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Overview
Date of Birth:
28 May
1911
,
Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK
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Date of Death:
15 March
2003
, Brinsworth House, Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK
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Mini Biography:
In a career than spanned eight decades Thora Hird was widely regarded...
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Trivia:
Mother of
Janette Scott
and thus ex-mother-in-law of
Mel Tormé
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Awards:
5 wins & 1 nomination
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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
Jump to filmography as:
Actress
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Self
,
Archive Footage
Actress:
2000s
1990s
1980s
1970s
1960s
1950s
1940s
"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
)
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
(1999) (TV)
"The Queen's Nose"
.... Pstmistress (2 episodes, 1995-1999)
-
Harmony's Return
(1999)
TV episode
-
Episode #1.1
(1995)
TV episode
.... Pstmistress
Lost for Words
(1999) (TV) (as Dame Thora Hird) .... Annie Longden
Julie and the Cadillacs
(1999) .... Julie's grandmother
"Dinnerladies"
.... Enid (1 episode, 1998)
-
Moods
(1998)
TV episode
(as Dame Thora Hird) .... Enid
"Talking Heads 2"
(1998)
TV mini-series
.... Violet (episode "Waiting for the Telegram") (unknown episodes)
"Heartbeat"
.... Hannah Stockdale (1 episode, 1994)
... aka Classic Heartbeat (UK: rerun title)
-
Lost and Found
(1994)
TV episode
.... Hannah Stockdale
Pat and Margaret
(1994) (TV) .... Jim's Mother
Wide-Eyed and Legless
(1993) (TV) .... Deric's Mother
... aka The Wedding Gift (USA)
"The Good Guys"
.... Edna Wood (1 episode, 1992)
-
Her Finest Hour
(1992)
TV episode
.... Edna Wood
Memento Mori
(1992) (TV) .... Jean Taylor
"Perfect Scoundrels"
(1 episode, 1991)
-
Grandmother's Footsteps
(1991)
TV episode
"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
The Tailor of Gloucester
(1989) (TV) .... Mrs. Speck
Consuming Passions
(1988) .... Mrs.Gordon
Big Day at Dream Acres
(1987) (TV) ....
Edie Pegden
"Talking Heads"
(1987)
TV mini-series
.... Doris (episode "Cream Cracker Under the Settee, A") (unknown episodes)
"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
)
Uncle of the Bride
(1985) (TV) ....
Edie Pegden
"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
)
"Objects of Affection"
.... Mam (1 episode, 1982)
-
Say Something Happened
(1982)
TV episode
.... Mam
"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
"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
)
"Thomas and Sarah"
.... Mrs. Entwistle (1 episode, 1979)
... aka Thomas & Sarah (Australia)
-
Made in Heaven
(1979)
TV episode
.... Mrs. Entwistle
Afternoon Off
(1979) (TV) .... Mrs. Beevers
... aka Six Plays by Alan Bennett: Afternoon Off (UK: series title)
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)
The Boys and Mrs B
(1977) (TV) .... Mrs. Battley
"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
"Softly Softly"
.... Mary Meegan (1 episode, 1975)
... aka Softly, Softly: Task Force (UK: new title)
-
Dorothy's Birthday
(1975)
TV episode
.... Mary Meegan
The Nightcomers
(1971) ....
Mrs. Grose
She Stoops to Conquer
(1971) (TV) .... Mrs. Hardcastle
... aka Stage 2: She Stoops to Conquer (UK: series title)
"Seasons of the Year"
.... Widow Butley (1 episode, 1971)
-
The Three Graces
(1971)
TV episode
.... Widow Butley
"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
)
Some Will, Some Won't
(1970) ....
Agnes Russell
"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
)
"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
)
"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
"Dixon of Dock Green"
.... Alice Leggett (1 episode, 1966)
-
Face at the Window
(1966)
TV episode
.... Alice Leggett
"The Wednesday Play"
.... Blanche Hoskins (1 episode, 1966)
-
Who's a Good Boy Then?
