Beryl Reid
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 Reid in 1974 |
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| Born | Beryl Elizabeth Reid 17 June 1919 Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK |
| Died | 13 October 1996 (aged 77) South Buckinghamshire, England, UK |
| Occupation | Actress |
Beryl Elizabeth Reid, OBE (17 June 1919[1] – 13 October 1996) was a British actress of stage and screen.
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[edit] Early life
Born in Hereford, England in 1919,[2] Reid was the daughter of Scottish parents and grew up in Manchester where she attended Withington and Levenshulme High Schools.
[edit] Career
Leaving school at 16, she made her debut in 1936 as a music hall performer at the Floral Hall, Bridlington. Before and during World War II, she took part in variety shows and pantomimes. She had no formal training but later appeared at the Royal National Theatre in London as a comedy actress. Her first big success came in the BBC radio show Educating Archie as naughty schoolgirl Monica and later as the Brummie, "Marlene".
Her many film and television roles as a character actor were usually well-received. She reprised her Tony Award-winning performance of a lesbian soap opera star in The Killing of Sister George for the screen version and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Actress in a Drama. The former tour of the play was not a success, people in shops refused to serve her and other performers due to the gay characters in the play.[3]
In both Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and Smiley's People Reid played Connie Sachs. For Smiley's People she won a BAFTA for Best Actress on Television. She also wrote an autobiography, So Much Love, which was well received. She played the part of an elderly feminist and political subversive in the 1987 television drama, The Beiderbecke Tapes.
[edit] Death
Twice married, but childless, Beryl Reid died from pneumonia and osteoporosis at a South Buckinghamshire hospital following knee surgery. She was 77 years old.[4][5]
[edit] Filmography
[edit] References
- ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=yteEn5kcBfgqx5wZkCFsAA&scan=1. Retrieved February 23, 2011.
- ^ GRO Register of Births: SEP 1919 6a 720 HEREFORD, Beryl E. Reid mmn=McDonald
- ^ Daily Telegraph obituary, also featured in Chin Up Girls! (2005)
- ^ GRO Register of Deaths: Oct 1996 B17A 59 Chiltern and South Buckinghamshire, Beryl Elizabeth Reid, DoB 17 June 1919, aged 77.
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/1996/10/15/theater/beryl-reid-actress-76-dies-gave-life-to-varied-eccentrics.html
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Beryl Reid |
- Beryl Reid at the Internet Broadway Database
- Beryl Reid at the British Film Institute's Screenonline
- Beryl Reid at the Internet Movie Database
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- 1919 births
- 1996 deaths
- Actors from Manchester
- BAFTA winners (people)
- Deaths from surgical complications
- Deaths from pneumonia
- Disease-related deaths in England
- English film actors
- English people of Scottish descent
- English stage actors
- English television actors
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- People from Buckinghamshire
