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None
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| Height: |
5'4"
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| Birthplace: |
Los Angeles,
California, USA
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| Date of Birth: |
March,
11 1982
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| Husband/Partner: |
Still Dating
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| Personal
Trivia: |
Did
you know that she still wants to be a film
director?
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Thora
Birch was born to Jack and Carol Birch on March
11, 1982 at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles,
California. Her name is derived from the name of
the Norse god of thunder and lightning, Thor. Thora
was her parents' first child, and even at a very
young age she displayed qualities of a budding actress.
When she was a toddler, Thora was encouraged to
audition for commercials and successfully landed
parts in several of them, including advertisements
and TV commercials for Quaker Oats and Vlasic Pickles.
But it was in 1988 that her acting career really
started to take off. She was cast as Molly in the
short-lived television series "Day By Day", and
she also landed quite an important role as Molly
in the children's movie Purple People Eater which
also starred Ned Beatty and Neil Patrick Harris.
Thora even won a Youth In Film Award for her performance
in the film. In 1990, Thora got the part of Taylor
in "Parenthood", a television series based on the
1989 film by the same name. In this short-lived
sitcom, she replaced Alisan Porter who had played
Taylor in the movie. And an interesting fact about
Thora's first three roles is that she was credited
as simply 'Thora', and her last name wasn't added
until 1991. Also, in 1990 Thora's brother, Bolt,
was born. He is her only sibling. In 1991, Thora
was cast in her first, real break-though role. She
played Billie Pike in the movie Paradise along with
Don Johnson, Melanie Griffith and Elijah Wood.
Thora
won this role after the director, Mary Agnes Donoghue,
interviewed over 4,000 other young hopefuls, so
it was quite a big achievement. Her successful portrayal
of a young tomboy landed her parts in many other
movies including All I Want for Christmas that same
year, Hocus Pocus and the big -budget films Patriot
Games in 1992 and it's sequel, Clear and Present
Danger in 1994. And also in 1994, Thora starred
in the family film Monkey Trouble, in which her
co-stars included four different monkeys who shared
the role of Dodger in the movie. Thora now lives
in her own home in southern California. While that
is her home, she's rarely there nowadays since she
is constantly away, either filming or promoting
her new films. Both Ghost World and The Hole have
been released fairly recently, and Thora has won
rave reviews for both. In fact, the Seattle International
Film Festival honored Thora with the Best Actress
Award for her role as Enid in Ghost World. Thora
has also said that she has aspirations of one day
becoming a director, so maybe in the future we will
see her behind the camera as well. Until then, we
will surely see this young talent on movie screens
around the world for a long time to come. Biography
Courtesy of Thora.org - Visit this site for Everything
Thora Birch Related. |
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Last
Update:
June 15, 2003
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Films:
The Hole (2001)
Dungeons & Dragons (2000)
Ghost World (2000)
The Smokers (2000)
American Beauty (1999)
Alaska (1996)
Now and Then (1995)
Clear and Present Danger (1994)
Monkey Trouble (1994)
Hocus Pocus (1993)
Patriot Games (1992)
All I Want for Christmas (1991)
Paradise (1991)
Purple People Eater (1988)
Made for TV:
Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story (2003)
Shadow Realm (2002)
Night Ride Home (1999)
Direct to Video: None
TV Shows:
Parenthood (1990)
Day by Day (1988)
Cartoon Voices: The Itsy Bitsy Spider (1992)
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