Beryl Reid was the daughter of Scottish parents and grew up in industrial Manchester, England. She left home at the age of 16 to go and work in a shop. She lasted 6 weeks. She applied for and was accepted in a revue in the Summer season in Bridlington. She had no formal training but joined the National Theater in London as a comedy actress. Her ...
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Fact
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Won Broadway's 1967 Tony Award as Best Actress (Dramatic) for "The Killing of Sister George," a role she recreated in the film version of the same name, The Killing of Sister George (1968).
2
In her later years she lived in the eccentric Honeypot Cottage (made of circular rooms) on the banks of the Thames in Berkshire, with her collection of stray cats.
3
She was dyslexic and always found it hard to learn scripts
4
She was awarded a Lifetime British Comedy award in 1991
5
She was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1986 Queen's New Year Honours List for her services to drama.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Wind in the Willows
1983/I
TV Movie
The Magistrate (voice)
Yellowbeard
1983
Lady Lambourn
Cuffy
1983
TV Series
Matron
The Irish R.M.
1983
TV Series
Mrs Knox
Smiley's People
1982
TV Mini-Series
Connie Sachs
Doctor Who
1982
TV Series
Briggs
Worzel Gummidge
1981
TV Series
Sarah Pigswill
Late Flowering Love
1981
Short segment "Invasion Exercise on the Poultry Farm"
Get Up and Go!
1981
TV Series
Co-presenter
Agony
1981
TV Series
Cherry Lightfoot
Comedy Tonight
1980
TV Movie sketch 'Laughing Gas'
Rhubarb Rhubarb
1980
Short
Home Owner's Wife
Nanny Knows Best
1980
TV Series
Nanny Price
Peter Cook & Co.
1980
TV Movie
Various Characters
An Honourable Retirement
1979
TV Movie
Mrs. Heysham
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
1979
TV Mini-Series
Connie Sachs
Dick Emery's Comedy Hour
1979
TV Movie
Ada
The Ronnie Corbett Special
1979
TV Series
Carry on Emmannuelle
1978
Mrs. Valentine
Two's Company
1978
TV Series
Mrs. Shelton
Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse
1978
Matron
BBC Play of the Month
1970-1978
TV Series
Victoria / Maria Helliwell / Amanda / ...
Beryl Reid
1977
TV Series
Joseph Andrews
1977
Mrs. Slipslop
Smike!
1973
TV Movie
Mrs. Squeers / Mrs Steele
No Sex Please: We're British
1973
Bertha Hunter
Father Dear Father
1973
Mrs. Stoppard
The Death Wheelers
1973
Mrs. Latham
Late Night Theatre
1972
TV Series
Madame Thompson
Alcock and Gander
1972
TV Series
Mrs Marigold Alcock
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
1972
Miss Ambrose
The Goodies
1971
TV Series
Mrs. Desiree Carthorse
Armchair Theatre
1968-1971
TV Series
Amelia Quint / Mrs. Blaxill / Hilda Capper
The Edward Woodward Hour
1971
TV Series
Father Dear Father
1970-1971
TV Series
Miss Pretty / Mrs. Brockbank
The Misfit
1971
TV Series
Mrs. Low Road Jones
The Beast in the Cellar
1970
Ellie Ballantyne
Entertaining Mr. Sloane
1970
Kath
Wink to Me Only
1968-1969
TV Series
Rene Jelliot
The Assassination Bureau
1969
Madame Otero
The Killing of Sister George
1968
June Buckridge
Star!
1968
Rose
Comedy Playhouse
1964-1968
TV Series
René Jelliot / Mrs. Teresa Fanwyn
Beryl Reid Says Good Evening
1968
TV Series
Various Roles / Various roles
Inspector Clouseau
1968
Mrs. Weaver
The Very Merry Widow
1967
TV Series
Mrs. Breasley
Before the Fringe
1967
TV Series
The Bruce Forsyth Show
1967
TV Series
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1967
TV Series
Miss Price
Love Story
1966
TV Series
Kate Reilly
Frankie Howerd
1966
TV Series
The World of Wooster
1966
TV Series
Mrs. Wilberforce
Bold as Brass
1963-1964
TV Series
Bessie Briggs
Man O'Brass
1963
TV Movie
Bessie Briggs
The Dickie Henderson Show
1962
TV Series
Trial and Error
1962
Doris Fowle, Herbert Fowle's late wife
Two Way Stretch
1960
Miss Pringle
The Most Likely Girl
1957
TV Series
Arethusa Wilderspin
Mr. Bowling Buys a Newspaper
1957
TV Movie
Alice
The Extra Day
1956
Beryl
The Benny Hill Show
1955
TV Series
Various Roles
The Belles of St. Trinian's
1954
Miss Wilson
The Christmas Service Show
1953
TV Movie
Vic's Grill
1951
TV Series
The Centre Show
1950
TV Series
Spare a Copper
1940
Minor Role (uncredited)
The Stuart Hall Show
1994
TV Series
Blue Heaven
1994
TV Series
Jeweller
Cracker
1993
TV Series
Mrs. Fitzgerald - Fitz's Mum
Bunch of Five
1992
TV Series
Gran
Perfect Scoundrels
1991
TV Series
Aunt Molly
Duel of Hearts
1991
TV Movie
Lady Augusta Warlingham
Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1990
TV Series
Mrs. Mountnessing
Boon
1990
TV Series
Pat Goran
Alexei Sayle's Stuff
1988
TV Series
Hettie - Goddess of Shake n' Vac
Sophia and Constance
1988
TV Series
Madame Foucault
The Comic Strip Presents...
