Anne Reid
Acting
Biography
Anne Reid, MBE is an English stage, film and television actress, known for her roles as Valerie Barlow in the soap opera Coronation Street; Jean in the sitcom dinnerladies; and her BAFTA-nominated role as Celia Dawson in Last Tango in Halifax.
Born: May 28, 1935
Place of Birth: Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK
Known For
Dinnerladies Diaries
In 1998 Victoria Wood put pen to paper and wrote her multi-award-winning comedy, dinnerladies. Twenty years on this documentary takes a look back at what it was like working on this well-loved sitcom.
Ladies of Letters
Two middle-age crazy English widows become best friends via letters, over many misadventure-filled years. Having met under a table at a wedding, when both were drunk with merriment, misunderstanding comes naturally to them. The ladies and their kin act out the events in the letters: in their homes, prison or wherever else they land, revealing the hilarious, venomous, or empathetic truth, between their ever-increasing lines. Based on a 13 year long BBC 4 radio series.
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric
The Doctor and Ace arrive at a secret military base during World War II, where an ancient evil from the Doctor's past prepares to make his final deadly move. As hideous vampires rise from the sea and Russian commandoes begin to close in, they are confronted not only with a mystery from the distant past but also a terrifying vision of mankind's future...
Riot Women
Five women along with two riotous backing singers come together to create a makeshift punk-rock band in order to enter a local talent contest, but in writing their first original song, soon discover that they have a lot to say - and this is their way to say it.
Our Zoo
The story of George, who being frustrated by memories of fighting in the great war and living with his extended family, wants to bring more beauty into the world. When he comes across a camel and monkey that are about to be abandoned, he embarks on a plan to set up a zoo.
Agatha Christie's Poirot
From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.
Bleak House
The generous John Jarndyce, struggling with his own past, and his two young wards Richard and Ada, are all caught up, like Lady Dedlock, in the infamous case of Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce, which will make one of them rich beyond imagination if it can ever be brought to a conclusion. As Tulkinghorn digs deeper into Lady Dedlock's past, he unearths a secret that will change their lives forever, and which is almost as astounding as the final outcome of the Jarndyce case.
Inside No. 9
An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.
Inside No. 9
An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.
The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt
The Booze Cruise is a series of three feature length comedy dramas written for British television by Paul Minett and Brian Leveson. In this episode the same characters go on a treasure hunt, and end up with their car being washed out to sea on a beach. Marcus (a businessman who deals with Dave's company) first appears in this episode.
Filmography
as Nancy
as Miranda
as Nurse Crane
as Ann Moore-Martin
as Charlotte
as Rory's Mum
as Ethel Glaisher
as Lady Denham
as Muriel Deacon
as Self
as Mrs. Gale
as Lady Hunstanton
as Aileen
as Martine Jenkins
as Mrs. Bendiksen
as Self - Voice of Wendolene
as Lucy Mottershead
as Geraldine
as Self
as Miranda
as Jean Busby
as Celia
as Brenda
as Margaret
as Self - Participant
as Diane
as Ruth Bowen
as Mrs. Clarice Thackeray
as Freddie's Gran
as Diane
as Barbara
as Mrs. Brink
as Barbara Cartland
as Nini Daly
as Nancy Hesketh
as Leslie Tiller
as Jen Mason
as Gypsy Woman
as Self
as Martha
as Grace Stringer
as Mrs. Rouncewell
as Florence Finnegan
as Self
as Brenda Thornhill
as Joan Dallimore
as Sophie Urquhart
as Mrs. Monticue
as May
as Grace
as Headmistress (uncredited)
as Grace
as Bea Linden
as Agnes
as June Brierley
as Yvonne Mott
as Wendolene (Voice)
as Mrs. Abernathy
as Various Characters
as Annie Rose
as Gloria Brooks
as Jean
as Maureen
as Mrs. Gill
as Sarah Proudie
as Alice Conway
as Wendolene
as Harriet Clifford - Dalziel's Sister
as Wendolene (voice)
as Hilda
as Self - Contestant
as Maeve
as Jenny
as Rita Barrat
as Muriel McKay
as Mrs. Mozeley
as Marjorie Doubleday
as Aunt Alison
as Nurse Edwards
as Enid
as Sheila
as Nurse Crane
as Daisy Luttrell
as Self
as Joyce Virson
as Mrs Hawke
as Barbara
as Joan
as Mathilda Bensham
as Mathilda Bensham
as Sheila Harding
as Eileen Morris
as Florence Davenport
as Eileen Morris
as Nurse Crane
as Valerie Barlow
as Valerie Tatlock
as Secretary
as Alison
as Melissa