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15 de mar. de 2003 · Dame Thora Hird was an English actress and comedian, presenter and writer. In a career spanning over 70 years, she appeared in more than 100 films, as well as many television roles, becoming a household name and a British institution.
21 de oct. de 2009 · Thora Hird kept a very special appointment in 1983 - to collect her OBE. In the early 1990s, she became a Dame of the British Empire. We were pleased for her, my family, friends and I, but she was always just "Thora" to us. Not that we'd ever met her, but we felt as if we had. Thora had such a natural way about her on-screen, she seemed like ...
16 de mar. de 2003 · Thora Hird was born in Morecambe, Lancashire, in 1911, and made her first appearance on stage as a baby in the arms of her mother at the Royalty Theatre in Morecambe, where her father, James Hird ...
In 1941 Thora Hird made her big screen debut in the Will Hay film The Black Sheep of Whitehall. She was only needed for two days filming and only appeared for three minutes at the beginning of the film. She played secretary to Hay, who in the film is an incompetent teacher who is mistaken for an economics expert and then kidnapped by wartime spies.
Hird was born on May 28, 1911, in Morecambe, Lancashire, England, into a family that was active in the entertainment industry. Her father, James Henry Hird, handled the operations of a lot of theaters in Morecambe, including the 'Royalty Theatre' and the 'Central Pier.'. Her mother, Jane Mary Mayor, was an actor. They were married in 1904.
Although initially overawed by working with Thora Hird as his screen wife from 1986, Wharmby eventually started giving her "notes", to the veteran actress's great amusement.
