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

The South Bank Show
1994
Play for Today
1977
Heartbeat
1994
BBC Play of the Month
1975
Screen Two
1992
The Wednesday Play
1966
Last of the Summer Wine
1987
Z-Cars
1963
Parkinson
1999
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
All Creatures Great and Small
1989
Dixon of Dock Green
1966

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
126
2003
Thora Hird Tribute
as Self, Various Characters (archive footage)
2000
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000
The BAFTA Awards
as Self - Winner
1999
Lost for Words
as Annie Longden
1999
Julie and the Cadillacs
as Julie's grandmother
1999
Blankety Blank
1999
Parkinson
as Self
1998
Talking Heads 2
1998
dinnerladies
as Enid
1998
Talking Heads
as Violet
1995
The Queen's Nose
as Postmistress
1994
Pat and Margaret
as Jim's Mother
1994
Heartbeat
as Hannah Stockdale
1994
Screen One
as Jim's Mother
1994
The South Bank Show
1993
Wide-Eyed and Legless
as Deric's Mother
1993
Goggle Eyes
as Mrs Harrington
1993
Screen One
as Deric's Mother
1992
Memento Mori
as Jean Taylor
1992
Screen Two
as Jean Taylor
1991
Perfect Scoundrels
as Martha
1990
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
as Old Betsy
1989
The Tailor of Gloucester
as Mrs. Speck
1989
All Creatures Great and Small
as Mrs. Clarke
1988
Consuming Passions
as Mrs. Gordon
1988
Talking Heads
1988
Talking Heads
as Doris
1987
Last of the Summer Wine: Big Day at Dream Acres
as Edie Pegden
1987
Last of the Summer Wine
as Edie
1986
Last of the Summer Wine: Uncle of the Bride
as Edie Pegden
1983
Emma and Grandpa
as Narrator (voice)
1982
Intensive Care
as Aunty Kitty
1982
Say Something Happened
as Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
1982
Objects of Affection
as Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
1982
Play for Today
as Aunt KItty
1981
Hallelujah!
as Captain Emily Ridley
1979
Afternoon Off
as Mrs Beevers
1979
In Loving Memory
as Ivy Unsworth
1979
Thomas & Sarah
as Mrs Entwistle
1978
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
as Mrs. Hopkins
1977
The Mayor's Charity
as Olive Major
1977
Play for Today
as Olive Major
1977
Tell Me Another
as Herself
1975
BBC Play of the Month
as Clare Soppitt
1972
The Nightcomers
as Mrs. Grose
1972
The Villa Maroc
as Doris
1972
Play for Today
as Doris
1971
The Fox Trot
as Gwen
1971
Stage 2
as Mrs. Hardcastle
1970
Some Will, Some Won't
as Agnes Russell
1968
The First Lady
as Sarah Danby
1967
Romeo and Juliet
as Nurse
1967
BBC Play of the Month
as Nurse
1966
Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am!
as Blanche Hoskins
1966
Dixon of Dock Green
as Alice Leggett
1966
The Wednesday Play
as Blanche Hoskins
1964
Rattle of a Simple Man
as Mrs. Winthram
1964
Meet the Wife
1964
Festival
as Mrs. Baines
1963
Bitter Harvest
as Mrs. Jessup
1963
Z-Cars
1963
Drama 61-67
as Mrs. Hope
1962
A Kind of Loving
as Mrs. Rothwell
1962
Term of Trial
as Mrs. Taylor
1961
Over the Odds
as Mrs Carter
1960
The Entertainer
as Mrs. Ada Lapford
1960
ITV Christmas Comedy
1958
Further Up the Creek
as Mrs. Galloway
1958
A Clean Sweep
as Vera Watson
1958
Armchair Theatre
as Miss Ogilvie
1957
These Dangerous Years
as Mrs. Ada Larkin
1957
The Good Companions
as Mrs Oakroyd
1956
Lost
as Kelly's landlady
1956
Blonde Bait
as 'Granny' Ramsey
1956
Now and Forever
as Maggie the Maid (uncredited)
1956
Women Without Men
as Gran' Rafferty
1956
Sailor Beware
as Mrs Lack
1956
Home and Away
as Margie Groves
1956
Armchair Theatre
as Momma Brodsky
1955
The Quatermass Xperiment
as Rosie Wrigley
1955
One Good Turn
as Cook
1955
The Love Match
as Sal Brown
1955
Simon and Laura
as Jessie
1955
Tiger by the Tail
as Mary
1955
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Ada
1954
For Better, for Worse
as Mrs. Doyle
1954
Don't Blame the Stork
as Agnes O'Connor
1954
The Crowded Day
as Customer
1953
The Long Memory
as Mrs Pewsey
1953
Personal Affair
as Mrs. Usher
1953
Turn the Key Softly
as Mrs. Rowan, landlady
1953
A Day to Remember
as Mrs. Trott
1953
The Great Game
as Miss Rawlings
1953
Background
as Mrs. Humphries
1953
Street Corner
as Mrs. Perkins
1952
The Big Frame
as Hotel Maid
1952
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
as Alice Crouch
1952
Emergency Call
as Mrs. Cornelius
1952
The Magic Box
as Doctor's Housekeeper
1952
The Frightened Man
as Vera
1951
The Galloping Major
as Tea Stall Woman (uncredited)
1950
The Magnet
as Nanny's friend
1950
Once a Sinner
as Mrs. James
1949
Madness of the Heart
as Rosa
1949
Conspirator
as Broaders
1949
Once a Jolly Swagman
as Ma Fox
1949
Boys in Brown
as Mrs. Knowles
1949
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
as Mrs. Bates
1949
Fools Rush In
as Mrs. Coot
1949
Maytime in Mayfair
as Janet
1949
The Cure for Love
as Mrs. Dorbell
1948
Corridor of Mirrors
as Visitor in Tussauds
1948
Portrait from Life
as Mrs. Skinner
1948
My Brother Jonathan
as Ada
1948
The Blind Goddess
as Derek's Charwoman
1948
The Weaker Sex
as Mrs. Gaye
1947
The Courtneys of Curzon Street
as Maud
1944
The Lodger
as First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)
1944
Two Thousand Women
as Mrs. Burtshaw
1942
Went the Day Well?
as Ivy
1942
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
as Joyce
1942
Go to Blazes
as Elsie
1942
The Next of Kin
as ATS drover with puncture
1942
The Foreman Went to France
as Barmaid
1942
The Big Blockade
as German barmaid (uncredited)
Esther
as Self