- Born
- Height5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
- Anne was born in the Jesmond area of Newcastle Upon Tyne but at a very young age her family moved to Redcar near Middlesborough, She was educated at a Welsh boarding school and started acting because her Geordie accent was so out of place in Wales. Enjoying acting encouraged her to train at RADA She is best remembered as Valerie Barlow in Coronation Street after which she virtually gave up acting to look after her family Returning to the stage she appeared in Billy Liar in the 80's the while appearing at London's Royal Court Theatre she was seen by Hanif Kureishi who gave her the title role in the film Mother which was followed by a part in Calendar Girls with Francis de la Tour but their scenes were cut ,- IMDb Mini Biography By: Tonyman 5
- SpousePeter Eckersley(May 22, 1971 - August 27, 1981) (his death, 1 child)
- Children
- ParentsColin Norman ReidAnnie Eliza Weetman
- RelativesThomas Reid(Sibling)Colin Reid(Sibling)
- She had her scenes from Love Actually (2003) cut from the final film, they feature in the DVD extras. She played the school Headmistress, whose lesbian lover was played by Frances de la Tour.
- She chose to leave 'Coronation Street' at the end of 1970 because she didn't want to spend the rest of her career playing the same part. Shortly afterwards she gave birth to her son, her husband was ill and she looked after her mother. As a consequence, she didn't work much for the next 12 years.
- She turned down a role in Calendar Girls (2003) so she could star in The Mother (2003).
- One of 31 performers to have both acted in the 20th century Doctor who and the 21st Century Doctor Who.
- She comes from a family connected with journalism and newspapers.
- I still just love acting! Most of us agree it's like a child's game, really; doesn't seem like a serious job at all. I love doing comedy.
- [on being awarded the MBE in June 2010] Thrilled and delighted and amazed.
- I don't trust journalists as far as I can throw them. My family were all in newspapers.
- As you get older the phone stops ringing, which is inevitable because people stop asking for you.
- Newspapers are much more intrusive today. People discuss their intimate sex lives in detail. I wouldn't. Well, I have nothing to talk about.
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