Thora Birch is an American actress and producer, best known for her appearance in Purple People Eater, All I Want for Christmas, Patriot Games, Hocus Pocus, Monkey Trouble, Now and Then, and Alaska.
Thora was born on March 11, 1982, in Los Angeles, California. She is the oldest child of Jack Birch and Carol Connors. Her family’s real surname was Biersch. It is of German-Jewish, Scandinavian, French-Canadian, and Italian ancestry.
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Her name, Thora, is taken from Thor, the Norse god of thunder and lightning. She admitted that her parents would have named her Thor if she had been a boy. Thora also has a brother named Kian Bolt Birch. Thora’s parents were her business managers when she was a kid. They were also former adult film actors, having appeared in the movie Deep Throat.
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They did not have a good experience in the entertainment industry. So, they failed to encourage Thora when the latter decided to embark on a similar journey of becoming an actor like her parents. Thora got her first break at the age of four when she auditioned for a Quaker Oats commercial.
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Thora is a very talented actress, who has appeared in movies like Paradise, All I Want for Christmas, Patriot Games, Itsy Bitsy Spider, Monkey Trouble, Hocus Pocus, Now and Then, The Smokers, The Hole, The Dot, Silver City, among many others.
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Her TV credits include Day by Day, Night Ride Home, The Outer Limits, Promised Land, Touched by an Angel, and many more. Thora is married to Michael Benton Adler.