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Oct 13, 1996 · Beryl Reid, the much-loved comedy actress with a love of men and "toff's lemonade" - champagne - died yesterday, aged 76. Tributes poured in last night for the actress, considered one of Britain's ...
Thus, Beryl Reid is categorised as a merry, apple-cheeked comedienne, despite the fact that her non-comic performances displayed an uneven, yet indisputable, talent for powerful characterisation. She started in the professional theatre in 1936, appearing in summer seasons, concert parties and Christmas pantomime where she developed a colourful ...
She won wide acclaim in America for her Broadway portrayal of the caustic lesbian radio soap-opera star in The Killing of Sister George (1966), a role she reprised in the 1968 film. Reid died in 1996, having developed pneumonia after a knee operation. Reid, Beryl (1918–1996)British character actress. Born on June 17, 1918 (some sources cite ...
Apr 8, 2024 · That woman was Beryl Reid. Beryl, born in Hereford on 17 June 1920, recalled that she first decided she wanted to be on stage at just four years old. She would take dance lessons and enter competitions, but when she was 16, she went into the retail business.
Oct 14, 1996 · ECCENTRIC actress and comedienne Beryl Reid died yesterday at the age of 76. She was born in Hereford, of Scots parents, and was brought up in Manchester, but was known to boast of her Scots ...
Beryl Reid, an untrained music hall performer who parlayed her comic timing and dramatic versatility into a career as one of Britain’s best-loved actresses, died Sunday. She was 76. She
Many will also remember Reid for playing the elderly feminist and politically subversive Sylvia in the 1987 TV series The Beiderbecke Tapes. Born in Hereford in June 1919, Reid grew up in Manchester after her Scottish parents moved to the city. She attended Levenshulme High School, but left education at the age of 16 to go on the stage.
