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Anne Reid (born on May 28, 1935) is a british actress. She voiced as Wendolene Ramsbottom in A Close Shave.

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  • Anne Reid (born on May 28, 1935) is a british actress. She voiced as Wendolene Ramsbottom in A Close Shave.
  • Anne Reid MBE (born 28th May, 1935) is a British actress best known for her role on Coronation Street as Valerie Barlow, which she played from 1961 to 1971. A very popular character, she quit in 1971 and Val died after being electrocuted. This shocked the media and fans sent sympathy cards and wreaths to Granada. Reid has since revealed that she chose to leave the series primarily because she wanted to try her hand at more comedy, and this simply was not possible to do so with the character of Val.
  • Her first major role was as Valerie Tatlock on Coronation Street, who was electrocuted by a faulty hair-dryer. Reid appeared on the programme for ten years from 1961 to 1971. She has also appeared on television in The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Benny Hill Show, Hancock's Half Hour, Boon, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates and in the celebrated sitcom dinnerladies by Victoria Wood. Her film appearances include Love and Death on Long Island and The Mother, the latter performance winning her a BAFTA nomination in 2004.
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  • Anne Reid (born on May 28, 1935) is a british actress. She voiced as Wendolene Ramsbottom in A Close Shave.
  • Anne Reid MBE (born 28th May, 1935) is a British actress best known for her role on Coronation Street as Valerie Barlow, which she played from 1961 to 1971. A very popular character, she quit in 1971 and Val died after being electrocuted. This shocked the media and fans sent sympathy cards and wreaths to Granada. Reid has since revealed that she chose to leave the series primarily because she wanted to try her hand at more comedy, and this simply was not possible to do so with the character of Val. Her other credits include Hancock's Half Hour, Doctor Who, Dinnerladies, Wallace and Gromit: a close shave, Ladies Of Letters , Marchlands and Last Tango in Halifax. Anne has also appeared in the 2006 comedy film Hot Fuzz with Simon Pegg.
  • Her first major role was as Valerie Tatlock on Coronation Street, who was electrocuted by a faulty hair-dryer. Reid appeared on the programme for ten years from 1961 to 1971. She has also appeared on television in The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Benny Hill Show, Hancock's Half Hour, Boon, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates and in the celebrated sitcom dinnerladies by Victoria Wood. Her film appearances include Love and Death on Long Island and The Mother, the latter performance winning her a BAFTA nomination in 2004. She stars in the ITV drama series Life Begins, alongside Caroline Quentin and Alexander Armstrong. It returned for a third series in autumn 2006. In late 2005, she appeared on stage in the West End in Epitaph for George Dillon and in July 2006 starred in School Run a short series of plays on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour.
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