Her most notable role alongside her was in the critically acclaimed sitcom Dinnerladies in the role of Jean, the best friend of Dolly Bellfield who was played by another Weatherfield wonder, Thelma Barlow. Anne returned to work and became a regular performer alongside the late great Victoria Wood. She then took a break from acting to raise her son. Anne Reid married street producer and writer Peter Eckesley on 22 nd May 1971. Nearly four months to the day that Val’s exit was aired. Because I knew I was good at comedy and there was no way that Valerie Barlow was ever going to be funny.” It was my decision to leave and I was desperate, really desperate, to go. That kind of work suits some people, but it didn’t suit me. Speaking of her exit in a 2011 interview with the Radio Times, Anne Reid said: “I was a basket case when I left! I’d already had too much of it. Centre: Frank Riley holds Valerie hostage.
I opened my eyes and sort of ruined it, so you don’t get that dramatic effect of me lying amongst the flames.” 18 months tuned in on 27 th January 1971 to witness Valerie’s demise. Everybody was going it’s ten to six, it’s ten to six, can you please hurry up! There was a fireman there called Spud, and they said to him ‘set fire to it, set fire to it’ and I was lying there thinking they don’t need me anymore they don’t want me. “After I did all the plug thing, I had to lie down on the floor. In what way did the do that? Electrocution! Anne Reid recalled memories of her ‘shocking’ exit in an interview for Coronation Street’s 50th Anniversary in 2010. Having no intention of returning, she asked the writers to kill her off. The latter was all set to happen in February 1971, and whilst the residents of the street were awaiting Val’s arrival to a leaving party in the Rovers, tragedy struck.Īctress Anne Reid made the decision to leave the street the previous year. Over her decade on the street, viewers saw Valerie be held at knife point, return home to discover her twins alone in a house filled with smoke and preparing to emigrate to Jamaica after Ken was offered a teaching post in the country. Arriving in the street in 1961, her relationship with Ken developed over time and in 1962, the couple walked down the aisle and in 1965 Valerie gave birth to twins Peter and Susan. The first to gain that title was Valerie Tatlock, the niece of popular character Albert Tatlock. Throughout his time on the street, Ken Barlow has had plenty of lady friends. Travelling back to the early days of Coronation Street.
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