 1955Simon and LauraJessie★ 5.9 1956Now and ForeverMaggie the Maid (uncredited)★ 7.0 1951The Galloping MajorTea Stall Woman (uncredited)★ 6.1 1942The Big BlockadeGerman barmaid (uncredited)★ 6.7 1957These Dangerous YearsMrs. Ada Larkin★ 7.3 1949Once a Jolly SwagmanMa Fox★ 5.8 1958Further Up the CreekMrs. Galloway★ 6.6 1954The Crowded DayCustomer★ 5.8 1953BackgroundMrs. Humphries★ 7.0 1949Boys in BrownMrs. Knowles★ 6.3 1998Talking Heads 2—★ 8.5 1953Personal AffairMrs. Usher★ 6.3 2003Thora Hird TributeSelf, Various Characters (archive footage)—1948The Weaker SexMrs. Gaye★ 6.7 1956Women Without MenGran' Rafferty★ 7.5 1989The Tailor of GloucesterMrs. Speck—1948Portrait from LifeMrs. Skinner★ 6.3 1993Wide-Eyed and LeglessDeric's Mother★ 6.5 1964Rattle of a Simple ManMrs. Winthram★ 5.5 1999Lost for WordsAnnie Longden★ 6.5 1957The Good CompanionsMrs Oakroyd★ 7.0 1955The Love MatchSal Brown★ 7.7 1948My Brother JonathanAda★ 6.8 1942The Foreman Went to FranceBarmaid★ 6.6 1977The Mayor's CharityOlive Major★ 9.0 1948The Blind GoddessDerek's Charwoman★ 5.8 1944Two Thousand WomenMrs. Burtshaw★ 6.9 1949Maytime in MayfairJanet★ 6.5 1947The Courtneys of Curzon StreetMaud★ 5.3 1978Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia WoolfMrs. Hopkins★ 10.0 1953Turn the Key SoftlyMrs. Rowan, landlady★ 6.3 1961Over the OddsMrs Carter★ 10.0 1956Home and AwayMargie Groves★ 7.0 1972The Villa MarocDoris—1942Go to BlazesElsie★ 9.0 1952The Frightened ManVera★ 6.5 1949Fools Rush InMrs. Coot★ 6.7 1983Emma and GrandpaNarrator (voice)★ 7.0 1949The Cure for LoveMrs. Dorbell★ 7.0 1982Say Something HappenedElizabeth Mary Rhodes—

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