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Acting

Thora Hird

Career: Active from 1942 to 1999, busiest in 1949 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 26
top three billing

Average score: 64/100

Highest rated: Lost for Words
80/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 37 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Thora Hird Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Adrenaline
2.9, average 4.8
Violence
2.4, average 4.1
Wonder
2.3, average 3.4
Pop Culture
1.1, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Historical Drama 2
Social Realism 2
Political Intrigue 2
Classic Television 2
Slow-Burn Tension 2
Lighthearted Humor 2
Classic British Sitcom 2
Character-Driven Humor 2
Social Commentary 2
British Sitcom 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

114

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

1 title

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything

TV show

1990s

11 titles · average score 75

Lost for Words

80

as Annie Longden

Julie and the Cadillacs

as Julie's grandmother

dinnerladies

76

TV show · as Enid

The Queen's Nose

71

TV show · as Postmistress

Pat and Margaret

78

as Jim's Mother

Wide-Eyed and Legless

70

as Deric's Mother

TV show · as Mrs Harrington

Heartbeat

80

TV show · as Hannah Stockdale

Memento Mori

70

as Jean Taylor

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson

as Old Betsy

Perfect Scoundrels

TV show · as Martha

1980s

14 titles · average score 66

The Tailor of Gloucester

as Mrs. Speck

Screen One

TV show · as Deric's Mother / Jim's Mother

Consuming Passions

54

as Mrs. Gordon

Talking Heads

76

TV show · as Doris / Violet

Last of the Summer Wine: Big Day at Dream Acres

as Edie Pegden

Last of the Summer Wine: Uncle of the Bride

as Edie Pegden

Screen Two

68

TV show · as Jean Taylor

Emma and Grandpa

as Narrator (voice)

Intensive Care

as Aunty Kitty

Objects of Affection

TV show · as Elizabeth Mary Rhodes

Hallelujah!

TV show · as Captain Emily Ridley

Flesh and Blood

TV show · as Mabel Brassington

1970s

14 titles · average score 60

Blankety Blank

57

TV show

Thomas & Sarah

TV show · as Mrs Entwistle

Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

as Mrs. Hopkins

All Creatures Great and Small

54

TV show · as Mrs. Clarke

The South Bank Show

63

TV show

The Mayor's Charity

as Olive Major

Last of the Summer Wine

67

TV show · as Edie

The Nightcomers

54

as Mrs. Grose

The Villa Maroc

as Doris

The Fox Trot

as Gwen

Some Will, Some Won't

55

as Agnes Russell

Play for Today

72

TV show · as Doris / Aunt KItty

1960s

16 titles · average score 65

In Loving Memory

69

TV show · as Ivy Unsworth

The First Lady

TV show · as Sarah Danby

BBC Play of the Month

61

TV show · as Clare Soppitt / Nurse

Rattle of a Simple Man

62

as Mrs. Winthram

The Wednesday Play

TV show · as Blanche Hoskins

Bitter Harvest

62

as Mrs. Jessup (uncredited)

TV show

TV show · as Mrs. Baines

A Kind of Loving

72

as Mrs. Rothwell

Z-Cars

72

TV show

Drama 61-67

TV show · as Mrs. Hope

The Entertainer

57

as Mrs. Ada Lapford

1950s

36 titles · average score 63

as Vera Watson

Women Without Men

as Gran' Rafferty

Blonde Bait

56

as 'Granny' Ramsey

Home and Away

67

as Margie Groves

Lost

66

as Kelly's landlady

The Love Match

as Sal Brown

One Good Turn

63

as Cook

Tiger by the Tail

as Mary

The Adventures of Robin Hood

46

TV show · as Ada

Turn the Key Softly

66

as Mrs. Rowan, landlady

Time, Gentlemen, Please!

72

as Alice Crouch

The Magnet

59

as Nanny's friend

1940s

22 titles · average score 64

Conspirator

53

as Broaders

Once a Jolly Swagman

61

as Ma Fox

Maytime in Mayfair

61

as Janet

Madness of the Heart

60

as Rosa

The Cure for Love

as Mrs. Dorbell

Fools Rush In

as Mrs. Coot

The Weaker Sex

66

as Mrs. Gaye

Corridor of Mirrors

70

as Visitor in Tussauds

The Lodger

67

as First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)

Go to Blazes

as Elsie

The Black Sheep of Whitehall

74

as Joyce

Went the Day Well?

85

as Ivy