Beryl Reid(1919-1996)
- Actress
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Beryl Reid 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. She lasted 6 weeks. She applied for and was
accepted in a revue in the Summer season in Bridlington. She had no
formal training but joined the National Theater in London as a comedy
actress. Her first big success came in the BBC radio show "Educating
Archie" (a ventriloquist - on the radio). She played the naughty
schoolgirl, Monica, and later, the Brummie Marlene. Her film roles were
few and far between, but always well received. She transferred her Tony
award winning performance of the lesbian radio star to the screen in
Faut-il tuer Sister George? (1968).
But she was best known and loved for her (slightly tipsy) older ladies
such as in
The Beiderbecke Tapes (1987)
and
La taupe (1979).
