Quote of the day
What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
Thora Hird
Born: May 28, 1911
Died: March 15, 2003 (aged 91)
Bio: Dame Thora Hird was a triple BAFTA Award-winning English actress and comedian of stage and screen, presenter and writer. Her career spanned almost 75 years, and she appeared in more than 100 films.
Known for:
- Last of the Summer Wine (1973 – 2010)
- In Loving Memory (1969 – 1986)
- Talking Heads (1988 – 1998)
- Meet the Wife (1963 – 1966)
- A Kind of Loving (1962)