Thora Hird
b. 1911 — d. 2003 (aged 92)
Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK
Actress
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dame Thora Hird, DBE (28 May 1911 – 15 March 2003) 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. A three-time winner of the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress, she won for Talking Heads: A Cream Cracker Under the Settee (1988), Talking Heads: Waiting for the Telegram (1998) and Lost for Words (1999). Her film credits included The Love Match (1955), The Entertainer (1960), A Kind of Loving (1962) and The Nightcomers (1971).
Known For
Filmography
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The BAFTA TV Awards 2000
2000 Self
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★ 8.0
Lost for Words
1999 Actress
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★ 7.3
Hilltop Hospital
1999 Actress
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★ 5.4
Julie and the Cadillacs
1999 Actress
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Star Secrets
1999 Self
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★ 8.6
Talking Heads 2
1998 Actress
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★ 6.5
Funny Women
1997 Self
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Thora on the Straight and Narrow
1993 Self
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Classic Coronation Street
1993 Self
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Fighting Back
1992 Self
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★ 7.2
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
1990 Actress
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★ 7.3
The Tailor of Gloucester
1989 Actress
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★ 5.5
Consuming Passions
1988 Actress
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★ 8.6
Talking Heads
1988 Actress
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It's My Pleasure
1987 Self
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★ 7.1
Hallelujah!
1983 Actress
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Entry
1983 Actress
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★ 8.3
Objects of Affection
1982 Actress
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Topping on Sunday
1982 Self
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★ 6.3
Flesh and Blood
1980 Actress
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★ 7.6
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
1978 Actress
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Star Town
1978 Self
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The Boys and Mrs B
1977 Actress
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★ 5.6
Those Wonderful TV Times
1976 Self
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★ 5.8
The Nightcomers
1971 Actress
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★ 5.4
Stage 2
1971 Actress
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Seasons of the Year
1971 Actress
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★ 5.8
Some Will, Some Won't
1970 Actress
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Holiday Startime Special
1970 Self
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★ 7.1
In Loving Memory
1969 Actress
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★ 5.7
Ours Is a Nice House
1969 Actress
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Star Choice - The Stars of BBC Series Pick Their Favourite Episodes
1969 Self
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★ 6.9
The First Lady
1968 Actress
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My Perfect Husband
1965 Actress
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★ 6.7
Rattle of a Simple Man
1964 Actress
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★ 7.4
Meet the Wife
1963 Actress
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★ 7.3
A Kind of Loving
1962 Actress
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★ 7.1
Term of Trial
1962 Actress
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The Best Laid Schemes
1962 Actress
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Over the Odds
1961 Actress
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★ 7.1
The Entertainer
1960 Actress
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★ 5.6
Further Up the Creek
1958 Actress
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★ 5.2
A Clean Sweep
1958 Actress
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★ 5.7
Dangerous Youth
1957 Actress
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★ 6.3
Panic in the Parlor
1956 Actress
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★ 6.4
Tears for Simon
1956 Actress
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★ 6.4
Home and Away
1956 Actress
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★ 5.4
Blonde Bait
1956 Actress
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★ 5.6
Women Without Men
1956 Actress
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The Jimmy Wheeler Show
1956 Self
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Home James
1956 Self
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★ 6.6
The Quatermass Xperiment
1955 Actress
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★ 6.5
One Good Turn
1955 Actress
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★ 6.4
Simon and Laura
1955 Actress
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★ 6.3
The Love Match
1955 Actress
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The Queen Came By
1955 Actress
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★ 5.7
Cocktails in the Kitchen
1954 Actress
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★ 5.8
Cross-Up
1954 Actress
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★ 6.4
Don't Blame the Stork
1954 Actress
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★ 7.0
The Long Memory
1953 Actress
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★ 6.9
Turn the Key Softly
1953 Actress
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★ 6.5
Personal Affair
1953 Actress
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★ 6.7
Both Sides of the Law
1953 Actress
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★ 6.0
The Great Game
1953 Actress
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★ 6.1
Edge of Divorce
1953 Actress
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The Love Match
1953 Actress
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★ 6.4
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
1952 Actress
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★ 6.1
The Frightened Man
1952 Actress
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★ 6.2
The Hundred Hour Hunt
1952 Actress
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What Happens to Love
1951 Actress
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★ 6.7
The Magnet
1950 Actress
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★ 5.9
Once a Sinner
1950 Actress
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★ 6.1
Conspirator
1949 Actress
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★ 6.1
Boys in Brown
1949 Actress
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★ 6.4
Maniacs on Wheels
1949 Actress
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★ 6.1
Madness of the Heart
1949 Actress
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★ 5.8
Maytime in Mayfair
1949 Actress
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★ 6.4
Fools Rush In
1949 Actress
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★ 6.7
The Cure for Love
1949 Actress
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★ 7.0
The Winslow Boy
1949 Actress
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★ 6.6
The Weaker Sex
1948 Actress
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Mock Auctions
1947 Actress
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Mary Rose
1947 Actress
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Shipwreck
1947 Actress
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★ 7.5
Went the Day Well?
1942 Actress
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★ 6.7
Black Sheep of Whitehall
1942 Actress
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★ 6.9
Go to Blazes
1942 Actress