- Born
- Height5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
- 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. When Anne got older she was sent to a boarding school, Penrose College, in North Wales and at 11 was in a choir. Her father became a special correspondent for the Daily Telegraph following in the footsteps of her grandfather, an uncle and 3 brothers who were all journalists. Anne took elocution lessons and did bits in plays with a teacher who recognising her talent helped her to get into RADA after which she worked as as a stage manager and some work in repertory. Her first work in television involved sketches with Benny Hill but gave up acting in 1974 before returning in 1986 eventually making her name in the part of Valerie Barlow in the television soap Coronation Street.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Tonyman 5
- SpousePeter Eckersley(May 22, 1971 - August 27, 1981) (his death, 1 child)
- Children
- ParentsColin Norman ReidAnnie Eliza Weetman
- RelativesThomas Reid(Sibling)Colin Reid(Sibling)
- She had her scenes from Love Actually (2003) cut from the final film, they feature in the DVD extras. She played the school Headmistress, whose lesbian lover was played by Frances de la Tour.
- She chose to leave 'Coronation Street' at the end of 1970 because she didn't want to spend the rest of her career playing the same part. Shortly afterwards she gave birth to her son, her husband was ill and she looked after her mother. As a consequence, she didn't work much for the next 12 years.
- She turned down a role in Calendar Girls (2003) so she could star in The Mother (2003).
- One of 31 performers to have both acted in the 20th century Doctor who and the 21st Century Doctor Who.
- She comes from a family connected with journalism and newspapers.
- I still just love acting! Most of us agree it's like a child's game, really; doesn't seem like a serious job at all. I love doing comedy.
- [on being awarded the MBE in June 2010] Thrilled and delighted and amazed.
- I don't trust journalists as far as I can throw them. My family were all in newspapers.
- As you get older the phone stops ringing, which is inevitable because people stop asking for you.
- Newspapers are much more intrusive today. People discuss their intimate sex lives in detail. I wouldn't. Well, I have nothing to talk about.
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