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After several small roles in the classic 1950s British TV shows 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' and 'Hancock's Half Hour' she found fame as Ken Barlow's wife Valerie in the #1 UK TV show 'Coronation Street' she remained with the show for a decade before leaving to give birth and bring up her son. Her character was accidentally electrocuted while trying to plug in a hairdryer... See full bio »

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in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, UK
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2013/I Believe (completed)
Jean Busby
 
2013 Inside Number 9 (TV series)
– Sardines
 
2013 Prisoners Wives (TV series)
Margaret
– Episode #2.4 (2013) … Margaret
– Episode #2.3 (2013) … Margaret
– Episode #2.2 (2013) … Margaret
– Episode #2.1 (2013) … Margaret
 
2013 Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV series)
Daisy Luttrell
– Curtain (2013) … Daisy Luttrell
 
2012 Last Tango in Halifax (TV series)
Celia
– Episode #1.6 (2012) … Celia
– Episode #1.5 (2012) … Celia
– Episode #1.4 (2012) … Celia
– Episode #1.3 (2012) … Celia
– Episode #1.2 (2012) … Celia
See all 6 episodes »
 
2012 Unfinished Song
Brenda
 
2010-2012 Upstairs Downstairs (TV series)
Mrs. Clarice Thackeray / Mrs. Thackeray
– Somewhere Over the Rainbow (2012) … Mrs. Clarice Thackeray
– The Last Waltz (2012) … Mrs. Clarice Thackeray
– All the Things You Are (2012) … Mrs. Clarice Thackeray
– A Perfect Specimen of Womanhood (2012) … Mrs. Clarice Thackeray
– The Love That Pays the Price (2012) … Mrs. Clarice Thackeray
See all 9 episodes »
 
2011 The Jury II (TV series)
June Brierley
– Episode #1.5 (2011) … June Brierley
– Episode #1.4 (2011) … June Brierley
– Episode #1.3 (2011) … June Brierley
– Episode #1.2 (2011) … June Brierley
– Episode #1.1 (2011) … June Brierley
 
2011 Doc Martin (TV series)
Mrs. Dingley
– Cats and Sharks (2011) … Mrs. Dingley
 
2011 Foster
Diane
 
2011 Marchlands (TV series)
Ruth Bowen / Ruth Bowen (2010)
– Episode #1.5 (2011) … Ruth Bowen
– Episode #1.4 (2011) … Ruth Bowen
– Episode #1.3 (2011) … Ruth Bowen
– Episode #1.2 (2011) … Ruth Bowen (2010)
 
2011 Grandpa in My Pocket (TV series)
Madame Vibrato
– Boom a Boom Whoop Zing Zoo! (2011) … Madame Vibrato
 
2009-2010 Ladies of Letters (TV series)
Vera Small
– Episode #2.10 (2010) … Vera Small
– Episode #2.9 (2010) … Vera Small
– Episode #2.8 (2010) … Vera Small
– Episode #2.7 (2010) … Vera Small
– Episode #2.6 (2010) … Vera Small
See all 20 episodes »
 
2010 Moving On (TV series)
Diane
– I am Darleen Fyles (2010) … Diane
 
2010 New Tricks (TV series)
Sophie Urquhart
– It Smells of Books (2010) … Sophie Urquhart
 
2010 Cemetery Junction
Freddie's Gran
 
2010 Five Days (TV series)
Jen Mason
– Day 102 (2010) … Jen Mason
– Day 37 (2010) … Jen Mason
– Day 8 (2010) … Jen Mason
– Day 2 (2010) … Jen Mason
– Day 1 (2010) … Jen Mason
 
2008 In Love with Barbara (TV movie)
Barbara Cartland
 
2008 Faintheart
Barbara
 
2008/I Affinity
Mrs. Brink
 
2008 Shameless (TV series)
Joan Dallimore
– Episode #5.9 (2008) … Joan Dallimore
 
2007 Savage Grace
Nini Daly
 
2007 Hit for Six
Show Producer
 
2007 Doctor Who (TV series)
Florence Finnegan
– Smith and Jones (2007) … Florence Finnegan
 
2007 Miss Marple: Nemesis (TV movie)
Sister Agnes
 
2007 The Bad Mother's Handbook (TV movie)
Nancy Hesketh
 
2007 Hot Fuzz
Leslie Tiller
 
2004-2006 Life Begins (TV series)
Brenda Thornhill
– Episode #3.6 (2006) … Brenda Thornhill
– Episode #3.1 (2006) … Brenda Thornhill
– Episode #2.8 (2005) … Brenda Thornhill
– When Lifes Collide (2005) … Brenda Thornhill
– Hidden Pain (2005) … Brenda Thornhill
See all 16 episodes »
 
