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Wide-Eyed and Legless (1993) -- Diana and Deric have an ideal marriage: they thrive in each other's company, they're funny, and they enjoy their two grown children and Deric's dotty mother; the trouble is...

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Date of Death:
15 March 2003, Brinsworth House, Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK more
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In a career than spanned eight decades Thora Hird was widely regarded... more
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Mother of Janette Scott and thus ex-mother-in-law of Mel Tormé. more
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5 wins & 1 nomination more
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DVD Playhouse: April 2009
 (From The Hollywood Interview. 11 April 2009, 11:58 AM, PDT)

DS Icon: Dame Thora Hird
 (From digitalspy. 4 December 2008, 10:00 PM, PST)

Alternate Names:
Dame Thora Hird

Filmography

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Actress:
  1. "Last of the Summer Wine" .... Edie / ... (152 episodes, 1986-2003)
    ... aka Roy Clarke's Last of the Summer Wine (Australia)
        - All of a Florrie (2003) TV episode (as Dame Thora Hird) .... Edie
        - The Second Husband and the Showgirls (2003) TV episode (as Dame Thora Hird) .... Edie
        - The Man Who Invented Yorkshire Funny Stuff (2003) TV episode (as Dame Thora Hird) .... Edie
        - The Frenchies Are Coming (2003) TV episode (as Dame Thora Hird) .... Edie
        - The Miraculous Curing of Old Goff Helliwell (2003) TV episode (as Dame Thora Hird) .... Edie
          (147 more)

  2. The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything (1999) (TV)
  3. "The Queen's Nose" .... Pstmistress (2 episodes, 1995-1999)
        - Harmony's Return (1999) TV episode
        - Episode #1.1 (1995) TV episode .... Pstmistress
  4. Lost for Words (1999) (TV) (as Dame Thora Hird) .... Annie Longden
  5. Julie and the Cadillacs (1999) .... Julie's grandmother
  6. "Dinnerladies" .... Enid (1 episode, 1998)
        - Moods (1998) TV episode (as Dame Thora Hird) .... Enid
  7. "Talking Heads 2" (1998) TV mini-series .... Violet (episode "Waiting for the Telegram") (unknown episodes)
  8. "Heartbeat" .... Hannah Stockdale (1 episode, 1994)
    ... aka Classic Heartbeat (UK: rerun title)
        - Lost and Found (1994) TV episode .... Hannah Stockdale
  9. Pat and Margaret (1994) (TV) .... Jim's Mother
  10. Wide-Eyed and Legless (1993) (TV) .... Deric's Mother
    ... aka The Wedding Gift (USA)
  11. "The Good Guys" .... Edna Wood (1 episode, 1992)
        - Her Finest Hour (1992) TV episode .... Edna Wood
  12. Memento Mori (1992) (TV) .... Jean Taylor
  13. "Perfect Scoundrels" (1 episode, 1991)
        - Grandmother's Footsteps (1991) TV episode
  14. "All Creatures Great and Small" .... Mrs. Clarke (2 episodes, 1989-1990)
        - Promises to Keep (1990) TV episode .... Mrs. Clarke
        - The Best Time (1989) TV episode .... Mrs. Clarke

  15. The Tailor of Gloucester (1989) (TV) .... Mrs. Speck
  16. Consuming Passions (1988) .... Mrs.Gordon
  17. Big Day at Dream Acres (1987) (TV) .... Edie Pegden
  18. "Talking Heads" (1987) TV mini-series .... Doris (episode "Cream Cracker Under the Settee, A") (unknown episodes)
  19. "In Loving Memory" .... Ivy Unsworth (36 episodes, 1979-1986)
        - Up in the World (1986) TV episode .... Ivy Unsworth
        - The Undertaker's Apprentice (1986) TV episode .... Ivy Unsworth
        - King of the Mountains (1986) TV episode .... Ivy Unsworth
        - The Second Time Around (1986) TV episode .... Ivy Unsworth
        - They Shoot Undertakers, Don't They? (1986) TV episode .... Ivy Unsworth
          (31 more)
  20. Uncle of the Bride (1985) (TV) .... Edie Pegden
  21. "Hallelujah!" .... Captain Emily Ridley / ... (15 episodes, 1983-1984)
        - A Goose for Mrs. Scratchitt (1984) TV episode .... Captain Emily Ridley/Captain Agnes Ridley
        - It Happened One Night (1984) TV episode .... Captain Emily Ridley
        - Rock Bottom (1984) TV episode .... Captain Emily Ridley
        - The Snake Pit: Part 2 (1984) TV episode .... Captain Emily Ridley
        - The Snake Pit: Part 1 (1984) TV episode .... Captain Emily Ridley
          (10 more)
  22. "Objects of Affection" .... Mam (1 episode, 1982)
        - Say Something Happened (1982) TV episode .... Mam
  23. "Play for Today" .... Aunty Kitty / ... (4 episodes, 1971-1982)
        - Intensive Care (1982) TV episode .... Aunty Kitty
        - The Mayor's Charity (1977) TV episode .... Olive Major
        - The Villa Maroc (1972) TV episode .... Doris
        - The Foxtrot (1971) TV episode .... Gwen
  24. "Flesh and Blood" .... Mabel Brassington (20 episodes, 1980-1982)
        - Episode #2.10 (1982) TV episode .... Mabel Brassington
        - Episode #2.9 (1982) TV episode .... Mabel Brassington
        - Episode #2.8 (1982) TV episode .... Mabel Brassington
        - Episode #2.7 (1982) TV episode .... Mabel Brassington
        - Episode #2.6 (1982) TV episode .... Mabel Brassington
          (15 more)

