Thora Hird

Deceased · Born: May 28, 1911 · Died: Mar 15, 2003

Career

acting

1999

Lost for Words as Annie Longden

Julie and the Cadillacs

Julie and the Cadillacs as Julie's grandmother

1994

Screen One as Jim's Mother

1993

Screen One as Deric's Mother

Goggle Eyes as Mrs Harrington

1992

Screen Two as Jean Taylor

1990

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson as Old Betsy

1989

All Creatures Great and Small

All Creatures Great and Small as Mrs. Clarke

1988

Consuming Passions

Consuming Passions as Mrs. Gordon

1987

Last of the Summer Wine

Last of the Summer Wine as Edie

1981

Hallelujah! as Captain Emily Ridley

1979

In Loving Memory

In Loving Memory as Ivy Unsworth

1978

Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf as Mrs. Hopkins

1977

Play for Today as Olive Major

1972

The Nightcomers

The Nightcomers as Mrs. Grose

Play for Today as Doris

1971

Play for Today as Gwen

1970

Some Will, Some Won't

Some Will, Some Won't as Agnes Russell

1964

Rattle of a Simple Man

Rattle of a Simple Man as Mrs. Winthram

1963

Bitter Harvest as Mrs. Jessup

1962

A Kind of Loving

A Kind of Loving as Mrs. Rothwell

Term of Trial as Mrs. Taylor

1960

The Entertainer

The Entertainer as Mrs. Ada Lapford

1958

Further Up the Creek

Further Up the Creek as Mrs. Galloway

1957

Dangerous Youth

Dangerous Youth as Mrs. Ada Larkin

1956

Blonde Bait as 'Granny' Ramsey

Women Without Men

Women Without Men as Gran' Rafferty

Home and Away as Margie Groves

Tears for Simon

Tears for Simon as Kelly's landlady

Panic in the Parlor

Panic in the Parlor as Mrs Lack

1955

The Quatermass Xperiment

The Quatermass Xperiment as Rosemary 'Rosie' Elizabeth Wrigley

One Good Turn as Cook

Simon and Laura

Simon and Laura as Jessie

Cross-Up as Mary

The Love Match as Sal Brown

1953

Both Sides of the Law

Both Sides of the Law as Mrs. Perkins (Woman at Police Station)

Turn the Key Softly

Turn the Key Softly as Mrs. Rowan, landlady

Personal Affair

Personal Affair as Mrs. Usher

The Long Memory

The Long Memory as Mrs Pewsey

Edge of Divorce

Edge of Divorce as Mrs. Humphries

The Great Game as Miss Rawlings

1952

The Hundred Hour Hunt

The Hundred Hour Hunt as Mrs. Cornelius

Time, Gentlemen, Please!

Time, Gentlemen, Please! as Alice Crouch

The Frightened Man

The Frightened Man as Vera

1950

Once a Sinner as Mrs. James

The Magnet as Nanny's friend

1949

Maytime in Mayfair

Maytime in Mayfair as Janet

Conspirator as Broaders

Fools Rush In as Mrs. Coot

Maniacs on Wheels

Maniacs on Wheels as Ma Fox

Boys in Brown as Mrs. Knowles

Madness of the Heart

Madness of the Heart as Rosa

1948

The Weaker Sex as Mrs. Gaye

Lost Daughter as Mrs. Skinner

1942

Black Sheep of Whitehall

Black Sheep of Whitehall as Joyce

48 Hours as Ivy