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Dame Thora Hird, was an English actress and comedienne 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).
Born
Sunday, 28 May 1911
Died
Saturday, 15 March 2003
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Dinnerladies Diaries | Self / Enid | 2018 |
| Our Friend Victoria | Jim's Mother | 2017 |
| Tales of Television Centre | Self - Storyteller | 2012 |
| Comedy Connections | Enid | 2003 |
| Stars and Their Lives | Self | 1999 |
| Hilltop Hospital | Gracey Greyshell | 1999 |
| Lost for Words | Annie Longden / Mother | 1999 |
| Julie and the Cadillacs | Julie's grandmother | 1999 |
| Dinnerladies | Enid | 1998 |
| Funny Women | Self / Various Characters | 1997 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Dinnerladies Diaries | Self / Enid | 2018 |
| Our Friend Victoria | Jim's Mother | 2017 |
| Tales of Television Centre | Self - Storyteller | 2012 |
| Comedy Connections | Enid | 2003 |
| Stars and Their Lives | Self | 1999 |
| Hilltop Hospital | Gracey Greyshell | 1999 |
| Lost for Words | Annie Longden / Mother | 1999 |
| Julie and the Cadillacs | Julie's grandmother | 1999 |
| Dinnerladies | Enid | 1998 |
| Funny Women | Self / Various Characters | 1997 |
| The Queen's Nose | Postmistress | 1995 |
| The Frank Skinner Show | Self | 1995 |
| Under the Hammer | Nanny Tucker | 1994 |
| Goggle Eyes | Mrs Harrington / Mrs. Harrington | 1993 |
| Heartbeat | Hannah Stockdale | 1992 |
| Noel's House Party | Special Guest | 1991 |
| The Tailor of Gloucester | Mrs. Speck | 1989 |
| Screen One | Deric's Mother / Jim's Mother | 1989 |
| Consuming Passions | Mrs. Gordon | 1988 |
| You Bet! | Self | 1988 |
| Daytime Live | Self | 1987 |
| Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV | Grandmother | 1985 |
| Screen Two | Jean Taylor | 1985 |
| Topping on Sunday | Self | 1982 |
| Hallelujah! | Captain Emily Ridley / Captain Agnes Ridley | 1981 |
| Afternoon Off | Mrs Beevers | 1979 |
| Blankety Blank | Herself | 1978 |
| Thomas and Sarah | Mrs. Entwistle | 1979 |
| The South Bank Show | Self | 1978 |
| All Creatures Great and Small | Mrs. Clarke / Mrs. Clarke (as Mrs Clarke also) | 1978 |
| To See Such Fun | Self | 1977 |
| Those Wonderful TV Times | Self | 1976 |
| Tell Me Another | Self | 1976 |
| Celebrity Squares | Self | 1975 |
| Billy Liar | Miss Duggins | 1973 |
| Last of the Summer Wine | Edie / Edith "Edie" Pegden | 1973 |
| The Nightcomers | Mrs. Grose | 1972 |
| Seasons of the Year | Widow Butley | 1971 |
| Holiday Startime Special | Self | 1970 |
| Play for Today | Olive Major / Gwen / Doris / Aunty Kitty | 1970 |
| Some Will, Some Won't | Agnes Russell | 1970 |
| In Loving Memory | Ivy Unsworth | 1969 |
| Ours Is a Nice House | Thora Parker | 1969 |
| ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Mrs Ogden | 1969 |
| The First Lady | Sarah Danby | 1968 |
| The Golden Shot | Self | 1967 |
| Jackanory | Storyteller | 1965 |
| BBC Play of the Month | Clare Soppitt / Nurse | 1965 |
| Call My Bluff | Self | 1965 |
| The Wednesday Play | Blanche Hoskins | 1964 |
