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Thora Hird
Born: 1911-05-28 in Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK
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.
Rated Filmography (73)
Sorted by Score10.0
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
1978
10.0
Over the Odds
1961
9.0
Go to Blazes
1942
9.0
Intensive Care
1982
9.0
The Fox Trot
1971
9.0
The Mayor's Charity
1977
8.5
Talking Heads 2
1998
8.3
Consuming Passions
1988
8.2
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
1942
8.0
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
1952
7.7
Pat and Margaret
1994
7.7
The Love Match
1955
7.5
Women Without Men
1956
7.5
Sailor Beware
1956
7.4
A Day to Remember
1953
7.3
These Dangerous Years
1957
7.3
The Great Game
1953
7.1
Went the Day Well?
1942
7.1
Once a Sinner
1950
7.1
A Kind of Loving
1962
7.0
Now and Forever
1956
7.0
Background
1953
7.0
Emma and Grandpa
1983
7.0
The Good Companions
1957
7.0
Home and Away
1956
7.0
The Cure for Love
1949
6.9
Two Thousand Women
1944
6.8
Lost
1956
6.8
My Brother Jonathan
1948
6.7
Emergency Call
1952
6.7
The Long Memory
1953
6.7
The Weaker Sex
1948
6.7
The Big Blockade
1942
6.7
Fools Rush In
1949
6.6
The Foreman Went to France
1942
6.6
Further Up the Creek
1958
6.5
The Quatermass Xperiment
1955
6.5
The Magic Box
1952
6.5
Lost for Words
1999
6.5
Wide-Eyed and Legless
1993
6.5
Maytime in Mayfair
1949
6.5
The Frightened Man
1952
6.5
The Lodger
1944
6.4
The Magnet
1950
6.3
Portrait from Life
1948
6.3
Tiger by the Tail
1955
6.3
Memento Mori
1992
6.3
Turn the Key Softly
1953
6.3
Personal Affair
1953
6.3
Boys in Brown
1949
6.2
The Entertainer
1960
6.2
One Good Turn
1955
6.2
Bitter Harvest
1963
6.1
Term of Trial
1962
6.1
The Galloping Major
1951
6.0
Corridor of Mirrors
1948
6.0
Madness of the Heart
1949
5.9
Simon and Laura
1955
5.8
Conspirator
1949
5.8
Once a Jolly Swagman
1949
5.8
Blonde Bait
1956
5.8
The Crowded Day
1954
5.8
The Blind Goddess
1948
5.8
For Better, for Worse
1954
5.7
The Nightcomers
1972
5.5
Street Corner
1953
5.5
Rattle of a Simple Man
1964
5.3
The Courtneys of Curzon Street
1947
5.2
Some Will, Some Won't
1970
5.0
Talking Heads
1988
5.0
The Next of Kin
1942
4.9
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
1949
4.5
The Big Frame
1952