Thora Hird
Acting
Biography
Dame Thora Hird, DBE 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.
Born: May 28, 1911
Place of Birth: Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK
Known For
Go to Blazes
Ministry of Information-sponsored comedy short showing wartime audiences how to deal with the threat of incendiary bombs.
The BAFTA Awards
BAFTA presents awards for film, television and games, including children's entertainment, at a number of annual ceremonies across the UK and in Los Angeles, USA.
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
Because of its high productivity and "almost" 100 per cent employment, the town of Hayhoe, England is expecting a visit from the Prime Minister. The "almost" is because of Dan Dance (Eddie Byrne), an old rogue who would rather drink and philosophize than work. The Village Council are determined to have a perfect record so they connive to have the old man put into the alms-house which has been unoccupied for many years, where he must abide by rules laid down 400 years ago. A new Vicar arrives and discovers that, because of the circumstances created by the Council, Dan Dance is entitled to 6,000 pounds a year at the expense of the village.
Consuming Passions
Adapted from a play written by two Monty Python vets, this toothy satire launches with a tragic accident at Chumley's chocolate factory when hapless manager Ian Littleton (Tyler Butterworth) accidentally knocks several employees into a huge chocolate vat. The tragic mishap at the chocolate factory results in candy lovers getting an unexpected 'extra' in their sweets.
Tell Me Another
Personal anecdotes as told to Dick Hills.
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
A professor teaching at a correspondence school discovers that a Nazi agent is trying to prevent a trade treaty being signed between England and South America.
All Creatures Great and Small
The trials and misadventures of the staff at a country veterinary office in Yorkshire. James Herriot, a young animal surgeon, moves to a small Yorkshire town to begin his first job.
Pat and Margaret
Unexpected events occur when Pat, a glamorous British-born star of American soaps, returns home to plug her auto-biography on television and meets, for the first time since they were teenagers, Margaret her plain and frumpy younger sister. The meeting is painful for both women highlighting the vast differences in their lives and resurrecting painful memories of their unhappy childhood with an uncaring, errant mother. The tabloid press smell a juicy story and a race ensues to trace the whereabouts of the long lost parent.
dinnerladies
Dinnerladies is a BBC sitcom written by and starring Victoria Wood that chronicles the antics of a group of workers in a canteen in the north of England. Bren tries to maintain a semblance of order in amongst the chaos, while dealing with the canteen supervisor, slightly sex-obsessed cancer sufferer Tony. Dolly and Jean are the bickering menopausal older women, always at odds but best friends beneath it all. Then there's thick-as-two-short-planks Anita, and the terminally uninterested Twinkle, more concerned with having a good time than anything else. Making up the motley crew are military man handyman Stan, all rules and regulations, and ditzy Philippa, who never seems to get anything right.
Went the Day Well?
The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England's radar network in preparation for a full scale German invasion. Once the villagers discover the true identity of the troops, they do whatever they can to thwart the Nazis plans.
Filmography
as Annie Longden
as Enid
as Self
as Postmistress
as Jim's Mother
as Deric's Mother
as Jean Taylor
as Hannah Stockdale
as Old Betsy
as Mrs. Speck
as Doris
as Violet
as Mrs. Gordon
as Jean Taylor
as Narrator (voice)
as Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
as Elizabeth Mary Rhodes
as Aunty Kitty
as Captain Emily Ridley
as Mrs Beevers
as Mrs. Hopkins
as Mrs. Clarke
as Olive Major
as Herself
as Edie
as Doris
as Mrs. Grose
as Gwen
as Olive Major
as Doris
as Aunt KItty
as Agnes Russell
as Ivy Unsworth
as Nurse
as Clare Soppitt
as Nurse
as Mrs. Winthram
as Blanche Hoskins
as Mrs. Jessup
as Mrs. Taylor
as Mrs. Rothwell
as Mrs Carter
as Mrs. Ada Lapford
as Mrs. Galloway
as Mrs. Ada Larkin
as Mrs Oakroyd
as Maggie the Maid (uncredited)
as Mrs Lack
as Margie Groves
as Gran' Rafferty
as 'Granny' Ramsey
as Kelly's landlady
as Jessie
as Rosie Wrigley
as Mary
as Alice Leggett
as Sal Brown
as Cook
as Customer
as Mrs. Doyle
as Mrs. Trott
as Mrs. Humphries
as Mrs. Usher
as Mrs. Rowan, landlady
as Mrs. Perkins
as Mrs Pewsey
as Miss Rawlings
as Hotel Maid
as Alice Crouch
as Mrs. Cornelius
as Vera
as Doctor's Housekeeper
as Tea Stall Woman (uncredited)
as Nanny's friend
as Mrs. James
as Mrs. Dorbell
as Rosa
as Mrs. Knowles
as Broaders
as Self - Winner
as Janet
as Mrs. Coot
as Mrs. Bates
as Ma Fox
as Mrs. Skinner
as Mrs. Gaye
as Derek's Charwoman
as Visitor in Tussauds
as Ada
as Mrs. Burtshaw
as First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)
as Ivy
as Barmaid
as ATS drover with puncture
as Joyce
as Elsie