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British actress (–)

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Died	13 October () (aged&#;77) Wexham, Buckinghamshire, England
Occupation	Actress
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Beryl Elizabeth Reid (17 June – 13 October ) was a British actress.

She won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for The Killing of Sister George, the Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance for Born in the Gardens, and the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for Smiley's People. Her film appearances included The Belles of St. Trinian's (), The Killing of Sister George (), The Assassination Bureau (), and No Sex Please, We're British ().

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Early life

Beryl Elizabeth Reid was born on 17 June in Hereford, Herefordshire, daughter of Leonard Reid, an estate agent and valuer, and Anne Burton, née McDonald.^[1][2] Reid was the daughter of Scottish parents and grew up in Manchester, where she attended Withington and Levenshulme High Schools.

As a child, she established a lifelong friendship with Nancy Wrigley, the daughter of the prominent classical soprano, Dame Isobel Baillie. Years later, Reid fondly recalled how Baillie would "tell us the most wonderful thingsyou can imagine nine-year-old girls goggle-eyed at six princes serenading her in Hawaii!"^[3]

Career

Leaving school at 16, she made her debut in as a music hall performer at the Floral Hall, Bridlington.

Before and during the Second World War, she took part in variety shows and pantomimes. She had no formal training but later worked at the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company. Her first big success came in the BBC radio show Educating Archie as naughty schoolgirl Monica and later as the Brummie, "Marlene."

Her many film and television roles as a character actor were usually well received.

She reprised her Tony Award-winning performance of a lesbiansoap opera star in The Killing of Sister George for the screen version and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Actress in a Drama. The tour of the play was not a success; people in shops refused to serve her and other performers due to the gay characters in the play.^[4]

She was the subject of This Is Your Life in when she was surprised by Eamonn Andrews in the car park of Thames Television's Teddington Studios.

She played the naughty schoolgirl, Monica, and later, the Brummie Marlene. Father, Dear Father. Covert Kinsella v. A versatile British character actress who was equally adept at comedy and drama, Beryl Reid began her career as a music-hall performer, then graduated to stage and screen.

In both Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy () and Smiley's People, () Reid played Connie Sachs. For Smiley's People, she won a BAFTA for Best Actress on Television.

Between and , Reid co-presented the Children's TV programme Get up and Go for Yorkshire Television, her co-presenter "Mooncat" being a green, talking, puppet cat.

Stephen Boxer was her human co-star.

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After she left the show, it became titled simply Mooncat and Co.

In she was in Dr Who, Earthshock Ep 2, 3 & 4, as Captain Briggs, when the Peter Davison incarnation of The Doctor first met the Cybermen.

Reid wrote an autobiography in , So Much Love.^[5]

She played the part of an elderly feminist and political subversive in the television drama, The Beiderbecke Tapes.

She appeared in many situation comedies and variety programmes on TV including BBC TV's long running music hall show, The Good Old Days.

Personal life and death

She married twice, but had no children. Her second husband, Derek Franklin, was a member of the Hedley Ward Trio.^[6] An authorised biography, Roll Out the Beryl, was published by Fantom Films on 22 August Written by Kaye Crawford, it was the first biography of the actress and coincided with the twentieth anniversary of her death.^[7]

Reid loved cats, had ten of them, most of which were strays she adopted.

