Anne Reid

Actor May 28 (age 90) Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK 1955–2025 (70 year career)

6.6 avg rating

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.

Known For

Film

Hot Fuzz

Leslie Tiller

Film

Love Actually

Headmistress (uncredited)

Film

A Close Shave

Wendolene (voice)

Film

The Aeronauts

Ethel Glaisher

Film

Years and Years

Muriel Deacon

Film

The Snowman

Mrs. Bendiksen

Film

Cemetery Junction

Freddie's Gran

Film

SAS: Red Notice

Charlotte

Filmography

Acting (114)

Movies (48)

The Trouble with Jessica

2024

as Miranda

6.0

Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Cracking Collection

2024

as Wendolene Ramsbottom

SAS: Red Notice

as Charlotte

The Nest

as Rory's Mum

The Aeronauts

as Ethel Glaisher

Romans

The Snowman

as Mrs. Bendiksen

Kaleidoscope

as Aileen

A Woman of No Importance

2017

as Lady Hunstanton

6.0

Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood

2016

as Self

A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman

2015

as Self - Voice of Wendolene

Believe

as Jean Busby

The Last Witch

as Miranda

Song for Marion

as Brenda

Foster

as Diane

Cemetery Junction

as Freddie's Gran

Faintheart

as Barbara

Affinity

as Mrs. Brink

In Love with Barbara

as Barbara Cartland

Hot Fuzz

as Leslie Tiller

Savage Grace

as Nini Daly

The Bad Mother's Handbook

2007

as Nancy Hesketh

7.0

The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering

2006

as Grace

7.3

A Little Trip to Heaven

2005

as Martha

5.4

The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt

as Grace Stringer

The Mother

as May

Love Actually

as Headmistress (uncredited)

The Young Visiters

as Mrs. Monticue

The Booze Cruise

as Grace

Sweet Charity

as Agnes

The Incredible Adventures of Wallace & Gromit

2001

as Wendolene (Voice)

Liam

2001

as Mrs. Abernathy

6.1

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

2000

as Various Characters

6.5

Lost for Words

1999

as Gloria Brooks

7.0

Love and Death on Long Island

as Maureen

A Close Shave

as Wendolene (voice)

Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation

as Wendolene

Pat and Margaret

as Maeve

Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love

as Jenny

An Ungentlemanly Act

as Mrs. Mozeley

Gone Too Far: The Mystery of Mrs. Muriel McKay

1992

as Muriel McKay

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric

1989

as Nurse Crane

8.5

Inappropriate Behaviour

1987

as Mrs Hawke

The Mallens

1979

as Mathilda Bensham

One of the Boys

1978

as Alice

Matchfit

1976

as Sheila Harding

Edward G: Like the Filmstar

1973

as Eileen Morris

Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1

1957

as Secretary

Television (66)

Riot Women

as Nancy

Tales of the Tardis

as Nurse Crane

The Sixth Commandment

as Ann Moore-Martin

Sanditon

as Lady Denham

Years and Years

as Muriel Deacon

Hold the Sunset

as Mrs. Gale

Dinnerladies Diaries

as Self

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

as Martine Jenkins

Inside No. 9

as Geraldine

Our Zoo

as Lucy Mottershead

Last Tango in Halifax

as Celia

Prisoners' Wives

as Margaret

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

2011

as Self - Participant

Marchlands

as Ruth Bowen

Upstairs Downstairs

as Mrs. Clarice Thackeray

Moving On

as Diane

Ladies of Letters

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

as Self

Five Days

as Jen Mason

The One Show

as Self

Jane Eyre

as Gypsy Woman

Doctor Who

as Florence Finnegan

Bleak House

as Mrs. Rouncewell

Shameless

as Joan Dallimore

New Tricks

as Sophie Urquhart

Who Do You Think You Are?

2004

as Self

6.7

Life Begins

2004

as Brenda Thornhill

The Booze Cruise

as Grace

The Jury

as June Brierley

Rose and Maloney

as Bea Linden

Linda Green

as Yvonne Mott

Hearts and Bones

as Annie Rose

dinnerladies

as Jean

Playing the Field

as Mrs. Gill

Playing the Field

as Mrs. Gill

Midsomer Murders

as Sarah Proudie

The Wingless Bird

as Alice Conway

Spark

as Mrs. Rudge

Dalziel & Pascoe

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

1996

as Hilda

7.3

Ready, Steady, Cook

1994

as Self - Contestant

Peak Practice

as Rita Barrat

Rik Mayall Presents

as Jenny

Heartbeat

as Marjorie Doubleday

7.1

Rich Tea And Sympathy

1991

The Upper Hand

1990

as Nurse Edwards

7.0

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989

as Daisy Luttrell

8.2

A Bit of Fry & Laurie

Victoria Wood

as Enid

About Face

This Morning

as Self

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

as Joyce Virson

Casualty

as Barbara

Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV

1985

7.6

Love and Marriage

1984

as Ruth

Shine on Harvey Moon

as Joan

The Mallens

as Mathilda Bensham

Strangers

as Audrey Stephens

Leave it to Charlie

as Mrs. Hunnicutt

Crown Court

as Florence Davenport

Play for Today

as Eileen Morris

Doctor Who

as Nurse Crane

Coronation Street

as Valerie Tatlock

Time Is the Enemy

Hancock's Half Hour

The Adventures of Robin Hood

1955

as Alison

6.3