Beryl Reid

Beryl Reid was born on Jun 17, 1919 in UK. Beryl Reid's big-screen debut came with Spare a Copper directed by John Paddy Carstairs in 1940. Beryl Reid is known for The Beiderbecke Tapes directed by Brian Parker, James Bolam stars as Trevor Chaplin and Barbara Flynn as Jill Swinburne. Beryl Reid has got 2 awards and 2 nominations so far. The most recent award Beryl Reid achieved is British Comedy Awards. The upcoming new movie Beryl Reid plays is Duel of Hearts which will be released on Feb 24, 1992.

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