Anne Reid

Anne Reid, MBE (born 28 May 1935)

BAFTA Award-nominated English stage, film and television actress born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She is 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.

She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours

Anne's parents were Colin Norman Reid (1896-1979) and Annie Eliza Weetman (1896-c.1980).

She lived with her parents and three older brothers in Redcar

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, after 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.

When she left school she moved to London to attend the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She then became a stage manager and worked in repertory theatre.

References and Further Reading

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Reid
• Updated from Biographical Summaries of Notable People by SmartCopy: Sep 30 2015, 6:33:43 UTC