Thora Hird
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.
The Lodger
as First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)In Victorian era London, the inhabitants of a family home with rented rooms upstairs fear the...
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The Nightcomers
as Mrs. GrosePrequel to the Henry James classic "Turn of the Screw" about the events leading up to the deaths...
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The Quatermass Xperiment
as Rosie WrigleyThe first manned spacecraft, fired from an English launchpad, is first lost from radar, then...
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Memento Mori
as Jean TaylorSeveral elderly friends and acquaintances in 1950s London are disturbed to receive mysterious...
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The Entertainer
as Mrs. Ada LapfordArchie Rice, an old-time British vaudeville performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay...
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Emergency Call
as Mrs. CorneliusA 5-year-old child is diagnosed with leukaemia and has only days to live. Her only hope is a...
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Corridor of Mirrors
as Visitor in TussaudsA man falls in love with a beautiful young woman and begins to suspect that he may have also...
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Went the Day Well?
as IvyThe quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their...
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The Magic Box
as Doctor's HousekeeperNow old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As...
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The Galloping Major
as Tea Stall Woman (uncredited)A syndicate is set up to buy a racehorse, but they end up buying the wrong one by mistake....
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Consuming Passions
as Mrs. GordonAdapted from a play written by two Monty Python vets, this toothy satire launches with a tragic...
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The Next of Kin
as ATS drover with punctureLots of slogans such as "Be like Dad, Keep Mum" and "Keep it under your Hat" are visible on the...
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Rattle of a Simple Man
as Mrs. WinthramPercy Winthram is a naive young man who still lives at home with his mum. In London for the Cup...
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The Magnet
as Nanny's friendA classic Ealing comedy in which a young boy steals a magnet and becomes a hero.
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A Kind of Loving
as Mrs. RothwellAs Vic Brown vacillates between infatuation and disinterest for his co-worker Ingrid Rothwell,...
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Madness of the Heart
as RosaA blind Englishwoman weds a French nobleman and moves into his family's chateau, but she quickly...
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Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
as Mrs. HopkinsA repressed night-school teacher, secretly homosexual, struggles to cope with his demanding,...
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Further Up the Creek
as Mrs. GallowayThe sequel to 'Up The Creek' sees David Tomlinson return as bumbling navy boffin Lieutenant...
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Pat and Margaret
as Jim's MotherUnexpected events occur when Pat, a glamorous British-born star of American soaps, returns home...
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Once a Jolly Swagman
as Ma FoxA factory worke quits his job to become a motorcycle racer.
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Portrait from Life
as Mrs. SkinnerA British army officer becomes fascinated by the portrait of a young woman. He travels to...
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The Long Memory
as Mrs PewseyAn innocent man is released from prison after 12 years and tracks down the witnesses who lied...
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My Brother Jonathan
as AdaJonathan Dakers' early ambition was to become a great surgeon and to marry Edie Martyn. But, on...
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Home and Away
as Margie GrovesWhen George discovers that he has won the pools, there is huge excitement in the household. But...
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The Big Frame
as Hotel MaidAn ex-GI wakes up with blood on his clothes in a strange hotel room. He can't remember the night...
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Simon and Laura
as JessieA couple of bickering, married performers agree to star in a "Mr. and Mrs." TV show.
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Now and Forever
as Maggie the Maid (uncredited)A rich young society girl falls in love with a car mechanic. Her family is appalled and stops...
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The Foreman Went to France
as BarmaidBased on the true story of Melbourne Johns, an aircraft factory foreman sent to France to...
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Maytime in Mayfair
as JanetPenniless man-about-town Michael Gore-Brown is delighted to hear he has been left a high-class...
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Personal Affair
as Mrs. UsherA British girl disappears for three days after a frank talk with the wife of a Latin teacher she...
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These Dangerous Years
as Mrs. Ada LarkinA Liverpool gang member wins a singing contest is then called up for National Service where he...
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The Love Match
as Sal BrownAfter being arrested for assaulting a football referee, desperate train driver Bill (Arthur...
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Talking Heads
as uncreditedSix monologues tell the stories of six different repressed souls: a man dominated by his mother,...
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The Courtneys of Curzon Street
as MaudOn New Years Eve, 1899, baronet's son Edward Courtney becomes engaged to Kate, his mother's...
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The Blind Goddess
as Derek's CharwomanJustice, the poets have it, is a blind goddess. Eric Portman stars as the lawyer defending a...
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Conspirator
as BroadersA newlywed suspects her husband of being a Communist spy.
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The Tailor of Gloucester
as Mrs. SpeckAn ill tailor is trying to finish a coat for a wealthy man. He is hindered by his cat and helped...
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For Better, for Worse
as Mrs. DoyleIn postwar London a young graduate and his girlfriend decide to marry. Her well-to-do parents...
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Afternoon Off
as Mrs BeeversLee, a Chinese man, works as a waiter in a hotel in England, despite speaking very little...
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Term of Trial
as Mrs. TaylorA schoolteacher plagued by alcoholism and his refusal to serve in World War II, Graham Weir...
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Bitter Harvest
as Mrs. JessupA pretty young woman will do anything to escape her deadly dull existence in the backlots of...
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The Frightened Man
as VeraKicked out of Oxford, a junk dealer's son joins a gang of thieves fenced by his father.
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Once a Sinner
as Mrs. JamesImpoverished British bank clerk John Ross is hopelessly in love with drop-dead gorgeous Irene...
