Anne Reid
| Anne Reid MBE |
|
|---|---|
| Born |
28 May 1935 Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1957–present |
| Spouse(s) | Peter Eckersley (1971–1981; his death) |
| Children | 1 |
Anne Reid, MBE (born 28 May 1935), is an English stage, film and television actress, known for her roles as Valerie Barlow in the soap opera Coronation Street (1961–71); Jean in the sitcom Dinnerladies (1998–2000); and her BAFTA TV Award-nominated role as Celia Dawson in Last Tango in Halifax (2012–16). She was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and won the London Film Critics Circle Award for British Actress of the Year for the 2003 film The Mother.
Reid was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, the daughter of Colin Norman Reid (1896-1979) and Annie Eliza Weetman/Reid (1896-c.1980). She lived with her parents and three older brothers in Redcar where she attended John Emmerson Batty primary school and the White House School. From the age of 11 she attended Penrhos College, a boarding school in North Wales, when her father was posted abroad as a foreign correspondent for the Daily Telegraph: she visited her parents occasionally in India, Tehran and Beirut in the school holidays. Upon leaving school she moved to London to attend the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She then became a stage manager and worked in repertory theatre.
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