2003

Dame Thora Hird DBE

Categories: Cinema, Humour, TV & Radio

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Actor. Born Lancashire. Played many comic roles. Late in her life Alan Bennett wrote a number of roles for her.

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Dame Thora Hird DBE

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BBC Television Centre - Thora Hird

Dame Thora Hird DBE, 1911 - 2003. BBC and the Heritage Foundation

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Comic Heritage

Merged with the Heritage Foundation.

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Central School of Speech and Drama

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Person, Cinema, Humour, Theatre, TV & Radio

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Sir Alec Guinness

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Sir Donald Sinden

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