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Welcome to
The Thora Birch Picture Pages!
Any child named after the Norse god of lightning must be
destined for greatness, or so Thora Birch’s parents must
have hoped. The young actress has managed to work
steadily for years, even though the limelight has always
seemed out of reach.
Born on March 11th, 1982 to Jack and Carol Birch, Thora
was encouraged early on to pursue an acting career.
Going only by her first name, Thora managed to get jobs
doing television advertisements and then moved on to
television sitcoms. She appeared as Molly on the
short-lived Day by Day. However, it was while portraying
another Molly, however, that she really caught people’s
attention, in the 1988 movie The Purple People Eater.
She won a Youth in Film Award for the role.
Next came roles in the adaptations of Tom Clancy’s
bestselling novels, Patriot Games and Clear and Present
Danger. At the same time, she was also appearing in some
nice family fare too - Hocus Pocus and Monkey Trouble
most notably. Then came Now and Then and Thora’s first
teenaged role in which she starred opposite several
other up-and-comers, Gaby Hoffman, Christina Ricci and
Devon Sawa. She also appeared in the adventure epic
Alaska opposite heartthrob Vincent Kartheiser.
However, those years seemed to be the hay-day of her
career as the roles soon stopped coming, or else Thora
chose to take a break. Either way, her career was on
hold. Capable of playing cute little tots, the mature
Thora may not have been so easily acceptable. Recently,
Thora has reappeared on the Hollywood map.
After completing a television movie entitled, Night Ride
Home, she then appeared in a feature film, American
Beauty. The latter, produced by Dreamworks, also starred
Annette Bening and Kevin Spacey. The film was both a
critical and audience favorite - generating early Oscar
buzz for its cast. Thora and her fellow young actress
co-star, Mena Suvari, both saw their careers boost as a
result.
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