  25. "Thomas and Sarah" .... Mrs. Entwistle (1 episode, 1979)
    ... aka Thomas & Sarah (Australia)
        - Made in Heaven (1979) TV episode .... Mrs. Entwistle
  26. Afternoon Off (1979) (TV) .... Mrs. Beevers
    ... aka Six Plays by Alan Bennett: Afternoon Off (UK: series title)
  27. Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1978) (TV) .... Mrs. Hopkins
    ... aka Six Plays by Alan Bennett: Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf (UK: series title)
  28. The Boys and Mrs B (1977) (TV) .... Mrs. Battley
  29. "BBC Play of the Month" .... Clare Soppitt / ... (2 episodes, 1967-1975)
        - When We Are Married (1975) TV episode .... Clare Soppitt
        - Romeo and Juliet (1967) TV episode .... Nurse
  30. "Softly Softly" .... Mary Meegan (1 episode, 1975)
    ... aka Softly, Softly: Task Force (UK: new title)
        - Dorothy's Birthday (1975) TV episode .... Mary Meegan
  31. The Nightcomers (1971) .... Mrs. Grose
  32. She Stoops to Conquer (1971) (TV) .... Mrs. Hardcastle
    ... aka Stage 2: She Stoops to Conquer (UK: series title)
  33. "Seasons of the Year" .... Widow Butley (1 episode, 1971)
        - The Three Graces (1971) TV episode .... Widow Butley
  34. "Ours Is a Nice House" .... Thora Parker (13 episodes, 1969-1970)
        - Judge for Yourself (1970) TV episode .... Thora Parker
        - Uproar at the Opera (1970) TV episode .... Thora Parker
        - Not in Front of the Dicky Birds (1970) TV episode .... Thora Parker
        - Pretty Bubbles in the Air (1970) TV episode .... Thora Parker
        - The Bella of the Ball (1970) TV episode .... Thora Parker
          (8 more)
  35. Some Will, Some Won't (1970) .... Agnes Russell

  36. "The First Lady" .... Sarah Danby (39 episodes, 1968-1969)
        - The Whips Are Out (1969) TV episode .... Sarah Danby
        - A Cross for Sarah (1969) TV episode .... Sarah Danby
        - A Banner with a Strange Device (1969) TV episode .... Sarah Danby
        - And They Call That Progress (1969) TV episode .... Sarah Danby
        - All in a Good Cause (1969) TV episode .... Sarah Danby
          (34 more)
  37. "Meet the Wife" .... Thora Blacklock (39 episodes, 1963-1966)
        - Christmas Travel (1966) TV episode .... Thora Blacklock
        - This Christmas, Shop Early! (1966) TV episode .... Thora Blacklock
        - Bless 'Em All (1966) TV episode .... Thora Blacklock
        - The Nasty Sleeper (1966) TV episode .... Thora Blacklock
        - The Homework (1966) TV episode .... Thora Blacklock
          (34 more)
  38. "Jackanory" .... Storyteller (5 episodes, 1966)
        - A Disappearing Trick (1966) TV episode .... Storyteller
        - A Shopping Expedition (1966) TV episode .... Storyteller
        - Paddington Goes Underground (1966) TV episode .... Storyteller
        - A Bear in Hot Water (1966) TV episode .... Storyteller
        - Please Look After This Bear (1966) TV episode .... Storyteller
  39. "Dixon of Dock Green" .... Alice Leggett (1 episode, 1966)
        - Face at the Window (1966) TV episode .... Alice Leggett
  40. "The Wednesday Play" .... Blanche Hoskins (1 episode, 1966)
        - Who's a Good Boy Then? (1966) TV episode .... Blanche Hoskins
  41. "A Christmas Night with the Stars" .... Thora Blacklock (1 episode, 1964)
        - Episode dated 25 December 1964 (1964) TV episode .... Thora Blacklock
  42. Rattle of a Simple Man (1964) .... Mrs. Winthram
  43. "Comedy Playhouse" .... Thora Blacklock (1 episode, 1963)
        - The Bed (1963) TV episode .... Thora Blacklock
  44. "Z Cars" .... Mrs. Edwards (1 episode, 1963)
        - Nothing Serious (1963) TV episode .... Mrs. Edwards
  45. Bitter Harvest (1963) .... Mrs. Jessup
  46. Term of Trial (1962) .... Mrs. Taylor
  47. "BBC Sunday-Night Play" .... Aggie Thompson (1 episode, 1962)
        - So Many Children (1962) TV episode .... Aggie Thompson
  48. A Kind of Loving (1962) .... Mrs. Rothwell
  49. "ITV Television Playhouse" .... Helen Curvis (1 episode, 1961)
        - Hi Diddle Diddle (1961) TV episode .... Helen Curvis
  50. Over the Odds (1961) .... Mrs. Carter
  51. The Entertainer (1960) .... Mrs. Ada Lapford