1988
TV Series
Mrs. Moss
The Beiderbecke Tapes
1987
TV Mini-Series
Sylvia
The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole
1987
TV Series
Grandma Mole
Bergerac
1985
TV Series
Miss Broome
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4
1985
TV Series
May Mole
The Doctor and the Devils
1985
Mrs. Flynn
Late Starter
1985
TV Series
Helen Magee
Minder
1984
TV Series
Ruby Hubbard
The Wind in the Willows
1984
TV Series
Other Voices
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Bernard Miles on the Halls
1986
TV Movie documentary music performed by
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Star!
1968
performer: "Piccadilly"
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Seventeen People from Toronto
2005
Documentary short
Funny Women
1997
TV Series documentary short
Paul Merton's Palladium Story
1994
TV Mini-Series documentary
Herself
This Is Your Life
1976-1994
TV Series documentary
Herself
That's Showbusiness
1991
TV Series
Herself
Masterchef
1990
TV Series
Herself
Wogan
1984-1987
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Aspel & Company
1985-1987
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Looks Familiar
1973-1986
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Blankety Blank
1979-1984
TV Series
Herself
Children in Need
1984
TV Series
Herself
Breakfast Time
1984
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Des O'Connor Tonight
1984
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Group Madness
1983
Documentary
Herself
Does the Team Think?
1982
TV Series
Herself - Panellist
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
1981
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Nationwide
1980
TV Series documentary
Herself
Give Us a Clue
1979
TV Series
Mother Christmas
Celebrity Squares
1979
TV Series
Herself
Out with the Old, in with the New
1978
TV Movie
Herself
Omnibus
1978
TV Series documentary
Herself
Those Wonderful TV Times
1978
TV Series
Herself
3-2-1
1978
TV Series
Herself - Special Guest
Saturday Night at the Mill
1978
TV Series
Herself
Fall In, the Stars
1977
TV Movie
Herself
Night of 100 Stars
1977
TV Special
Herself
Tell Me Another
1977
TV Series
Herself
The Andy Stewart Show
1976
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Des O'Connor Entertains
1974
TV Series
Herself
The Good Old Days
1964-1973
TV Series
Herself - Performer
The Harry Secombe Show
1971-1973
TV Series
Herself
The Reg Varney Revue
1972
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Saturday Variety
1972
TV Series
Herself
Patrick, Dear Patrick an Evening with Patrick Cargill and His Guests
1972
TV Movie
Herself
Stars on Sunday
1971
TV Series
Herself
The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine
1971
TV Series
Herself - Guest
While We're on the Subject
1970
TV Mini-Series
Herself
Join Jim Dale
1969
TV Series
Herself
Max
1969
TV Series
Herself
The Val Doonican Show
1968
TV Series
Herself
Dee Time
1967-1968
TV Series
Herself
BBC Show of the Week
1967
TV Series
Herself
Juke Box Jury
1962-1967
TV Series
Herself - Panellist
The Eamonn Andrews Show
1967
TV Series
Herself - Guest
The 21st Annual Tony Awards
1967
TV Special
Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Play
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1966
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium
1956-1964
TV Series
Herself / Herself - Comedienne
Don't Say a Word
1964
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Blackpool Night Out
1964
TV Series
Herself
Saturday Bandbox
1962
TV Series
Herself
Showtime
1959-1961
TV Series
Herself
Laugh Line
1960-1961
TV Series
Herself
Parade
1960
TV Series
Herself
Be My Guest
1960
TV Series
Herself
Alan Melville Takes You from A-Z
1959
TV Series
Herself
This Is the Henry Hall Show
1958
TV Series
Herself
The Ted Ray Show
1958
TV Series
Herself
Billy Cotton Band Show
1957
TV Series
Herself
Show Case
1954
TV Series
Herself
Garrison Theatre
1954
TV Series
Herself
The Centre Show
1952
TV Series
Herself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Ade in Adland
2013
TV Mini-Series documentary
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness
2009
TV Series documentary
Miss Ambrose
Truly, Madly, Cheaply!: British B Movies
2008
TV Movie documentary
Mrs. Latham (uncredited)
Favouritism
2005
TV Series
Herself
Special interview footage with John le Carré and John Irvin