Reid died at the age of 77 from severe osteoarthritis and kidney failure^[1] (according to some obituaries, she had developed pneumonia)^[8] at a hospital in Wexham, Buckinghamshire^[1] on 13 October , after complications following knee replacement surgery for arthritis.^[8]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
	Showcase	(unknown role)	(unknown episodes)
	Vic's Grill		6 episodes
	The Benny Hill Show	Various roles	Series 1 (3 episodes)
	Mr Bowling Buys a Newspaper	Alice	TV film
	The Most Likely Girl	Arethusa Wilderspin	Series 1 (4 episodes)
	Someone Who Cares	(unknown role)	TV film
	The Dickie Henderson Show		Series 4, episode 2
–64	Bold as Brass	Bessie Briggs	Pilot & Series 1 (7 episodes)
	Comedy Playhouse	Mrs. Teresa Fanwyn	Series 3, episode 14
	Who Is Mary Morison	Maggie	TV film
	The World of Wooster	Mrs. Wilberforce	Series 2, episode 7
	Frankie Howerd	(unknown role)	Series 2, episode 2
	Love Story	Kate Reilly	Series 4, episode 3
	Thirty-Minute Theatre	Miss Price	Series 2, episode 34
	The Bruce Forsyth Show	(unknown role)	Series 2, episode 6
	Before the Fringe		Series 2 (4 episodes)
	The Very Merry Widow	Mrs. Breasley	Series 1, episode 2
	Armchair Theatre	Hilda Capper	Series 8, episode 14
	Comedy Playhouse	Irene Jelliot	Series 7, episode 2
	Beryl Reid Says Good Evening	Various roles	Series 1 (6 episodes)
	Armchair Theatre	Mrs. Blaxill	Series 9, episode 8
	Wink to Me Only	Rene Jelliot	Series 1 (6 episodes)
	BBC Play of the Month	Mrs. Malaprop	Series 5, episode 8
	Father, Dear Father	Mrs. Brockbank	Series 3, episode 5
	Cinderella	Ugly Sister Marlene	TV film
	The Misfit	Mrs. Low Road Jones	Series 2, episode 2
	Father, Dear Father	Miss Pretty	Series 4, episode 3
	Armchair Theatre	Ameila	Series 13, episode 8
	The Goodies	Mrs. Desiree Carthorse	Series 2, episode 11
	Alcock and Gander	Mrs Marigold Alcock	Series 1 (main role, 6 episodes)
	Late Night Theatre	Madame Thompson	1 episode
	Smike!	Mrs. Squeers/Mrs. Beryl reid biography of william Reid died in , having developed pneumonia after a knee operation. Although she had a very brief appearance in the George Formby comedy Spare a Copper d. She left home at the age of 16 to go and work in a shop. The World of Wooster. Steele	TV film
	BBC Play of the Month	Amanda	Series 10, episode 5
		Maria Helliwell	Series 11, episode 4
	Beryl Reid	(unknown role)	(unknown episodes)
	BBC Play of the Month	Victoria	Series 13, episode 3
	Two's Company	Mrs. Shelton	Series 3, episode 3
	Dick Emery's Comedy Hour	Ada	Special
	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	Connie Sachs	Miniseries (1 episode)
	An Honourable Retirement	Mrs. Heysham	TV film
	Peter Cook & Co.	Various	Special
	Nanny Knows Best	Nanny Price	TV pilot
	Rhubarb Rhubarb	Home Owner's Wife	Special
	Comedy Tonight	(unknown role)	Special (sketch "Laughing Gas")
	Agony	Cherry Lightfoot	Series 3, episode 2
	Worzel Gummidge	Sarah Pigswill	Series 4, episode 1
	Doctor Who	Captain Briggs	Serial: "Earthshock"
	Smiley's People	Connie Sachs	Miniseries (1 episode)
	The Irish R.M.	Mrs Knox	Series 1 (2 episodes)
	Cuffy	Matron	Series 1, episode 2
	The Wind in the Willows	Mrs. Carrington-Moss (voice)	TV film
	The Wind in the Willows	Other Voices	Series 1, episode 1
	Minder	Ruby Hubbard	Series 5, episode 4
	Late Starter	Helen Magee	Series 1 (3 episodes)
	The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾	May Mole	Series 1 (main role, 5 episodes)
	Bergerac	Miss Broome	Series 4, episode 4
	The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole	Grandma Mole	Series 1 (main role, 6 episodes)
	The Beiderbecke Tapes	Sylvia	Miniseries (2 episodes)
	The Comic Strip Presents	Mrs. Moss	Series 4, episode 5
	Sophia and Constance	Madame Foucault	Series 1, episode 4
	Alexei Sayle's Stuff	Hettie	Series 1, episode 3
	Boon	Pat Goran	Series 5, episode 12
	The Ruth Rendell Mysteries	Mrs. Mountnessing	Series 4, episode 9
	Duel of Hearts	Lady Augusta Warlingham	TV film
	Perfect Scoundrels	Aunt Molly	Series 2, episode 4
	Bunch of Five	Gran	Series 1 (2 episodes)
	Cracker	Fitz's Mum	Series 1, episode 3
	Blue Heaven	Jeweller	Series 1, episode 4 (final role)

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