2006 Jane Eyre (TV mini-series)
Gypsy Woman
– Episode #1.2 (2006) … Gypsy Woman
 
2006 The Booze Cruise III (TV movie)
Grace
 
2006 The True Voice of Murder (TV movie)
 
2005 The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt (TV movie)
Grace Stringer
 
2005 Bleak House (TV mini-series)
Mrs. Rouncewell
– Episode #1.15 (2005) … Mrs. Rouncewell
– Episode #1.14 (2005) … Mrs. Rouncewell
– Episode #1.13 (2005) … Mrs. Rouncewell
– Episode #1.11 (2005) … Mrs. Rouncewell
– Episode #1.8 (2005) … Mrs. Rouncewell
See all 9 episodes »
 
2005 A Little Trip to Heaven
Martha
 
2004 Rose and Maloney (TV series)
Bea Linden
– Episode #1.1 (2004) … Bea Linden
 
2003 The Young Visiters (TV movie)
Mrs. Monticue
 
2003 Cheers and Tears (TV movie)
Grace
 
2003 Love Actually
Headmistress (scenes deleted) (uncredited)
 
2003 The Mother
May
 
2003 Midsomer Murders (TV series)
Sarah Proudie
– A Tale of Two Hamlets (2003) … Sarah Proudie
 
2001-2002 Dalziel and Pascoe (TV series)
Harriet Clifford - Dalziel's Sister
– Sins of the Fathers (2002) … Harriet Clifford - Dalziel's Sister
– Truth and Consequences (2001) … Harriet Clifford - Dalziel's Sister
 
2002 Sweet Charity (TV short)
Agnes
 
2001 Linda Green (TV series)
Yvonne Mott
– Rest in Peace (2001) … Yvonne Mott
 
2001 The Incredible Adventures of Wallace & Gromit (video)
Wendolene Ramsbottom (A Close Shave) (voice)
 
2000 Liam
Mrs. Abernathy
 
1998-2000 Dinnerladies (TV series)
Jean
– Toast (2000) … Jean
– Gravy (2000) … Jean
– Christine (2000) … Jean
– Minnellium (1999) … Jean
– Christmas (1999) … Jean
See all 15 episodes »
 
1993-1999 Peak Practice (TV series)
Rita Barrat
– New Beginnings (1999) … Rita Barrat
– Moving On (1999) … Rita Barrat
– Change of Life (1999) … Rita Barrat
– Buying Time (1999) … Rita Barrat
– Wood for the Trees (1999) … Rita Barrat
See all 8 episodes »
 
1998-1999 Playing the Field (TV series)
Mrs. Gill
– Episode #2.7 (1999) … Mrs. Gill
– Episode #2.5 (1999) … Mrs. Gill
– Episode #1.6 (1998) … Mrs. Gill
– Episode #1.5 (1998) … Mrs. Gill
 
1999 Lost for Words (TV movie)
Gloria Brooks
 
1997 Spark (TV series)
Mrs. Rudge
– The Girl at the Bull's Head (1997) … Mrs. Rudge
– Ursula Sober This Time (1997) … Mrs. Rudge
– Ursula (1997) … Mrs. Rudge
– Beth Again (1997) … Mrs. Rudge
– Beth (1997) … Mrs. Rudge
See all 6 episodes »
 
1993-1997 Heartbeat (TV series)
Aunt Alison / Marjorie Doubleday
– Affairs of the Heart (1997) … Aunt Alison
– Baby Blues (1993) … Marjorie Doubleday
 
1996-1997 Paul Merton in Galton and Simpson's... (TV series)
Gwen / Mother / Mrs. Thompson
– Visiting Day (1997) … Mrs. Thompson
– The Lift (1996) … Gwen
– Don't Dilly Dally on the Way (1996) … Mother
 
1997 Love and Death on Long Island
Maureen (as Ann Reid)
 
1997 The Wingless Bird (TV mini-series)
Alice Conway
– Episode #1.3 (1997) … Alice Conway
– Episode #1.2 (1997) … Alice Conway
– Episode #1.1 (1997) … Alice Conway
 
1996 Sometime, Never (TV series)
Annette
– Getting Results (1996) … Annette
 
1996 Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (TV series)
Hilda Townsend
– A High Profile (1996) … Hilda Townsend
 
