Anne Reid
Anne Reid Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (BA ) | |
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Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1957–present |
Spouse | |
Children | 1 |
Anne Reid
Early life
Reid was born in
Television
Coronation Street
Although she had already appeared in other television programmes including
Valerie was the mother of the twins Susan and Peter. Reid joined the cast, initially for two months, starting in August 1961 and leaving in October. She returned to the programme to marry Ken on 1 August 1962, in a wedding watched by 15.8 million viewers. In 1965, Val and Ken had twins, and Granada Television received numerous congratulation gifts addressed to the couple.
In 1968, Reid played one of her most difficult parts in Coronation Street when Val was held hostage by a rapist. Although Val was not harmed, viewers sent in hate mail to the actor who played the rapist. In November 1970, Reid announced she was leaving Coronation Street. In a 2011 interview with the Radio Times, Reid said she had enough and wanted to do other things:
I was a basket case when I left! I'd already had too much of it. That kind of work suits some people, but it didn't suit me. It was my decision to leave and I was desperate, really desperate, to go. Because I knew I was good at comedy and there was no way that Valerie Barlow was ever going to be funny.[8]
On 27 January 1971, 18.26 million viewers watched as Valerie Barlow was written out of the soap, dying after being
On 1 and 3 February 1971, 18.92 million people watched the aftermath and the character's funeral.Later work
Following a break from acting to bring up her son, during which time she made occasional TV appearances for Granada, such as in
In 2003, Reid had a part in Midsomer Murders in the episode "A Tale of Two Hamlets" as Sarah Proudie and a main part in the comedy drama The Booze Cruise. She also had a major role in the ITV drama series Life Begins, which ran from 2004 to 2006, in which she appeared alongside Caroline Quentin and Frank Finlay. In 2005 she had a supporting role in the BBC's adaptation of Bleak House[9] and in 2006 made a brief appearance in Jane Eyre.
On 31 March 2007, Reid appeared for a second time in the series
In February 2008, Reid appeared as the mother of
In 2009, Reid appeared in the television series Agatha Christie's Marple in the episode Nemesis.[12] From 2009 to 2010 she starred as Vera alongside Maureen Lipman as Irene in an ITV3 adaptation of the BBC Radio 4 series Ladies of Letters.[13]
In 2010, she began playing Mrs Thackeray, the cook, in the BBC's short-lived revival series of Upstairs Downstairs, and also appeared in Five Days,[14] New Tricks and Moving On. In 2011 Reid had a major part in Marchlands,[15] a five-part ITV supernatural drama, made a guest appearance in Doc Martin and played a supporting role in The Jury II.[16]
In 2012 Reid began starring as Celia alongside
In 2013, she appeared in the second series of the BBC drama Prisoners' Wives. She also starred with Katherine Kelly in The Last Witch, part of a series of original dramas for Sky Living[19] and appeared in the final Agatha Christie's Poirot mystery, Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case as Daisy Luttrell.[20] The following year, she guest-starred in "Sardines", the first episode of the BBC anthology series Inside No. 9.[21] She also starred alongside Lee Ingleby and Ralf Little in the six-part BBC drama series Our Zoo.[22]
Reid took part in an episode of the BBC genealogy series Who Do You Think You Are? in September 2015.[23]
In 2017, Reid starred alongside
In 2019 Reid co-starred in a six-part BBC drama series, Years and Years, starring Emma Thompson.[26] Reid played the matriarch of the central family, Muriel Deacon. From 2019 to 2023 she starred as the wealthy Lady Denham in the ITV adaptation of Jane Austen's unfinished novel, Sanditon.[27]
In 2023, she starred alongside Timothy Spall in the BBC true-life crime drama The Sixth Commandment.[28]
Film
Reid voiced Wendolene Ramsbottom in the Wallace and Gromit film A Close Shave (1995). Her other film appearances include Love and Death on Long Island (1997); The Mother (2003), for which her performance secured her a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in 2004;[29] Hot Fuzz (2007);[30] Cemetery Junction (2010); and Song for Marion (2013).[31]
Additionally, Reid filmed a minor role as a
Theatre
In 2002 Reid appeared in the premiere of The York Realist at the Royal Court Theatre, which later transferred to the West End.[33]
From September 2005 to January 2006, she appeared on stage in the West End in Epitaph for George Dillon.[34]
In June 2007, Reid played the role of Jack's mother in
From January to May 2008, Reid appeared in the National Theatre's production of Happy Now?, a new play by Lucinda Coxon.[36]
From March to May 2009, Reid appeared at the Donmar Warehouse in Dimetos, a 1975 play by Athol Fugard.[37]
From September to November 2012, Reid appeared at London's
On 26 January 2015, Reid played Madame Armfeldt in a special concert version of A Little Night Music, at the Palace Theatre, to celebrate 40 years since the musical premiered in the West End.[39]
In July and August 2016, Reid appeared at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester alongside James Bolam in a new play, Fracked! Or: Please Don't Use the F-Word by Alistair Beaton.[40] The play was revived for a national tour in April and May 2017.
