Anne Reid, MBE (born 28 May 1935), is a BAFTA Award-nominated English stage, film and television actress from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, known for her roles as Valerie Barlow in the television soap opera Coronation Street; Jean in Dinnerladies; and Celia Dawson in Last Tango in Halifax.Reid was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours.
British Academy Television Award for Best Actress, BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, European Film Award for Best Actress, The British Independent Film Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film, Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama, ...
Movies
The Mother, Savage Grace, Hot Fuzz, Song for Marion, A Close Shave, The Bad Mother's Handbook, Cemetery Junction, Foster, A Little Trip to Heaven, The Booze Cruise, Pat and Margaret, In Love with Barbara, Faintheart, The Young Visiters, Affinity, Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings, Believe, Romans...
TV Shows
Last Tango in Halifax, Dinnerladies, Upstairs, Downstairs, Ladies of Letters, Our Zoo, Life Begins, Marchlands, Agatha Christie's Marple, Bleak House, Five Days, Rose and Maloney, Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings, Upstairs Downstairs, Victoria Wood, Rich Tea And Sympathy, Time Is the Enemy, Wall...
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Gemini
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[on being awarded the MBE in June 2010] Thrilled and delighted and amazed.
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And I still just love acting! Most of us agree it's like a child's game, really; doesn't seem like a serious job at all. I love doing comedy.
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Father Colin Reid was a journalist on the Telegraph,.
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She also performs in cabaret, singing songs and telling stories about her life and career.
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Daughter of Colin Reid (born Colin Norman Reid 1896, died 1979) who was a journalist and Annie Elizabeth Reid (born Annie Eliza Weetman 1896, died 22 September 1980).
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She received an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from the University of Sunderland in July 2015.
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Twice played the daughter in a mother and daughter role with Dora Bryan, both times for Victoria Wood and despite being only 12 years younger than Bryan. The first time was in 1986 in a sketch for an episode of Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV. The second time was in 1998 in an episode of Dinnerladies.
She chose to leave 'Coronation Street' at the end of 1970 because she didn't want to spend the rest of her career playing the same part. Shortly afterwards she gave birth to her son, her husband was ill and she looked after her mother. As a consequence, she didn't work much for the next 12 years.
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She was named Oldie Pin-Up of the Year at the 2014 Oldie Magazine Awards.
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Her favourite film star when she was growing up was William Holden.
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Admitted on BBC1's Breakfast Show on November, 18 2013 that she suffers from vertigo.
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She comes from a family connected with journalism and newspapers.
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Gave up smoking in 1978 and smoked herbal cigarettes to play Mrs Thackeray in the revival of Upstairs Downstairs (2010).
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One of 31 performers to have both acted in the 20th century Doctor who and the 21st Century Doctor Who.
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Her Coronation Street (1960) character Valerie Barlow became the 3rd woman in the soap opera to give birth. Valerie had twins Susan (played originally by Katie Heannau and later Joanna Foster) and Peter (played by originally by Robert Heanue and later Chris Gascoyne), born on 5 April 1965.
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Has appeared twice in the series 'Doctor Who', playing different characters, in 1989's 'The Curse of Fenric' and 2007's 'Smith and Jones'.
She was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2010 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to Drama.
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Trained at RADA.
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Appeared in both BBC productions of Bleak House, the 1985 version and the 2005 version.
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Had her scenes from Love Actually (2003) cut from the final film, they feature in the DVD extras. She played the school Headmistress, whose lesbian lover was played by Frances de la Tour.
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