1995 Wallace and Gromit in A Close Shave (short)
Wendolene (voice)
 
1995 The Infiltrator (TV movie)
Ingrid
 
1994 Seaforth (TV series)
Aunt Enid
– Till Death (1994) … Aunt Enid
– This Evil World (1994) … Aunt Enid
 
1994 Pat and Margaret (TV movie)
Maeve
 
1994 Where the Buffalo Roam (TV movie)
Pam
 
1992-1994 Firm Friends (TV mini-series)
Wendy Holmes
– Episode #2.4 (1994) … Wendy Holmes
– Episode #2.3 (1994) … Wendy Holmes
– Episode #2.2 (1994) … Wendy Holmes
– Episode #2.1 (1994) … Wendy Holmes
– Episode #1.3 (1992) … Wendy Holmes
See all 6 episodes »
 
1994 Roughnecks (TV series)
 
1993 Micky Love (TV movie)
Jenny
 
1992 Ruth Rendell Mysteries (TV series)
Joyce Virson
– Kissing the Gunner's Daughter: Part One (1992) … Joyce Virson
 
1992 Crime Story (TV series)
Muriel McKay
– Gone Too Far: The Mystery of Mrs. Muriel McKay (1992) … Muriel McKay
 
1992 Casualty (TV series)
Barbara
– Will You Still Love Me? (1992) … Barbara
 
1992 An Ungentlemanly Act (TV movie)
Mrs. Mozeley
 
1991 Rich Tea and Sympathy (TV series)
Sally
– Waiters & Whoopie Cushions (1991) … Sally
– Sinners & Sea Bass (1991) … Sally
– Vegetable Samosas & Virgins (1991) … Sally
– Socks & Self Denial (1991) … Sally
– Poppadoms & Peeping Toms (1991) … Sally
See all 6 episodes »
 
1991 Very Big Very Soon (TV series)
Susan Driscoll
– The Taxman (1991) … Susan Driscoll
 
1991 The Upper Hand (TV series)
Nurse Edwards
– The Anniversary (1991) … Nurse Edwards
 
1991 Josie Smith (TV series)
Miss Potts
– Josie Smith and the Princess (1991) … Miss Potts
– Josie Smith and the New Teacher (1991) … Miss Potts
 
1990 Made in Heaven (TV series)
Wilma
– The Big Match (1990) … Wilma
 
1990 A Bit of Fry and Laurie (TV series)
– Episode #2.3 (1990)
 
1989 About Face (TV series)
Geraldine
– Mrs Worthington's Daughter (1989) … Geraldine
 
1989 Victoria Wood (TV series)
Enid / Sheila
– The Library (1989) … Sheila
– Mens Sana in Thingummy Doodah (1989) … Enid
 
1989 4 Play (TV series)
Pam Radley
– Dawn and the Candidate (1989) … Pam Radley
 
1989 Doctor Who (TV series)
Nurse Crane
– The Curse of Fenric: Part 4 (1989) … Nurse Crane
– The Curse of Fenric: Part 3 (1989) … Nurse Crane
– The Curse of Fenric: Part 2 (1989) … Nurse Crane
– The Curse of Fenric: Part 1 (1989) … Nurse Crane
 
1988 Boon (TV series)
Yvonne Temple
– Beef Encounter (1988) … Yvonne Temple
 
1987 Screen Two (TV series)
Mrs. Hawke
– Inappropriate Behaviour (1987) … Mrs. Hawke
 
1986 Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV (TV series)
Pam Twill
– Episode #2.1 (1986) … Pam Twill
 
1985 Shine on Harvey Moon (TV series)
Joan
– All, or Nothing at All (1985) … Joan
 
1985 Masterpiece Theatre: Bleak House (TV mini-series)
Mrs. Bagnet
– Episode #1.7 (1985) … Mrs. Bagnet
 
1984 Love and Marriage (TV series)
Ruth
– Lucifer (1984) … Ruth
 
1981 My Father's House (TV mini-series)
Aunt Kitty
– Episode #1.4 (1981) … Aunt Kitty
– Episode #1.3 (1981) … Aunt Kitty
– Episode #1.1 (1981) … Aunt Kitty
 
1979-1980 The Mallens (TV series)
Mathilda Bensham
– Episode #2.2 (1980) … Mathilda Bensham
– Episode #2.1 (1980) … Mathilda Bensham
– Episode #1.7 (1979) … Mathilda Bensham
– Episode #1.6 (1979) … Mathilda Bensham
 
