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Dame Thora Hird is a Actor British born on 28 may 1911
Dame Thora Hird DBE (28 May 1911 – 15 March 2003) was an English actress.
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Dame Thora Hird
Biography
Hird married James Scott in 1937. They had a daughter, actress Janette Scott, in 1938. Hird was widowed in 1994.Usually with
Filmography of Dame Thora Hird (64 films)
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Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Historical
Actors Matthew Ashforde, Clive Anderson, Ronnie Barker, Helena Bonham Carter, Robert Bathurst, Adam Blackwood
Rating68%
Wide-Eyed and Legless (1993)
Directed by Richard Loncraine
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Dame Thora Hird, Sian Thomas, Perry Fenwick
Roles Deric's Mother
Rating73%
The Tailor of Gloucester (1989)
Themes Christmas films
Actors Ian Holm, Dame Thora Hird, Jude Law, Barrie Ingham
Roles The Mayor's Housekeeper
Rating72%
This adaption tells the story of a poor tailor, his cat, and the mice that live in his shop. He has many scraps of cloth and ribbons left over that are too small for any practical use. The mice take these and make fine clothes for themselves.
Consuming Passions (1988)
, 1h38Directed by Giles Foster
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Tyler Butterworth, Jonathan Pryce, Freddie Jones, Vanessa Redgrave, Prunella Scales, Sammi Davis
Roles Mrs. Gordon
Rating55%
Afternoon Off (1979)
Directed by Stephen Frears
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Benjamin Whitrow, Philip Jackson, Pete Postlethwaite, Stan Richards, Peter Butterworth, Alan Bennett
Roles Mrs Beevers
Rating72%
Lee, a Chinese waiter in a large hotel in Hartlepool, England, has various adventures in trying to locate the elusive Iris, whom he has been led to believe will have sex with him. His inability to speak fluent English and the varying degrees of assistance or confusion several individuals offer lead him on a wild goose chase. He finally encounters Iris in bed with one of his waiting staff colleagues at the very hotel at which he started off.
The Nightcomers (1972)
, 1h36Directed by Michael Winner
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Marlon Brando, Stephanie Beacham, Dame Thora Hird, Harry Andrews, Anna Palk
Roles Mrs. Grose
Rating57%
Recently orphaned, Flora and Miles are abandoned by their new guardian (Harry Andrews) and entrusted to the care of housekeeper Mrs. Grose (Thora Hird), governess Miss Jessel (Stephanie Beacham), and Peter Quint (Brando), the former valet and now gardener. With only these three adults for company, the children live an isolated life in the sprawling country manor estate. The children are particularly fascinated by Peter Quint due to his eclectic knowledge and engaging stories, and willingness to entertain them. With this captive audience, Quint doses out his strange philosophies on love and death. The governess, Miss Jessel, also falls under Peter's spell, and despite her repulsion the two embark on a sadomasochistic love affair. Flora and Miles become fascinated with this relationship, and help Quint and Jessel to escape the interference of disapproving Mrs.
Some Will, Some Won't (1970)
Genres Comedy
Actors Ronnie Corbett, Dame Thora Hird, Michael Hordern, Barbara Murray, Leslie Phillips, Dennis Price
Roles Agnes Russell
Rating58%
Rattle of a Simple Man (1964)
, 1h45Directed by Muriel Box
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Association football films
Actors Diane Cilento, Harry H. Corbett, Michael Medwin, Dame Thora Hird, Brian Wilde, Marianne Stone
Roles Mrs. Winthram
Rating66%
Un jeune supporter naïf se rend à Londres pour assister à la finale de la Coupe d'Angleterre de football. Il tombe amoureux d'une prostituée.
Bitter Harvest (1963)
, 1h36Directed by Peter Graham Scott
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Janet Munro, John Stride, Alan Badel, Dame Thora Hird, Vanda Godsell, Richard Thorpe
Roles Mrs. Jessup
Rating60%
Jennie Jones hails from the countryside when she decides to the travel to the big city. There, she is continually befriended by the wrong crowd and finds herself down on her luck and ultimately contemplating her own demise.
Term of Trial (1962)
, 2h10Directed by Peter Glenville
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films about education
Actors Laurence Olivier, Simone Signoret, Sarah Miles, Terence Stamp, Hugh Griffith, Roland Culver
Roles Mrs. Taylor
Rating70%
Graham Weir is an alcoholic schoolteacher whose criminal record for refusing to fight during the Second World War has prevented him from progressing further in his teaching career. Now, years later, he is in a school where teens who don't like to be there and is married to a very embittered wife. While in school, he meets Shirley Taylor, a new girl in the school who starts to have a crush on him. Graham does not realize it, but Shirley's infatuation will lead to serious trouble, including the threat of a false sexual molestation charge.
A Kind of Loving (1962)
, 1h47Directed by John Schlesinger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Alan Bates, June Ritchie, Dame Thora Hird, James Bolam, Jack Smethurst, Patsy Rowlands
Roles Mrs. Rothwell
Rating72%
Victor 'Vic' Brown (Bates) is a draughtsman in a Manchester factory who sleeps with a typist called Ingrid Rothwell (Ritchie) who also works there. She falls for him but he is less enamoured of her. When he learns he has made her pregnant Vic proposes marriage and the couple move in with Ingrid's domineering mother, Mrs Rothwell (Thora Hird), who disapproves of the match. Ingrid has a miscarriage, Vic has regrets and comes home drunk. The couple then consider the possibility of making do with 'a kind of loving'.
Over the Odds (1962)
, 1h5Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Marjorie Rhodes, Cyril Smith, Esma Cannon, Dame Thora Hird, Wilfrid Lawson, Frances Cuka
Roles Mrs Carter
The Entertainer (1960)
, 1h36Directed by Tony Richardson, Peter Yates
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Laurence Olivier, Brenda De Banzie, Roger Livesey, Joan Plowright, Alan Bates, Daniel Massey
Roles Mrs. Ada Lapford
Rating70%
Jean Rice, a young London art teacher, travels to a seaside resort (not specified but partly filmed in Morecambe) to visit her family. She is emotionally confused, having had a row with her fiancé, who wants her to emigrate with him to Africa. She is also deeply concerned about the Suez Crisis, having seen her soldier brother off to the war. She has attended a peace rally in Trafalgar Square, directed against prime minister Anthony Eden.
A Clean Sweep (1958)
, 35minutesDirected by Maclean Rogers
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Dame Thora Hird, Eric Barker, Ian Whittaker, Vera Day, Wallas Eaton, Bill Fraser
Roles Vera Watson
Rating55%
A woman tries to keep her family of gamblers away from temptation.
Further Up the Creek (1958)
, 1h31Directed by Val Guest
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film
Actors David Tomlinson, Frankie Howerd, Shirley Eaton, Dame Thora Hird, Lionel Jeffries, Samuel John Kydd
Roles Mrs. Galloway
Rating56%
Navy frigate the "Aristotle" is sold to a Middle Eastern power, and against regulations the ship's bos'n tries to make a profit by selling tickets to passengers seeking a luxury cruise. When the Captain discovers what is going on, he attempts to straighten things out.