(1966)
TV episode
.... Blanche Hoskins
"A Christmas Night with the Stars"
.... Thora Blacklock (1 episode, 1964)
-
Episode dated 25 December 1964
(1964)
TV episode
....
Thora Blacklock
Rattle of a Simple Man
(1964) .... Mrs. Winthram
"Comedy Playhouse"
.... Thora Blacklock (1 episode, 1963)
-
The Bed
(1963)
TV episode
....
Thora Blacklock
"Z Cars"
.... Mrs. Edwards (1 episode, 1963)
-
Nothing Serious
(1963)
TV episode
.... Mrs. Edwards
Bitter Harvest
(1963) .... Mrs. Jessup
Term of Trial
(1962) .... Mrs. Taylor
"BBC Sunday-Night Play"
.... Aggie Thompson (1 episode, 1962)
-
So Many Children
(1962)
TV episode
.... Aggie Thompson
A Kind of Loving
(1962) ....
Mrs. Rothwell
"ITV Television Playhouse"
.... Helen Curvis (1 episode, 1961)
-
Hi Diddle Diddle
(1961)
TV episode
.... Helen Curvis
Over the Odds
(1961) .... Mrs. Carter
The Entertainer
(1960) .... Mrs. Ada Lapford
"Armchair Theatre"
(2 episodes, 1956-1958)
-
The Witching Hour
(1958)
TV episode
-
The Same Sky
(1956)
TV episode
Further Up the Creek
(1958) .... Mrs. Galloway
A Clean Sweep
(1958) .... Vera Watson
These Dangerous Years
(1957) .... Mrs. Larkin
... aka Dangerous Years
... aka Dangerous Youth (USA)
The Good Companions
(1957) .... Mrs. Oakroyd
Home and Away
(1956) .... Margie Groves
Sailor Beware
(1956) ....
Mrs. Lack
... aka Panic in the Parlor (USA)
Women Without Men
(1956) .... Granny
Blonde Bait
(1956) .... 'Granny' Ramsey
Lost
(1956) .... Kelly's landlady
... aka Tears for Simon (USA)
"The Adventures of Robin Hood"
.... Ada (1 episode, 1955)
-
A Husband for Marian
(1955)
TV episode
.... Ada
Simon and Laura
(1955) .... Jessie
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)
Tiger by the Tail
(1955) .... Mary, farm girl
... aka Cross-Up (USA)
The Love Match
(1955) ....
Sal Brown
One Good Turn
(1955) .... Cook
The Crowded Day
(1954) .... Eunice's Mother
... aka Shop Spoiled (USA)
For Better, for Worse
(1954) .... Mrs. Doyle
... aka Cocktails in the Kitchen (USA)
Don't Blame the Stork
(1954) .... Agnes O'Connor
A Day to Remember
(1953) .... Mrs. Trott
Background
(1953) .... Mrs. Humphries
... aka Edge of Divorce (USA)
Personal Affair
(1953) .... Mrs. Usher
Turn the Key Softly
(1953) .... Mrs. Rowan, landlady
Street Corner
(1953) .... Mrs. Perkins (woman at police station)
... aka Both Sides of the Law (USA)
The Great Game
(1953) .... Miss Rawlings
The Lost Hours
(1952) .... Hotel Maid
... aka The Big Frame (USA)
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
(1952) .... Alice Crouch
... aka Nothing to Lose
Emergency Call
(1952) .... Mrs. Cornelius
... aka Emergency!
