Why did Thora Birch's career go straight down the shitter?

Crazy dad.

Her father.

This one I know without a doubt.

Poor woman. She has/had real talent.

The end.

I wish she would launch a comeback.

What's the deal with her dad?

her looks aren't much to look at either

I loved her in Ghost World and even American Beauty.

Maybe she just got sick of Hollywood?

Weren’t her parents famous porn stars ?

R6, she was gold in Ghost World. Way better than ScarJo.

I could see her starring in some Netflix or Amazon show.

You couldnt find a better pic OP ?

FFS, she looks trans in that pic.

She's set to come out in two films this year. Dunno what quality though.

Thora's mother, co-star of Deep Throat.

R4 Rumor has it that he's a John Phillips type.

I had long forgotten she even existed.

She wasn't raised right.

She was/is very talented. So sad.

She should have had the bigger career vs Scarlett, R9.

Tell us about your fabulous career, OP.

What have you ever accomplished? And is that the reason you witch-hunt actresses who weren't in America's #1 Show every hour, every year, ever after?

Please F & F this shitstain, woman-stalking, petty P.O.S. OP.

R8 Both of her parents were porn stars, but only her mom was a star in the business. Her dad had a nice body but a craggy face and smallish dick. Thora resembles her mom a bit.

And just wasn't her dad that tanked her career, she was pain herself at times. She begrudgingly admitted it herself in an interview a few years back.

R13 Her dad was in Deep Throat also. He was one of the guys that did Dolly Sharp in her 3-some scene.

Didn't realize she was on the USA Network show Colony; the protagonists were also in Walking Dead and Lost.

Why?

She's incredibly homely. Talentless, too.

For years the gossip items suggested Thora's primary source of income was as a dominatrix.

Her father ruined her career as her manager. He threw fits and got her fired numerous times.

The world discovered Thora Hird and liked her better.

Didn't she used to date Francis Ford Coppola?

She was conceived during a scene her mom and dad did together. They always told her she could see the moment she was conceived

They need to start a home for people like her, Lindsey and Amanda.

That poor bitch with parents like that. Christ only knows what went on in that house.

Is her father sure that he's the actual father?

Dad's cock not bad.

^^^Retro porn is always hot.

I love 70s and 80s porn. Idk why.

Maybe because of the era it’s from and how “perverse” one was to enjoy porn then.

She's a grown woman now. I'm sure if she wanted to return back to acting, she could find some gigs.

thora sounds like a fat girl name

She was great as Enid. She radiated maturity far beyond her years.

She had a better run than most child actors.

That little cunt tried to steal my scene!

She earned her money and ran.

Thora Bitch.

Good god her mom's nipples are the size of pizzas!

Hardly a fat girl name. A warrior's name.

The name Thora is a Scandinavian baby name. In Scandinavian the meaning of the name Thora is: Feminine name honouring Thor, head of the Norse pantheon and god of thunder.

She's really excellent in a little seen thriller called The Hole. Horrible title, I know, but the movie is excellent and worth checking out. It has an early appearance by Keira Knightly, too.

Fat Thora

She’s only good as a sulky teenager. She has next to no talent and is not that pretty. She’s ugly-pretty but that’s about all.

She looks manly at OP

Mirror, Father, Mirror

Endless bad rumors about her father/“manager”, including several documented online in articles from NYC (the Page 6? The Daily Beast? over the years) about him being “overly interested” in her sex scenes in plays and movies (at that point she could only get indies) and him actually trying to direct and control them himself (as well as intensely directing her sex scene partners).

Her scene partners and the directors were creeped out and the directors were enraged at his interference.

She literally lost work because of this—at least one play in NYC and—I believe—at least one movie.

In the articles I read, they said that she might have a chance in the industry if she would just dump her insane father and get a real manager.

I feel bad for her because although it was never explicitly said in these articles (for obvious reasons) an abusive and incestuous relationship with the overbearing dad was definitely suggested between the lines. It was very sad.

^Sorry my grammar wasn’t perfect there; I was typing too fast on my iPhone....

"Thora" is an awkward name. It's difficult to get around that.

She should have changed it to Dora or even Nora.

R49 Gross. And sad.

I always confuse her with Theda Bara. They even have similar names.

Again, her dad wasn't the only reason her career suffered. Yes, he was very controlling and made others uncomfortable. But she admitted herself in this (strange) interview piece that she herself could be very difficult.

She was said to been very argumentative on the set of the film Election with the director and walked off the set on the 3rd day of filming.

She refuses to talk about her parents being former porn stars.

[Quote] She was said to been very argumentative on the set of the film Election with the director and walked off the set on the 3rd day of filming.

I can't picture her in Election at all.

She was supposed to have played the Tammy Metzler character. They recast with Jessica Campbell.

I can't see her as Tammy at all. Maybe it was for the best. Would that have been shot before American Beauty? I seem to remember Election coming out earlier in '99 and American Beauty was later that year.

Was she difficult on set?

I wish my father had been porn star. That would be hot.

R58 She could be difficult, yes. She admits it in this interview with The Guardian. So it wasn't just her dad that helped tank her career, she played a part in it too.

She also refuses to talk about her parents porn career.

I loved her in the 90s indie movies and early 00s.

she wasnt that talented

She seems much younger than her age until there's closeups of her face.

[Quote] In 2001, Birch was nominated for a best actress Golden Globe. We happen to meet two days after this year's Golden Globes and she is, she mutters at one point, "currently looking for an agent". How this happened is not straightforward and it is not really clear if Birch understands it herself, or how she feels about it. Contradictions pepper her conversation. Initially, she talks about how she "decided to take a break and live my life, branch out a little, educate myself". But when I make the mistake of suggesting she "stepped back", she snaps: "It makes me angry when you use that phrase because I didn't step back. I was always working, it's just that no one was paying attention."

Yokes.

*Yikes

Because she’s Thora Birch

If she sticks to being a character actress, she'll do fine. I haven't watched The Walking Dead in years, how is she on it?

Is she on the same Walking Dead as Samantha Morton? (I think there's one or two spin-offs.)

She did glam pretty well.

She has white trash face. Will only go so far in so many roles.

Will she be in the Hocus Pocus sequel?

At least Kevin Spacey most likely didn't fuck her in real life.

when WASN'T it in the shitter?