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.
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Acting History
2025
Riot Women as Nancy
2024The Trouble with Jessica as Miranda
2023Tales of the Tardis as Nurse Crane
2023The Sixth Commandment as Ann Moore-Martin
2021SAS: Red Notice as Charlotte
2020The Nest as Rory's Mum
2019The Aeronauts as Ethel Glaisher
2019Sanditon as Lady Denham
2019Years and Years as Muriel Deacon
2018Dinnerladies Diaries as Self
2018Hold the Sunset as Mrs. Gale
2017Romans
2017A Woman of No Importance as Lady Hunstanton
2017Kaleidoscope as Aileen
2017Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams as Martine Jenkins
2017The Snowman as Mrs. Bendiksen
2016Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood as Self
2015A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman as Self - Voice of Wendolene
2014Our Zoo as Lucy Mottershead
2014Inside No. 9 as Geraldine
2014Inside No. 9 as Self
2013The Last Witch as Miranda
2013Believe as Jean Busby
2012Last Tango in Halifax as Celia
2012Song for Marion as Brenda
2012Prisoners' Wives as Margaret
2011Celebrity Antiques Road Trip as Self - Participant
2011Foster as Diane
2011Marchlands as Ruth Bowen
2010Upstairs Downstairs as Mrs. Clarice Thackeray
2010Cemetery Junction as Freddie's Gran
2009Moving On as Diane
2009Ladies of Letters
2009Faintheart as Barbara
2008Affinity as Mrs. Brink
2008In Love with Barbara as Barbara Cartland
2007The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self
2007Savage Grace as Nini Daly
2007The Bad Mother's Handbook as Nancy Hesketh
2007Hot Fuzz as Leslie Tiller
2007Five Days as Jen Mason
2006Jane Eyre as Gypsy Woman
2006The One Show as Self
2006The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering as Grace
2005A Little Trip to Heaven as Martha
2005The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt as Grace Stringer
2005Bleak House as Mrs. Rouncewell
2005Doctor Who as Florence Finnegan
2004Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
2004Life Begins as Brenda Thornhill
2004Shameless as Joan Dallimore
2004New Tricks as Sophie Urquhart
2003The Young Visiters as Mrs. Monticue
2003The Mother as May
2003Love Actually as Headmistress (uncredited)
2003The Booze Cruise as Grace
2003The Booze Cruise as Grace
2002Rose and Maloney as Bea Linden
2002Sweet Charity as Agnes
2002The Jury as June Brierley
2001Linda Green as Yvonne Mott
2001The Incredible Adventures of Wallace & Gromit as Wendolene (Voice)
2001Liam as Mrs. Abernathy
2000Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings as Various Characters
2000Hearts and Bones as Annie Rose
1999Lost for Words as Gloria Brooks
1998dinnerladies as Jean
1998Love and Death on Long Island as Maureen
1998Playing the Field as Mrs. Gill
1997Spark as Mrs. Rudge
1997Midsomer Murders as Sarah Proudie
1997The Wingless Bird as Alice Conway
1996Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation as Wendolene
1996Dalziel & Pascoe
1996Dalziel & Pascoe as Harriet Clifford - Dalziel's Sister
1996A Close Shave as Wendolene (voice)
1996Hetty Wainthropp Investigates as Hilda
1994Ready, Steady, Cook as Self - Contestant
1994Pat and Margaret as Maeve
1993Rik Mayall Presents as Jenny
1993Peak Practice as Rita Barrat
1992Gone Too Far: The Mystery of Mrs. Muriel McKay as Muriel McKay
1992An Ungentlemanly Act as Mrs. Mozeley
1992Heartbeat as Marjorie Doubleday
1992Heartbeat as Aunt Alison
1991Rich Tea And Sympathy
1990The Upper Hand as Nurse Edwards
1989Victoria Wood as Enid
1989Victoria Wood as Sheila
1989Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric as Nurse Crane
1989About Face
1989A Bit of Fry & Laurie
1989Agatha Christie's Poirot as Daisy Luttrell
1988This Morning as Self
1987The Ruth Rendell Mysteries as Joyce Virson
1987Inappropriate Behaviour as Mrs Hawke
1986Casualty as Barbara
1985Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
1982Shine on Harvey Moon as Joan
1979The Mallens as Mathilda Bensham
1979The Mallens as Mathilda Bensham
1978Leave it to Charlie as Mrs. Hunnicutt
1978One of the Boys as Alice
1976Matchfit as Sheila Harding
1973Edward G: Like the Filmstar as Eileen Morris
1972Crown Court as Florence Davenport
1971Upstairs, Downstairs
1970Play for Today as Eileen Morris
1963Doctor Who as Nurse Crane
1960Coronation Street as Valerie Barlow
1960Coronation Street as Valerie Tatlock
1958Time Is the Enemy
1957Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1 as Secretary
1956Hancock's Half Hour
1955The Adventures of Robin Hood as Alison
1955The Adventures of Robin Hood as Melissa