... aka The Hundred Hour Hunt (USA)
The Frightened Man
(1952) .... Vera
The Magic Box
(1952) .... Doctor's Housekeeper
The Long Memory
(1952) .... Mrs. Pewsley
"BBC Sunday-Night Theatre"
.... Anna Priashkina (1 episode, 1951)
-
The Bachelor
(1951)
TV episode
.... Anna Priashkina
The Galloping Major
(1951) (uncredited)
The Magnet
(1950) .... Nanny's friend
Once a Sinner
(1950) .... Mrs. James
The Cure for Love
(1950) .... Mrs. Dorbell
Boys in Brown
(1949) .... Mrs. Knowles
Conspirator
(1949) .... Broaders
Madness of the Heart
(1949) .... Rosa
Maytime in Mayfair
(1949) .... Janet
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
(1949) .... Mrs. Bates
Fools Rush In
(1949) .... Mrs. Coot
Once a Jolly Swagman
(1949) .... Ma Fox
... aka Maniacs on Wheels (USA)
Portrait from Life
(1948) .... Mrs. Skinner
... aka Lost Daughter (USA)
... aka The Girl in the Painting (USA)
The Weaker Sex
(1948) .... Mrs. Gaye
The Blind Goddess
(1948) (uncredited) .... Derek`s Charwoman
Corridor of Mirrors
(1948) .... Visitor in Tussauds
My Brother Jonathan
(1948) .... Ada
The Courtneys of Curzon Street
(1947) .... Maud
... aka Kathy's Love Affair (USA)
... aka Katy's Love Affair (USA)
... aka The Courtney Affair (USA)
Two Thousand Women
(1944) .... Mrs. Burtshaw
... aka House of 1,000 Women
Went the Day Well?
(1942) .... Ivy Dawking, [a Land Army Girl]
... aka 48 Hours (USA)
The Foreman Went to France
(1942) (uncredited) .... Barmaid
... aka Somewhere in France
The Next of Kin
(1942) .... ATS drover with puncture
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
(1942) .... Joyce, Davis's secretary
Go to Blazes
(1942) .... Elsie
The Big Blockade
(1940) .... German barmaid
Self:
2000s
1990s
1980s
1970s
1960s
30 Years of 'Last of the Summer Wine'
(2003) (TV) .... Herself
"Open House"
.... Herself (1 episode, 2002)
... aka Open House with Gloria Hunniford (UK)
-
Episode dated 18 June 2002
(2002)
TV episode
.... Herself
"Heroes of Comedy"
.... Herself (1 episode, 1999)
-
Thora Hird
(1999)
TV episode
.... Herself
Python Night: 30 Years of Monty Python
(1999) (TV) .... Herself/Alan Bennett
"Blankety Blank"
.... Herself (1 episode, 1999)
... aka Lily Savage's Blankety Blank (UK: new title)
-
Episode #16.2
(1999)
TV episode
.... Herself
The British Comedy Awards 1998
(1998) (TV) .... Herself
25 Years of 'Last of the Summer Wine'
(1997) (TV) .... Herself
"The Frank Skinner Show"
.... Herself (1 episode, 1997)
-
Episode #2.6
(1997)
TV episode
.... Herself
An Audience with Bruce Forsyth
(1997) (TV) .... Herself
"This Is Your Life"
.... Herself (1 episode, 1996)
-
Dame Thora Hird OBE
(1996)
TV episode
.... Herself
"The South Bank Show"
.... Herself (1 episode, 1994)
-
Dame Thora Hird
(1994)
TV episode
.... Herself
Classic Coronation Street
(1993/I) (TV) .... Herself
"Fighting Back"
.... Herself (1 episode, 1992)
-
Episode #1.9
(1992)
TV episode
.... Herself
"You Bet!"
.... Herself (1 episode, 1989)
-
Episode #2.4
(1989)
TV episode
.... Herself
"A Question of Entertainment"
.... Herself (1 episode, 1988)
-
Episode #1.13
(1988)
TV episode
.... Herself
"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
"Film Night"
.... Herself (1 episode, 1971)
-
Film Night Special: John Schlesinger
(1971)
TV episode
.... Herself
Holiday Startime
(1970) (TV) .... Herself
"Dee Time"
.... Herself (1 episode, 1967)
-
Episode #1.18
(1967)
TV episode
.... Herself
"Late Show London"
.... Herself (1 episode, 1966)
-
Episode #1.5
(1966)
TV episode
.... Herself
Archive Footage:
"Arena"
-
It's Time for 'Just a Minute'
(2002)
TV episode
(archive sound) .... Herself
"Clapper Board"
-
Arthur Askey: Part 2
(1978)
TV episode
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