Biographies: Thora Hird - Actor

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British actress, born on May 28, 1911, in Morecambe, Lancashire, England. Her family background was theatrical. In a career spanning over 70 years, she appeared in more than 100 film and television roles, and in over 500 plays. Her screen debut was in Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942). Among her notable works are The Love Match (1955), A Kind of Loving (1962), and Lost for Words (1999). She was 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). Hird married musician James Scott. She died on March 15, 2003, in Middlesex, England.

• 14 June 2022
• Salma El-Sharkawy