Thora Hird Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

I'm not any good at foul language or anything like that.

I've always thought there's a lot of pleasure believing in Jesus and what He did.

That one's not going to get away.

Until I got married, when I used to go out, my mother said good bye to me as though I was emigrating.

Trivia

She was well known for her character, Edie Pegdon all the cast loved her.

Spouse James Scott (3 may 1937 - 1994) (his death) 1 child In a career than spanned eight decadesThora Hird was widely regarded Mother of Janette Scott and thus ex mother - in - law of mel Torme. Received OBE in 1983 and DBE (making her Dame Thora Hird) in 1993. For Several years she was presenter of the BBC1 religious programme "Your Songs Of Praise Choice" (later retitled "Praise Be!")from the mid 1970s. She made guest appearances during the 1990 in such BBC programmes as "Thats Showbusiness" and "One Foot In The Past". She was the Subject of BBC1's "This Is Your Life" at Christmas 1996. Knighted (in her eighties) as a Dane Commander of the british Empire (DBE) for her contributions to the arts.