English - Actress | May 28, 1935 -
I did go to public school, but that's only because my parents were abroad. As a matter of fact, I think that's helped my work. I can go from Victoria Wood's 'Dinnerladies' to playing Barbara Cartland, from 'Coronation Street' to playing Celia in Last 'Tango'.
Anne Reid
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My parents were adorable. They were very kind, and very broad-minded compared to people of their generation.
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My father fought in the war, and then he was posted all 'round the world with his job. So I didn't know him very well when I was young.
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We are just party people. We always had a drink in the evening with the music on and space to dance. It was that kind of a family.
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I like waking up in the morning and thinking, 'Mmm, I might go to Paris today.' I don't want to ask anyone if they want to come with me or mind me going. I like being my own agent. I have my grandsons and son. If I didn't have them, it would be different.
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I'm terribly happy at the moment - someone up there must be looking out for me.
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My teacher at RADA said I was going to have trouble when I left because I wasn't an obvious juvenile lead, although I could do both comedy and drama. But I understood enough to know that my career was going to be a marathon, not a sprint.
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I used to lie in bed and imagine I was performing at the Albert Hall, not that I'd ever been there. I took lessons with a German teacher when I was quite young. But it turned out I had a very high soprano voice, which I didn't like at all.
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