Beryl Reid
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Beryl Reid (17 June 1920 – 13 October 1996), born in Hereford, England, was the daughter of Scottish parents and grew up in industrial Manchester, England.
She left home at the age of 16 to go and work in a shop, where she lasted six weeks.
She applied for and was accepted in a revue in the summer season in Bridlington. 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 (a ventriloquist show – on the radio). She played the naughty schoolgirl, Monica, and later the Brummie, Marlene.
Her many film and television roles as a character actor were always well received. She transferred her Tony award winning performance of the lesbian radio star to the screen in The Killing of Sister George (1968).
She was best known and loved for her (slightly tipsy) older ladies such as in The Beiderbecke Tapes (1987) and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1979). She also played Captain Briggs in the Doctor Who story Earthshock, and Mrs. Desiree Carthorse in The Goodies episode Gender Education.
She died following knee surgery, aged 76.
[edit] Filmography
- 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)
- Rhubarb Rhubarb (1980)
- Late Flowering Love (1981)
- Yellowbeard (1983)
- The Doctor and the Devils (1985)