From October to December 2017, Reid returned to the West End opposite Eve Best in Oscar Wilde's A Woman of No Importance at the Vaudeville Theatre.[41]
From March to May 2023, Reid appeared in the UK premiere of Marjorie Prime by Jordan Harrison, at the Menier Chocolate Factory in London.[42]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1958 | Passport to Shame | Woman Getting Married | Uncredited role |
1995 | Wallace and Gromit: A Close Shave | Wendolene | Short film, voice role |
1997 | Love and Death on Long Island | Maureen | |
2000 | Liam | Mrs. Abernathy | |
2003 | The Mother | May | |
Love Actually | Headmistress | Uncredited role | |
2005 | A Little Trip to Heaven | Martha | |
2007 | Hot Fuzz | Leslie Tiller | |
Hit for Six | Show Producer | ||
Savage Grace | Nini Daly | ||
2008 | Affinity | Mrs. Brink | |
Faintheart | Barbara Wallace | ||
2010 | Cemetery Junction | Freddie's Gran | |
2011 | Foster | Diane | Also known as Angel in the House
|
2012 | Song for Marion | Brenda | |
2013 | Believe | Jean Busby | |
Tea Time in Haworth | Jean | Short film | |
2016 | Kaleidoscope | Aileen | |
2017 | Romans | Mother | Also known as Retaliation |
The Snowman | Mrs. Bendiksen | ||
2018 | A Woman of No Importance | Lady Hunstanton | Filmed live at The Vaudeville Theatre, London |
2019 | The Aeronauts | Ethel Glaisher | |
2020 | The Nest | Rory's Mum | |
2021 | SAS: Red Notice | Charlotte | |
2024 | The Trouble with Jessica | Miranda |
† | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1957 | The Benny Hill Show | Episode: "#2.2" | |
The Machine Breakers | Mary | 3 episodes | |
1957–1959 | Hancock's Half Hour | Actress / Young Wife / Secretary | 5 episodes |
1958 | ITV Play of the Week
|
Alice | Episode: "The Rossiters" |
Time Is the Enemy | Patience Mee | 7 episodes | |
The Adventures of Robin Hood | Betsey / Alison / Mellissa | 4 episodes | |
Murder Bag | Episode: "Lockhart Watches the Clock" | ||
1959 | Crime Sheet | Episode: "Lockhart Sees a Chemist" | |
1961–1971 | Coronation Street | Valerie Tatlock / Valerie Barlow
|
Recurring role, 632 episodes |
1962 | Television Club | Nurse | Episode: "The Wade Family: The Hospital" |
1969-1970 | All Star Comedy Carnival | Valerie Barlow | Television Christmas special |
1972 | ITV Playhouse
|
Lily | Episode: "Buggins' Empire" |
1973 | Play for Today | Eileen Morris | Episode: "Edward G: Like the Filmstar" |
Six Days of Justice | Margery Birkenshaw | Episode: "The Complaint" | |
1975 | Nightingale's Boys | Claire Selby | Episode: "Spivvy" |
1976 | Red Letter Day | Sheila Harding | Episode: "Matchfit" |
Heydays Hotel | Merel Roberts | Television film | |
1977 | Fathers and Families | Martha Frend | Mini-series, 1 episode: "Left for Dead" |
1978 | ITV Playhouse
|
Alice | Episode: "One of the Boys" |
Strangers | Audrey Stephens | Episode: "Right and Wrong" | |
Crown Court | Mrs. Grace Cook / Florence Davenport | 6 episodes: "Michael: Parts 1–3" and "A Man with Everything: Parts 1–3" | |
1979 | Leave It to Charlie | Episode: "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" | |
1979–1980 | The Mallens | Mathilda Bensham | 4 episodes |