  52. "Armchair Theatre" (2 episodes, 1956-1958)
        - The Witching Hour (1958) TV episode
        - The Same Sky (1956) TV episode
  53. Further Up the Creek (1958) .... Mrs. Galloway
  54. A Clean Sweep (1958) .... Vera Watson
  55. These Dangerous Years (1957) .... Mrs. Larkin
    ... aka Dangerous Years
    ... aka Dangerous Youth (USA)
  56. The Good Companions (1957) .... Mrs. Oakroyd
  57. Home and Away (1956) .... Margie Groves
  58. Sailor Beware (1956) .... Mrs. Lack
    ... aka Panic in the Parlor (USA)
  59. Women Without Men (1956) .... Granny
  60. Blonde Bait (1956) .... 'Granny' Ramsey
  61. Lost (1956) .... Kelly's landlady
    ... aka Tears for Simon (USA)
  62. "The Adventures of Robin Hood" .... Ada (1 episode, 1955)
        - A Husband for Marian (1955) TV episode .... Ada
  63. Simon and Laura (1955) .... Jessie
  64. The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) .... Rosemary 'Rosie' Elizabeth Rigly
    ... aka Shock
    ... aka The Creeping Unknown (USA)
    ... aka The Quatermass Experiment (USA)
    ... aka X the Experiment (UK: informal alternative title)
  65. Tiger by the Tail (1955) .... Mary, farm girl
    ... aka Cross-Up (USA)
  66. The Love Match (1955) .... Sal Brown
  67. One Good Turn (1955) .... Cook
  68. The Crowded Day (1954) .... Eunice's Mother
    ... aka Shop Spoiled (USA)
  69. For Better, for Worse (1954) .... Mrs. Doyle
    ... aka Cocktails in the Kitchen (USA)
  70. Don't Blame the Stork (1954) .... Agnes O'Connor
  71. A Day to Remember (1953) .... Mrs. Trott
  72. Background (1953) .... Mrs. Humphries
    ... aka Edge of Divorce (USA)
  73. Personal Affair (1953) .... Mrs. Usher
  74. Turn the Key Softly (1953) .... Mrs. Rowan, landlady
  75. Street Corner (1953) .... Mrs. Perkins (woman at police station)
    ... aka Both Sides of the Law (USA)
  76. The Great Game (1953) .... Miss Rawlings
  77. The Lost Hours (1952) .... Hotel Maid
    ... aka The Big Frame (USA)
  78. Time, Gentlemen, Please! (1952) .... Alice Crouch
    ... aka Nothing to Lose
  79. Emergency Call (1952) .... Mrs. Cornelius
    ... aka Emergency!
    ... aka The Hundred Hour Hunt (USA)
  80. The Frightened Man (1952) .... Vera
  81. The Magic Box (1952) .... Doctor's Housekeeper
  82. The Long Memory (1952) .... Mrs. Pewsley
  83. "BBC Sunday-Night Theatre" .... Anna Priashkina (1 episode, 1951)
        - The Bachelor (1951) TV episode .... Anna Priashkina
  84. The Galloping Major (1951) (uncredited)
  85. The Magnet (1950) .... Nanny's friend
  86. Once a Sinner (1950) .... Mrs. James
  87. The Cure for Love (1950) .... Mrs. Dorbell

