| Sheila Reid | |
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| Born | 21 December 1937 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Occupation | Actress |
Sheila Reid (born 1937) is a Scottish actress, best known for her performance as Madge Barron in Benidorm.
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Reid has had a long and distinguished career in theatre, film and television, and worked with Laurence Olivier at the Royal National Theatre. In 1980, she played the long-suffering wife of Trevor Howard in Vivian Stanshall's Sir Henry at Rawlinson End. She also played Mrs. Buttle in Terry Gilliam's 1985 cult classic Brazil. She has also appeared in the TV series All Creatures Great and Small as Mrs Donavan, a rather eccentric woman offering treatments to animals in rivalry to James Herriot and Siegried Farnon, and also had a brief appearance in the first series of Auf Weidersehen, Pet. From 2007 onwards she has appeared as Madge Barron in Benidorm and made an appearance in the final episode of series 1 of BBC Two's 2009 sitcom Psychoville as an old crone.
Reid was formerly married to actor Julian Curry. On 11 April 2008, after 32 years together, she and partner Terry Bullen were married in London, at a private ceremony watched by 12 close friends.[1]
She is involved with charity Plan International.[1]