1981 | My Father's House | Aunt Kitty | Mini-series, 3 episodes |
1984 | Love and Marriage | Ruth | Episode: "Lucifer" |
1985 | The Practice | Sylvia Rush | 4 episodes |
Bleak House | Mrs. Bagnet | Mini-series, 1 episode: "#1.7" | |
Shine On Harvey Moon
|
Joan | Episode: "All or Nothing at All" | |
1986 | Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV | Pam Twill | Episode: "#2.1" |
1987 | Screen Two | Mrs. Hawke | Episode: "Inappropriate Behaviour" |
1988 | Boon | Yvonne Temple | Episode: "Beef Encounter" |
1989 | Doctor Who | Nurse Crane | "The Curse of Fenric" (4 episodes) |
4 Play | Pam Radley | Episode: "Dawn and the Candidate" | |
Victoria Wood | Enid / Sheila | 2 episodes: "Mens Sana in Thingummy Doodah" and "The Library" | |
About Face | Geraldine | Episode: "Mrs. Worthington's Daughter" | |
1990 | A Bit of Fry and Laurie
|
Episode: "#2.3" | |
Made in Heaven | Wilma | Episode: "The Big Match" | |
1991 | Josie Smith | Miss Potts | 2 episodes |
The Upper Hand
|
Nurse Edwards | Episode: "The Anniversary" | |
Rich Tea and Sympathy | Sally | 6 episodes | |
Very Big Very Soon | Susan Driscoll | Episode: "The Taxman" | |
1992 | Casualty | Barbara | Episode: "Will You Still Love Me?" |
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Joyce Virson | 2 episodes: "Kissing the Gunner's Daughter: Parts One & Two" | |
Crime Story | Muriel McKay | Episode: "Gone Too Far: The Mystery of Mrs. Muriel McKay" | |
An Ungentlemanly Act | Mrs. Mozeley | Television film | |
1992–1994 | Firm Friends | Wendy Holmes | 6 episodes |
1993 | The Bill | Mrs. Proctor | Episode: "Pride and Joy" |
Micky Love | Jenny | Television film | |
Heartbeat | Marjorie Doubleday | Episode: "Baby Blues" | |
1993–1999 | Peak Practice | Rita Barrat | 12 episodes |
1994 | Pat and Margaret | Maeve | Television film |
Seaforth | Aunt Enid | Mini-series, 3 episodes | |
Where the Buffalo Roam | Pam | Television film | |
1995 | The Infiltrator | Ingrid Fischer | Television film |
Roughnecks | Renie | 3 episodes | |
1996 | Hetty Wainthropp Investigates | Hilda | Episode: "A High Profile" |
Sometime, Never | Annette | Episode: "Getting Results" | |
1996–1997 | Paul Merton in Galton and Simpson's... | Mother / Gwen / Mrs. Thomson | 3 episodes |
1997 | The Wingless Bird | Alice Conway | Mini-series, 3 episodes |
Spark | Mrs. Rudge | 6 episodes | |
Next of Kin | Patsy | Episode: "Neighbours" | |
Heartbeat | Aunt Alison | Episode: "Affairs of the Heart" | |
1998–1999 | Playing the Field | Mrs. Gill | 6 episodes |
1998–2000 | Dinnerladies | Jean | 15 episodes |
1999 | Lost for Words | Gloria | Television film |
2000 | Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings | Various characters | Television special |
2001 | Linda Green | Yvonne Mott | Episode: "Rest in Peace" |
Hearts and Bones | Annie Rose | 2 episodes: "#2.4" and "#2.6" | |
2001–2002 | Dalziel and Pascoe | Harriet Clifford - Dalziel's Sister | 2 episodes: "Truth and Consequences" and "Sins of the Fathers" |
2002 | Sweet Charity | Agnes | Television film |
2003 | Midsomer Murders | Sarah Proudie | Episode: "A Tale of Two Hamlets" |
