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Anne Reid MBE (born 28 May 1935) is a British stage, film and television actress, known for her roles as Valerie Barlow in the soap opera Coronation Street (1961–1971); Jean in the sitcom dinnerladies (1998–2000); and her role as Celia Dawson in Last Tango in Halifax (2012–2020) for which she was nominated for the British Academy ...
Anne Reid. Actress: Hot Fuzz. Anne was born in Newcastle Upon Tyne but the family moved to Redcar when the WWII started. She was educated at White House School where she acted in a school play of Romeo and Juliet with June Laverick, who when older would also take to the stage.
- May 28, 1935
Jun 29, 2020 · A recent conversation with Anne Reid, the absolutely delightful star of Sanditon, Last Tango in Halifax and Hold the Sunset, provided me with one of those days I'll never forget.
She is the youngest child and the only daughter of Colin Norman Reid and Annie Eliza Reid (nee Weetman). Living with her parents and growing up along with her three older brothers in Redcar, North Yorkshire, England, Anne went to the ‘John Emmerson Batty Primary School’ and ‘White House School.’.
For most actors, to be commanding plum roles in primetime dramas nearly 70 years after their TV debut might feel valedictory. But Anne Reid isn’t most actors.
- Robin Parker
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Anne Reid plays the strong-willed, old-fashioned, very wealthy and very vocal Lady Denham. She’s upper-class gentry through and through, not exactly progressive, and not often kind in...
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Anne Reid (Lady Denham) Anne Reid stars as the haughty, upper-class Lady Denham. In addition to her role as the opinionated investor of Sanditon, Reid has starred in Last Tango in Halifax and...