Acting
Thora Hird
May 28, 1911 (died Mar 15, 2003, aged 91) Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK
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
7.1
Heartbeat
Hannah Stockdale
7.2
Last of the Summer Wine
Edie
7.8
All Creatures Great and Small
Mrs. Clarke
6.5
The Quatermass Xperiment
Rosie Wrigley
6.6
Play for Today
Olive Major
5.2
BBC Play of the Month
Clare Soppitt
6.4
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Ada
7.1
Screen Two
Jean Taylor
7.5
dinnerladies
Enid
7.3
Z-Cars
1962 · TV
5.2
The Wednesday Play
Blanche Hoskins
5.7
The Nightcomers
Mrs. Grose
7.1
Went the Day Well?
Ivy
6.5
The Lodger
First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)
7.1
A Kind of Loving
Mrs. Rothwell
Filmography
6.5
Lost for Words
1999 · Annie Longden
7.5
dinnerladies
1998 · Enid
8.5
Talking Heads 2
1998
7.2
The Queen's Nose
1995 · Postmistress
7.7
Pat and Margaret
1994 · Jim's Mother
6.5
Wide-Eyed and Legless
1993 · Deric's Mother
7.1
Heartbeat
1992 · Hannah Stockdale
6.3
Memento Mori
1992 · Jean Taylor
6.0
Perfect Scoundrels
1990 · Martha
7.2
Screen One
1989 · Deric's Mother
The Tailor of Gloucester
1989 · Mrs. Speck
6.7
Talking Heads
1988 · Violet
8.3
Consuming Passions
1988 · Mrs. Gordon
5.0
Talking Heads
1988
7.1
Screen Two
1985 · Jean Taylor
7.0
Emma and Grandpa
1983 · Narrator (voice)
8.0
Objects of Affection
1982 · Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
9.0
Intensive Care
1982 · Aunty Kitty
6.2
Hallelujah!
1981 · Captain Emily Ridley
5.2
Blankety Blank
1979
6.0
Thomas & Sarah
1979 · Mrs Entwistle
Afternoon Off
1979 · Mrs Beevers
7.8
All Creatures Great and Small
1978 · Mrs. Clarke
10.0
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
1978 · Mrs. Hopkins
9.0
The Mayor's Charity
1977 · Olive Major
8.0
Tell Me Another
1976 · Herself
7.2
Last of the Summer Wine
1973 · Edie
5.7
The Nightcomers
1972 · Mrs. Grose
The Villa Maroc
1972 · Doris
9.0
The Fox Trot
1971 · Gwen