1979 Leave It to Charlie (TV series)
– Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1979)
 
1978 Crown Court (TV series)
Florence Davenport / Grace Cook / Mrs. Davenport
– A Man with Everything: Part 2 (1978) … Florence Davenport
– A Man with Everything: Part 1 (1978) … Mrs. Davenport
– Michael: Part 1 (1978) … Grace Cook
 
1978 Strangers (TV series)
Audrey Stephens
– Right and Wrong (1978) … Audrey Stephens
 
1978 ITV Playhouse (TV series)
Alice
– One of the Boys (1978) … Alice
 
1977 Fathers and Families (TV mini-series)
Martha Frend
– Left for Dead (1977) … Martha Frend
 
1977 Heydays Hotel (TV movie)
 
1976 Red Letter Day (TV series)
Sheila Harding
– Matchfit (1976) … Sheila Harding
 
1973 Six Days of Justice (TV series)
Margery Birkenshaw
– The Complaint (1973) … Margery Birkenshaw
 
1973 Play for Today (TV series)
Eileen Morris
– Edward G: Like the Filmstar (1973) … Eileen Morris
 
1972 Buggins' Ermine (TV movie)
Lily
 
1961-1971 Coronation Street (TV series)
Valerie Barlow / Valerie Tatlock
– Episode #1.1045 (1971) … Valerie Barlow
– Episode #1.1034 (1970) … Valerie Barlow
– Episode #1.1029 (1970) … Valerie Barlow
– Episode #1.992 (1970) … Valerie Barlow
– Episode #1.991 (1970) … Valerie Barlow
See all 135 episodes »
 
1957-1959 Hancock's Half Hour (TV series)
Actress / Secretary
– The Tycoon (1959)
– There's an Airfield at the Bottom of My Garden (1957) … Secretary
– The Adopted Family (1957)
– Lady Chatterley's Revenge (1957) … Actress (as Ann Reid)
 
1958 Room 43
Woman getting married (uncredited)
 
1958 The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV series)
Alison / Betsey / Melissa
– Farewell to Tuck. (1958) … Alison
– Elixir of Youth (1958) … Melissa
– At the Sign of the Blue Boar (1958) … Alison
– One Man's Meat (1958) … Betsey (as Ann Reid)
 
1958 Time Is the Enemy (TV series)
Patience Mee
 
1957 The Machine Breakers (TV series)
Mary
– The Oath (1957) … Mary
 
1957 The Benny Hill Show (TV series)
– Episode #2.2 (1957)
 
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2012 Upstairs Downstairs (TV series)
– Somewhere Over the Rainbow (2012) (performer: "Ain't We Got Fun?")
 
Show ShowSelf (12 titles)
2011 Daybreak (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 9 February 2011 (2011) … Herself
 
2010 Breakfast (TV series)
Herself - Actress
– Episode dated 22 December 2010 (2010) … Herself - Actress
– Episode dated 13 April 2010 (2010) … Herself - Actress
 
2010 Coronation Street: 50 Years, 50 Moments (TV documentary)
Herself (as Anne Reid MBE)
 
2009 Richard & Judy's New Position (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 6 February 2009 (2009) … Herself
 
2009 The Alan Titchmarsh Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 28 January 2009 (2009) … Herself
 
2008 The Paul O'Grady Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #8.18 (2008) … Herself
 
2006 Comedy Connections (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Dinnerladies (2006) … Herself
 
2005 What Did ITV Do for Me? (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2004 Today with Des and Mel (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 9 February 2004 (2004) … Herself
 
2003 Richard & Judy (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 13 November 2003 (2003) … Herself
 
2000 Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings (TV special)
Dilys Willis
 
1972-1974 This Is Your Life (TV series documentary)
Herself - Guest
– Jack Howarth (1974) … Herself - Guest
– Pat Phoenix (1972) … Herself - Guest
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (6 titles)
2010 The Stars of the Street: 50 Years, 50 Classic Characters (video)
Valerie Barlow
 
2009 Doctor Who Greatest Moments (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2001 Room 101 (TV series)
 
1999 Coronation Street: Through the Keyhole (video)
Valerie Barlow
 
1998 Women of Coronation Street (video)
Valerie Barlow
 
1970-1990 Coronation Street (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Played Jack's mother in the musical "Into The Woods" - Royal Opera House, London/ The Lowery, Salford (2007). See more »

Publicity Listings:

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Alternate Names:

Anne Reid MBE | Ann Reid

Height:

5' 5" (1.65 m)
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Personal Quote:

[on being awarded the MBE in June 2010] Thrilled and delighted and amazed. See more »

Trivia:

She was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2010 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to Drama. See more »

Star Sign:

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