  88. Boys in Brown (1949) .... Mrs. Knowles
  89. Conspirator (1949) .... Broaders
  90. Madness of the Heart (1949) .... Rosa
  91. Maytime in Mayfair (1949) .... Janet
  92. A Boy, a Girl and a Bike (1949) .... Mrs. Bates
  93. Fools Rush In (1949) .... Mrs. Coot
  94. Once a Jolly Swagman (1949) .... Ma Fox
    ... aka Maniacs on Wheels (USA)
  95. Portrait from Life (1948) .... Mrs. Skinner
    ... aka Lost Daughter (USA)
    ... aka The Girl in the Painting (USA)
  96. The Weaker Sex (1948) .... Mrs. Gaye
  97. The Blind Goddess (1948) (uncredited) .... Derek`s Charwoman
  98. Corridor of Mirrors (1948) .... Visitor in Tussauds
  99. My Brother Jonathan (1948) .... Ada
  100. The Courtneys of Curzon Street (1947) .... Maud
    ... aka Kathy's Love Affair (USA)
    ... aka Katy's Love Affair (USA)
    ... aka The Courtney Affair (USA)
  101. Two Thousand Women (1944) .... Mrs. Burtshaw
    ... aka House of 1,000 Women
  102. Went the Day Well? (1942) .... Ivy Dawking, [a Land Army Girl]
    ... aka 48 Hours (USA)
  103. The Foreman Went to France (1942) (uncredited) .... Barmaid
    ... aka Somewhere in France
  104. The Next of Kin (1942) .... ATS drover with puncture
  105. The Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942) .... Joyce, Davis's secretary
  106. Go to Blazes (1942) .... Elsie
  107. The Big Blockade (1940) .... German barmaid
Self:
  1. 30 Years of 'Last of the Summer Wine' (2003) (TV) .... Herself
  2. "Open House" .... Herself (1 episode, 2002)
    ... aka Open House with Gloria Hunniford (UK)
        - Episode dated 18 June 2002 (2002) TV episode .... Herself

  3. "Heroes of Comedy" .... Herself (1 episode, 1999)
        - Thora Hird (1999) TV episode .... Herself
  4. Python Night: 30 Years of Monty Python (1999) (TV) .... Herself/Alan Bennett
  5. "Blankety Blank" .... Herself (1 episode, 1999)
    ... aka Lily Savage's Blankety Blank (UK: new title)
        - Episode #16.2 (1999) TV episode .... Herself
  6. The British Comedy Awards 1998 (1998) (TV) .... Herself
  7. 25 Years of 'Last of the Summer Wine' (1997) (TV) .... Herself
  8. "The Frank Skinner Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1997)
        - Episode #2.6 (1997) TV episode .... Herself
  9. An Audience with Bruce Forsyth (1997) (TV) .... Herself
  10. "This Is Your Life" .... Herself (1 episode, 1996)
        - Dame Thora Hird OBE (1996) TV episode .... Herself
  11. "The South Bank Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1994)
        - Dame Thora Hird (1994) TV episode .... Herself
  12. Classic Coronation Street (1993/I) (TV) .... Herself
  13. "Fighting Back" .... Herself (1 episode, 1992)
        - Episode #1.9 (1992) TV episode .... Herself

  14. "You Bet!" .... Herself (1 episode, 1989)
        - Episode #2.4 (1989) TV episode .... Herself
  15. "A Question of Entertainment" .... Herself (1 episode, 1988)
        - Episode #1.13 (1988) TV episode .... Herself
  16. "Looks Familiar" .... Herself - Guest (3 episodes, 1976-1986)
        - Episode #14.1 (1986) TV episode .... Herself - Guest
        - Episode dated 8 April 1982 (1982) TV episode .... Herself - Guest
        - Episode dated 26 October 1976 (1976) TV episode .... Herself - Guest

  17. "Film Night" .... Herself (1 episode, 1971)
        - Film Night Special: John Schlesinger (1971) TV episode .... Herself
  18. Holiday Startime (1970) (TV) .... Herself

  19. "Dee Time" .... Herself (1 episode, 1967)
        - Episode #1.18 (1967) TV episode .... Herself
  20. "Late Show London" .... Herself (1 episode, 1966)
        - Episode #1.5 (1966) TV episode .... Herself
Archive Footage:
  1. "Arena"
        - It's Time for 'Just a Minute' (2002) TV episode (archive sound) .... Herself
  2. "Clapper Board"
        - Arthur Askey: Part 2 (1978) TV episode


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