Thora Hird: movies and TV shows
Thora Hird has 123 credits in the archive: 85 films and 38 TV series, from 1942 to 2003. Highest rated: The BAFTA Awards (10.0/10).
Career timeline
1942 – 2003 · busiest year: 1949 (9 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Thora Hird Tribute | Self, Various Characters (archive footage) | Film | — | 92 |
| 2000 | The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything | TV | — | 89 | |
| 1999 | Lost for Words | Annie Longden | Film | 6.5 | 88 |
| 1999 | Julie and the Cadillacs | Julie's grandmother | Film | 8.0 | 88 |
| 1998 | Parkinson | Self | TV | — | 87 |
| 1998 | dinnerladies | Enid | TV | 7.5 | 87 |
| 1998 | Talking Heads 2 | Film | 8.5 | 87 | |
| 1995 | The Queen's Nose | Postmistress | TV | 7.2 | 84 |
| 1994 | Pat and Margaret | Jim's Mother | Film | 7.7 | 83 |
| 1993 | Goggle Eyes | Mrs Harrington | TV | 8.0 | 82 |
| 1993 | Wide-Eyed and Legless | Deric's Mother | Film | 6.5 | 82 |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Hannah Stockdale | TV | 7.2 | 81 |
| 1992 | Memento Mori | Jean Taylor | Film | 6.3 | 81 |
| 1990 | Perfect Scoundrels | Martha | TV | 6.0 | 79 |
| 1990 | The Tale of Little Pig Robinson | Old Betsy | Film | — | 79 |
| 1989 | Screen One | Deric's Mother | TV | 7.2 | 78 |
| 1989 | Screen One | Jim's Mother | TV | 7.2 | 78 |
| 1989 | The Tailor of Gloucester | Mrs. Speck | Film | — | 78 |
| 1988 | Talking Heads | Violet | TV | 6.7 | 77 |
| 1988 | Talking Heads | Doris | TV | 6.7 | 77 |
| 1988 | Consuming Passions | Mrs. Gordon | Film | 8.3 | 77 |
| 1988 | Talking Heads | Film | 5.0 | 77 | |
| 1986 | Last of the Summer Wine: Uncle of the Bride | Edie | Film | — | 75 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Jean Taylor | TV | 7.1 | 74 |
| 1983 | ITV Christmas Comedy | TV | — | 72 | |
| 1983 | Emma and Grandpa | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 72 |
| 1982 | Objects of Affection | Elizabeth Mary Rhodes | TV | 8.0 | 71 |
| 1982 | Intensive Care | Aunty Kitty | Film | 9.0 | 71 |
| 1982 | Say Something Happened | Elizabeth Mary Rhodes | Film | — | 71 |
| 1981 | Hallelujah! | Captain Emily Ridley | TV | 6.2 | 70 |
| 1979 | Blankety Blank | TV | 5.3 | 68 | |
| 1979 | Afternoon Off | Mrs Beevers | Film | — | 68 |
| 1978 | All Creatures Great and Small | Mrs. Clarke | TV | 7.8 | 67 |
| 1978 | Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf | Mrs. Hopkins | Film | 10.0 | 67 |
| 1977 | The Mayor's Charity | Olive Major | Film | 9.0 | 66 |
| 1976 | Tell Me Another | Herself | TV | 8.0 | 65 |
| 1973 | Last of the Summer Wine | Edie | TV | 7.1 | 62 |
| 1972 | The Nightcomers | Mrs. Grose | Film | 5.7 | 61 |
| 1972 | The Villa Maroc | Doris | Film | — | 61 |
| 1971 | Stage 2 | Mrs. Hardcastle | TV | — | 60 |
| 1971 | The Fox Trot | Gwen | Film | 9.0 | 60 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Olive Major | TV | 6.6 | 59 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Aunt KItty | TV | 6.6 | 59 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Doris | TV | 6.6 | 59 |
| 1970 | Some Will, Some Won't | Agnes Russell | Film | 5.2 | 59 |
| 1969 | In Loving Memory | Ivy Unsworth | TV | 6.8 | 58 |
| 1968 | The First Lady | Sarah Danby | TV | 10.0 | 57 |
| 1967 | Romeo and Juliet | Nurse | Film | — | 56 |
| 1966 | Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am! | Blanche Hoskins | Film | — | 55 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Clare Soppitt | TV | 5.3 | 54 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Nurse | TV | 5.3 | 54 |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | Blanche Hoskins | TV | 5.2 | 53 |
| 1964 | Rattle of a Simple Man | Mrs. Winthram | Film | 5.5 | 53 |
| 1963 | Festival | Mrs. Baines | TV | 8.0 | 52 |
| 1963 | Meet the Wife | TV | 6.5 | 52 | |
| 1963 | Bitter Harvest | Mrs. Jessup | Film | 6.2 | 52 |
| 1962 | Z-Cars | TV | 7.3 | 51 | |
| 1962 | A Kind of Loving | Mrs. Rothwell | Film | 7.1 | 51 |
| 1962 | Term of Trial | Mrs. Taylor | Film | 6.1 | 51 |
| 1961 | Drama 61-67 | Mrs. Hope | TV | — | 50 |