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Wide-Eyed and Legless
as Deric's MotherDiana and Deric have an ideal marriage: they thrive in each other's company, they're funny, and...
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Time, Gentlemen, Please!
as Alice CrouchBecause of its high productivity and "almost" 100 per cent employment, the town of Hayhoe,...
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A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
as Mrs. BatesThe lives of the members of a West Yorkshire cycling club are complicated by romantic...
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Tiger by the Tail
as MaryOn the first night of his London assignment, newsagency reporter John Desmonmd becomes heavily...
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The Cure for Love
as Mrs. DorbellSergeant Jack Hardacre returns from the war to his contemptible fiancée Janey Jenkins intending...
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The Good Companions
as Mrs OakroydThe story revolves around the Dinky Doos, a provincial musical troupe living from hand to mouth.
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The Weaker Sex
as Mrs. GayeA British housewife does her own battles against the enemy during World War II.
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Lost
as Kelly's landladyU.S. Embassy employee Lee Cochrane and his wife, Sue, receive a shock when they discover that...
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Turn the Key Softly
as Mrs. Rowan, landladyA bitter burglar, a prostitute and an elderly shoplifter spend their first day out of jail.
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Women Without Men
as Gran' RaffertyIn love with a man who wants to marry her after he returns from a trip to sea, chorus girl...
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One Good Turn
as CookNorman is the oldest orphan at Greenwood Children's Home and now acts as their caretaker. All...
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Sailor Beware
as Mrs LackBattle-axe Emma Hornett dominates her hen-pecked husband Henry, his meek sister Edie and...
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Two Thousand Women
as Mrs. BurtshawDuring the Second World War, three downed English airmen hide out with women's internment camp...
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Boys in Brown
as Mrs. KnowlesJackie lives in poverty with his widowed mother. In a bid to escape poverty he gets involved in...
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Go to Blazes
as ElsieMinistry of Information-sponsored comedy short showing wartime audiences how to deal with the...
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The Black Sheep of Whitehall
as JoyceA professor teaching at a correspondence school discovers that a Nazi agent is trying to...
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Some Will, Some Won't
as Agnes RussellFour people go to great lengths to obtain the fortune left in a will by a very wealthy practical...
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Street Corner
as Mrs. PerkinsA pseudo-documentary focusing on the daily work and routine of women police officers built...
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The Great Game
as Miss RawlingsThe wealthy chairman of First Division Football Club, Burnville United, makes an unethical...
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Lost for Words
as Annie LongdenDeric Longden and his wife, Aileen, come to terms with the fact that his mother, Annie, is...
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Fools Rush In
as Mrs. CootHowes plays Pamela Dickson, an impulsive young bride-to-be, while Guy Rolfe portrays her...
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The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
as Old BetsyAdapted from the Beatrix Potter story tells the story of the pignap of Little Pig Robinson by...
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The Mayor's Charity
as Olive MajorOlive Major is determined that her year of office as Mayor will be a happy and successful one....
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A Day to Remember
as Mrs. TrottA group of men from a London pub are going on a darts team outing to Boulogne. Various members...
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Blonde Bait
as 'Granny' RamseySeeking the whereabouts of international gangster Nick Randall, the US State Department contacts...
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Romeo and Juliet
as NurseBBC Play of the Month adaptation of Shakespeare's tragic love story.
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The Villa Maroc
as DorisA stolid British family from Bishops Stortford are adventurous and book a holiday in a villa in...
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Background
as Mrs. HumphriesTwo years of deterioration sees John and Barbara Lomax's marriage reduced to bitter sniping and...
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Say Something Happened
as Elizabeth Mary RhodesAn inexperienced social worker is sent to interview an elderly couple deemed to be “at risk”,...
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The Fox Trot
as GwenThe first in a series of new plays. Arthur and Gwen, a cosy middle-aged couple, remember with...
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Last of the Summer Wine
as EdieUnencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never...
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Last of the Summer Wine
as Herself (archive footage)Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never...
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Play for Today
as Olive MajorPlay for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...
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Play for Today
as Aunt KIttyPlay for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...
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Play for Today
as DorisPlay for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...
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The Adventures of Robin Hood
as AdaThe legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the...
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Z-Cars
as uncreditedZ-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed...
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Heartbeat
as Hannah StockdaleSet during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly...
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All Creatures Great and Small
as Mrs. ClarkeAll Creatures Great and Small is a British television series, based on the books of the British...
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Blankety Blank
as uncreditedBlankety Blank is a British comedy game show based on the 1977–1979 Australian game show...
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BBC Play of the Month
as Clare SoppittPlay of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and...
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BBC Play of the Month
as NursePlay of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and...
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Parkinson
as SelfMichael Parkinson returns for a second run of his iconic talk show.
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Dixon of Dock Green
as Alice LeggettCreated by Ted Willis. Dixon of Dock Green was a BBC television series following the activities...
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Dinnerladies
as EnidDinnerladies is a BBC sitcom written by and starring Victoria Wood that chronicles the antics of...
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In Loving Memory
as Ivy UnsworthIn Loving Memory is a British period sitcom set in an undertakers business that starred Thora...
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Talking Heads
as VioletA series of dramatic monologues written for BBC television by the acclaimed British playwright...
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Talking Heads
as DorisA series of dramatic monologues written for BBC television by the acclaimed British playwright...
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The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
as uncreditedComedic British History
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Objects of Affection
as Elizabeth Mary RhodesA series of plays written by Alan Bennett.
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Tell Me Another
as HerselfPersonal anecdotes as told to Dick Hills.
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