| Rattle of a Simple Man | Mrs. Winthram | 1964 |
| Meet the Wife | Thora Blacklock | 1963 |
| Bitter Harvest | Mrs. Jessup | 1963 |
| Term of Trial | Mrs. Taylor | 1962 |
| A Kind of Loving | Mrs. Rothwell | 1962 |
| Comedy Playhouse | Thora Blacklock | 1961 |
| Drama 61-67 | Mrs. Hope | 1961 |
| Bootsie and Snudge | Emily | 1960 |
| The Entertainer | Ada Lapford / Mrs. Ada Lapford | 1960 |
| Further Up the Creek | Mrs. Galloway / Mrs. Gallaway | 1958 |
| Dangerous Youth | Mrs. Larkin / Mrs. Ada Larkin | 1957 |
| The Good Companions | Mrs Oakroyd / Mrs. Oakroyd | 1957 |
| Panic in the Parlor | Mrs Lack / Mrs. Lack | 1956 |
| Home and Away | Margie / Margie Groves | 1956 |
| Armchair Theatre | Momma Brodsky / Miss Ogilvie | 1956 |
| Women Without Men | Granny Rafferty / Gran' Rafferty | 1956 |
| Blonde Bait | 'Granny' Ramsey | 1956 |
| Now and Forever | Maggie the Maid | 1956 |
| Tears for Simon | 1956 | |
| Simon and Laura | Jessie | 1955 |
| The Quatermass Xperiment | Rosemary 'Rosie' Elizabeth Wrigley | 1955 |
| The Adventures of Robin Hood | Ada | 1955 |
| ITV Television Playhouse | Little Beatie / Helen Curvis | 1955 |
| Cross-Up | Mary | 1955 |
| This Is Your Life | Self / Self - Guest / Self - Guest of honor | 1955 |
| Dixon of Dock Green | Alice Leggett | 1955 |
| The Love Match | Sal Brown | 1955 |
| One Good Turn | Cook | 1955 |
| Shop Spoiled | Customer | 1954 |
| Cocktails in the Kitchen | Mrs. Doyle | 1954 |
| Don't Blame the Stork | Agnes O'Connor | 1954 |
| A Day to Remember | Mrs. Trott | 1953 |
| Edge of Divorce | Mrs. Humphries | 1953 |
| Personal Affair | Mrs. Usher | 1953 |
| The Good Old Days | Self - Performer | 1953 |
| Turn the Key Softly | Mrs. Rowan, landlady | 1953 |
| Both Sides of the Law | Mrs. Perkins / Mrs. Perkins (Woman at Police Station) | 1953 |
| The Long Memory | Mrs Pewsey / Mrs. Pewsey | 1953 |
| The Great Game | Miss Rawlings | 1953 |
| The Big Frame | Hotel Maid | 1952 |
| Time, Gentlemen, Please! | Alice Crouch | 1952 |
| The Hundred Hour Hunt | Mrs. Cornelius | 1952 |
| The Frightened Man | Vera | 1952 |
| The Magic Box | Doctor's Housekeeper | 1952 |
| The Galloping Major | Tea Stall Server | 1951 |
| The Magnet | Nanny's friend / Nannie's Friend | 1950 |
| Once a Sinner | Mrs. James | 1950 |
| Boys in Brown | Mrs. Knowles | 1949 |
| Madness of the Heart | Rosa | 1949 |
| Conspirator | Broaders | 1949 |
| Maytime in Mayfair | Janet | 1949 |
| A Boy, a Girl and a Bike | Mrs. Bates | 1949 |
| Lost Daughter | Mrs. Skinner | 1949 |
| Maniacs on Wheels | Ma Fox | 1949 |
| Fools Rush In | Mrs. Coot | 1949 |
| The Blind Goddess | Derek's Charwoman | 1948 |
| The Weaker Sex | Mrs. Gaye | 1948 |
| My Brother Jonathan | Ada | 1948 |
| Corridor of Mirrors | 1948 | |
| Katy's Love Affair | Maud | 1947 |
| Two Thousand Women | Mrs. Burtshaw | 1944 |
| Went the Day Well? | Ivy | 1942 |
| Somewhere in France | Barmaid | 1942 |
| The Next of Kin | ATS drover with puncture / The A.T.S. Girl | 1942 |
| Go to Blazes | Elsie | 1942 |
| Black Sheep of Whitehall | Joyce | 1942 |
| The Big Blockade | German barmaid | 1942 |
