Anne Reid
Biography
Anne Reid, MBE is an English stage, film and television actress, known for her roles as Valerie Barlow in the soap opera Coronation Street; Jean in the sitcom dinnerladies; and her BAFTA-nominated role as Celia Dawson in Last Tango in Halifax.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Love and Death on Long Island
as Maureen
1998
Cemetery Junction
as Freddie's Gran
2010
Affinity
as Mrs. Brink
2008
Foster
as Diane
2011
The Mother
as May
2003
A Little Trip to Heaven
as Martha
2005
Song for Marion
as Brenda
2012
Believe
as Jean Busby
2013
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
as Self
2016
Savage Grace
as Nini Daly
2007
Liam
as Mrs. Abernathy
2001
A Close Shave
as Wendolene (voice)
1996
The Trouble with Jessica
as Miranda
2024
Love Actually
as Headmistress (uncredited)
2003
Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation
as Wendolene
1996
One of the Boys
as Alice
1978
Pat and Margaret
as Maeve
1994
Hot Fuzz
as Leslie Tiller
2007
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
as Various Characters
2000
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
as Self - Voice of Wendolene
2015
TV Appearances
Upstairs, Downstairs
1971
Midsomer Murders
as Sarah Proudie
1997
This Morning
as Self
1988
dinnerladies
as Jean
1998
Life Begins
as Brenda Thornhill
2004
Doctor Who
as Nurse Crane
1963
Bleak House
as Mrs. Rouncewell
2005
Heartbeat
as Marjorie Doubleday
1992
Dalziel & Pascoe
1996
Five Days
as Jen Mason
2007
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Alison
1955
Play for Today
as Eileen Morris
1970