The Booze Cruise | Grace | Television film | |
The Young Visiters | Mrs. Monticue | Television film | |
2004 | Rose and Maloney | Bea Linden | 2 episodes: "Daniel Berrington: Parts 1 & 2" |
2004–2006 | Life Begins | Brenda Thornhill | 16 episodes |
2005 | Bleak House | Mrs. Rouncewell | Mini-series, 9 episodes |
The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt | Grace Stringer | Television film | |
2006 | The True Voice of Murder | Television film | |
The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering | Grace | Television film | |
Jane Eyre | Gypsy Woman | Mini-series, 1 episode | |
2007 | The Bad Mother's Handbook | Nancy Hesketh | Television film |
Doctor Who | Florence Finnegan | Episode: "Smith and Jones" | |
Agatha Christie's Marple | Sister Agnes | Episode: "Nemesis" | |
2008 | Shameless | Joan Dallimore | Episode: "Absent Parents" |
In Love with Barbara | Barbara Cartland | Television film | |
2009–2010 | Ladies of Letters | Vera Small | 20 episodes |
2010 | Five Days | Jen Mason | 5 episodes |
New Tricks | Sophie Urquhart | Episode: "It Smells of Books" | |
Moving On | Diane | Episode: "I am Darleen Fyles" | |
2010–2012 | Upstairs, Downstairs | Mrs. Clarice Thackeray | 12 episodes |
2011 | Marchlands | Ruth Bowen | Mini-series, 4 episodes |
The Jury | June Brierley | 5 episodes | |
Doc Martin | Mrs. Dingley | Episode: "Cats and Sharks" | |
Grandpa in My Pocket | Madame Vibrato | Episode: "Boom a Boom Whoop Zing Zoo!" | |
2012–2020 | Last Tango in Halifax | Celia | 24 episodes |
2013 | Prisoners' Wives | Margaret | 4 episodes |
The Last Witch | Miranda | Television film | |
Agatha Christie's Poirot | Daisy Luttrell | Episode: "Curtain: Poirot's Last Case" | |
2014 | Inside No 9
|
Geraldine | Episode: "Sardines" |
Our Zoo | Lucy Mottershead | Mini-series, 6 episodes | |
2017 | Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
|
Martine | Episode: "The Commuter" |
2018 | Claude | Dame Mumsie Turret | Episode: "A Good Night's Sleep", voice role |
2018–2019 | Hold the Sunset | Queenie | 12 episodes |
2019 | Years and Years | Muriel Deacon | Mini-series, 6 episodes |
2019–2023 | Sanditon | Lady Denham | 20 episodes |
2023 | The Sixth Commandment | Ann Moore-Martin | Mini-series, 4 episodes[43] |
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Work | Result |
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2003 | European Film Award for Best Actress | The Mother | Nominated |
2004 | BAFTA Film Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated | |
2004 | London Film Critics Circle Award for British Actress of the Year | Won | |
2004 | British Independent Film Award for Best Actress | Nominated | |
2004 | European Film Award Best Actress Audience Award
|
Nominated | |
2013 | Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series | Last Tango in Halifax | Nominated |
2013 | BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress | Nominated | |
Other | |||
2010 | Appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours.[44]
|
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External links
- Anne Reid at IMDb
- Anne Reid at British Comedy Guide