Beryl Reid

Infobox Actor
name = Beryl Reid


birthname = Beryl Elizabeth Reid
birthdate = birth date|1919|06|17
birthplace = Hereford, Herefordshire, England
deathdate = death date and age|1996|10|13|1919|06|17
deathplace = South Buckinghamshire, England
occupation = Actor
baftaawards = Best Television Actress
1982 "Smiley's People"
tonyawards = Best Leading Actress
1963 "The Killing of Sister George"

Beryl Elizabeth Reid OBE (June 17 1919 – October 13 1996) was a British actress of stage and screen.

Biography

Early life

Born in Hereford, England, [GRO Register of Births: SEP 1919 6a 720 HEREFORD, Beryl E. Reid mmn = McDonald] Reid was the daughter of Scottish parents and grew up in industrial Manchester where she attended Withington and Levenshulme High Schools. She left home at the age of 16 to work in a shop, where she lasted six weeks.

Career

Reid applied for and was accepted in a revue in the summer season in Bridlington in 1936. She had no formal training but joined 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.

Reid's many film and television roles as a character actor were always 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. In both "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" and "Smiley's People" she is seen as Connie Sachs. For "Smiley's People" she won a BAFTA for Best Actress on Television. She also wrote a biography, "So Much Love", which was well received.

Reid died from complications following knee surgery at the age of 77. Her death was registered in South Buckinghamshire. [GRO Register of Deaths: Oct 1996 B17A 59 Chiltern and South Buckinghamshire, Beryl Elizabeth Reid, DoB = 17 June 1919, aged 77]

Filmography

*"The Belles of St Trinian's" (1954)
*"The Extra Day" (1956)
*"Two-Way Stretch" (1960)
*"The Dock Brief" (1962)
*"Inspector Clouseau" (1968)
*"Star!" (1968)
*"The Killing of Sister George" (1968)
*"The Assassination Bureau" (1969)
*"Entertaining Mr Sloane" (1970)
*"The Beast in the Cellar" (1970)
*"Psychomania" (1971)
*"Father, Dear Father" (1972)
*"Dr. Phibes Rises Again" (1972)
*"No Sex Please, We're British" (1973)
*"Joseph Andrews" (1977)
*"Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse" (1978)
*"Carry On Emmannuelle" (1978)
*"Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" (1979)
*"Rhubarb Rhubarb" (1980)
*"Late Flowering Love" (1981)
*"Doctor Who Earthshock" (1982)
*"Smiley's People" (1982)
*"Yellowbeard" (1983)
*"The Doctor and the Devils" (1985)

References

External links

*ibdb|57336
*imdb|0717189

Persondata
NAME = Reid, Beryl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Actor
DATE OF BIRTH = 1919-06-17
PLACE OF BIRTH = Hereford, Herefordshire, England
DATE OF DEATH = 1996-10-13
PLACE OF DEATH =