Anne Reid was the envy of older women everywhere ... My first TV job was doing sketches with Benny Hill. My parents came back to England in 1960, just before I went into Coronation Street playing ...

She made her TV debut in several sketches with Benny Hill and on Hancock’s Half Hour. However, she became a household name when she took on the role of Valerie in Coronation Street. Anne starred ...

But Anne Reid isn’t most actors ... Granted, the string of secretaries and brides-to-be she played in the likes of The Benny Hill Show and Hancock’s Half Hour might not have felt like ...

BAFTA-nominated actress Anne Reid has a career spanning almost 60 ... Reid made her television debut aged 22 on the Benny Hill show, but she became a household name in 1961, when she played ...

The date and time of my interview with Anne Reid has been changed so many times ... a Hanif Kureishi-scripted, Roger (Notting Hill) Michell-directed account of May, a downtrodden grannie who ...

Anne Reid, who was previously a senior advisor ... She graduated from Harvard University and UNC Chapel Hill. Reid is an ’04 graduate of Harvard College, where she majored in Hispanic Studies.