| 1961 | Over the Odds | Mrs Carter | Film | 10.0 | 50 |
| 1960 | The Entertainer | Mrs. Ada Lapford | Film | 6.2 | 49 |
| 1958 | Further Up the Creek | Mrs. Galloway | Film | 6.6 | 47 |
| 1958 | A Clean Sweep | Vera Watson | Film | — | 47 |
| 1957 | These Dangerous Years | Mrs. Ada Larkin | Film | 7.3 | 46 |
| 1957 | The Good Companions | Mrs Oakroyd | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Momma Brodsky | TV | 6.0 | 45 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Miss Ogilvie | TV | 6.0 | 45 |
| 1956 | Home and Away | Margie Groves | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1956 | Women Without Men | Gran' Rafferty | Film | 7.5 | 45 |
| 1956 | Lost | Kelly's landlady | Film | 6.8 | 45 |
| 1956 | Sailor Beware | Mrs Lack | Film | 7.5 | 45 |
| 1956 | Now and Forever | Maggie the Maid (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1956 | Blonde Bait | 'Granny' Ramsey | Film | 5.8 | 45 |
| 1955 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Ada | TV | 6.4 | 44 |
| 1955 | Dixon of Dock Green | Alice Leggett | TV | 6.0 | 44 |
| 1955 | The Quatermass Xperiment | Rosie Wrigley | Film | 6.5 | 44 |
| 1955 | One Good Turn | Cook | Film | 6.2 | 44 |
| 1955 | Tiger by the Tail | Mary | Film | 6.3 | 44 |
| 1955 | Simon and Laura | Jessie | Film | 5.9 | 44 |
| 1955 | The Love Match | Sal Brown | Film | 7.7 | 44 |
| 1954 | The Crowded Day | Customer | Film | 5.8 | 43 |
| 1954 | For Better, for Worse | Mrs. Doyle | Film | 5.8 | 43 |
| 1954 | Don't Blame the Stork | Agnes O'Connor | Film | 9.0 | 43 |
| 1953 | The Long Memory | Mrs Pewsey | Film | 6.7 | 42 |
| 1953 | Personal Affair | Mrs. Usher | Film | 6.3 | 42 |
| 1953 | Turn the Key Softly | Mrs. Rowan, landlady | Film | 6.3 | 42 |
| 1953 | A Day to Remember | Mrs. Trott | Film | 7.4 | 42 |
| 1953 | Street Corner | Mrs. Perkins | Film | 5.5 | 42 |
| 1953 | The Great Game | Miss Rawlings | Film | 7.3 | 42 |
| 1953 | Background | Mrs. Humphries | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1952 | Time, Gentlemen, Please! | Alice Crouch | Film | 8.0 | 41 |
| 1952 | The Magic Box | Doctor's Housekeeper | Film | 6.5 | 41 |
| 1952 | Emergency Call | Mrs. Cornelius | Film | 6.7 | 41 |
| 1952 | The Frightened Man | Vera | Film | 6.5 | 41 |
| 1952 | The Big Frame | Hotel Maid | Film | 4.5 | 41 |
| 1951 | The Galloping Major | Tea Stall Woman (uncredited) | Film | 6.1 | 40 |
| 1950 | The Magnet | Nanny's friend | Film | 6.4 | 39 |
| 1950 | Once a Sinner | Mrs. James | Film | 7.1 | 39 |
| 1949 | The BAFTA Awards | Self - Winner | TV | 10.0 | 38 |
| 1949 | Conspirator | Broaders | Film | 5.8 | 38 |
| 1949 | Madness of the Heart | Rosa | Film | 6.0 | 38 |
| 1949 | A Boy, a Girl and a Bike | Mrs. Bates | Film | 4.9 | 38 |
| 1949 | Once a Jolly Swagman | Ma Fox | Film | 5.8 | 38 |
| 1949 | Maytime in Mayfair | Janet | Film | 6.5 | 38 |
| 1949 | Boys in Brown | Mrs. Knowles | Film | 6.3 | 38 |
| 1949 | The Cure for Love | Mrs. Dorbell | Film | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1949 | Fools Rush In | Mrs. Coot | Film | 6.7 | 38 |
| 1948 | The Weaker Sex | Mrs. Gaye | Film | 6.7 | 37 |
| 1948 | My Brother Jonathan | Ada | Film | 6.8 | 37 |
| 1948 | Corridor of Mirrors | Visitor in Tussauds | Film | 6.0 | 37 |
| 1948 | The Blind Goddess | Derek's Charwoman | Film | 5.8 | 37 |
| 1948 | Portrait from Life | Mrs. Skinner | Film | 6.3 | 37 |
| 1947 | The Courtneys of Curzon Street | Maud | Film | 5.3 | 36 |
| 1944 | The Lodger | First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 33 |
| 1944 | Two Thousand Women | Mrs. Burtshaw | Film | 6.9 | 33 |
| 1942 | Went the Day Well? | Ivy | Film | 7.2 | 31 |
| 1942 | The Foreman Went to France | Barmaid | Film | 6.6 | 31 |
| 1942 | The Next of Kin | ATS drover with puncture | Film | 5.0 | 31 |
| 1942 | The Black Sheep of Whitehall | Joyce | Film | 8.2 | 31 |
| 1942 | The Big Blockade | German barmaid (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 31 |
| 1942 | Go to Blazes | Elsie | Film | 9.0 | 31 |
| Esther | Self | TV | — | — |