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Thora Hird
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Dame Thora Hird DBE (28 May 1911 – 15 March 2003) was an English actress and comedian, 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. A three-time winner of the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress, she won for Talking Heads: A Cream Cracker Under the Settee (1988), Talking Heads: Waiting for the Telegram (1998) and Lost for Words (1999). Her film credits included The Love Match (1955), The Entertainer (1960), A Kind of Loving (1962) and The Nightcomers (1971).
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Thora Hird Tribute
Lost for Words- JUJulie and the Cadillacs
Memento Mori
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
The Tailor of Gloucester
Consuming Passions
Intensive Care
The Villa Maroc
The Nightcomers
Some Will, Some Won't
Romeo and Juliet- WHWho's a Good Boy Then? I Am!
Rattle of a Simple Man
Bitter Harvest
Term of Trial
A Kind of Loving
The Entertainer
Further Up the Creek
Dangerous Youth
Sailor Beware
Home and Away
Blonde Bait
Women Without Men
Tears for Simon
Simon and Laura
The Quatermass Xperiment
Tiger by the Tail
The Love Match
One Good Turn
For Better, for Worse- DODon't Blame the Stork
A Day to Remember
Background
Personal Affair
Turn the Key Softly
The Long Memory
The Great Game
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
Emergency Call
The Frightened Man
The Magnet
Once a Sinner
The Cure for Love
Madness of the Heart
Boys in Brown
Conspirator
Fools Rush In
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
Once a Jolly Swagman
Maytime in Mayfair
Portrait from Life
The Weaker Sex
The Blind Goddess
The Lodger
Went the Day Well?
The Black Sheep of Whitehall