Beryl reid biography books
Beryl reid biography books
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Kaye Crawford - Beryl Reid's biographer - recalls this edition of This Is Your Life in this exclusive contribution to the Bigredbook website...
Ah Beryl!
What a fabulously funny, gentle, witty, generous, talented lady she was. But oh how complex! If ever there was a performer who was best identified by the two masks of comedy and tragedy, it was Beryl, and some people have been taken aback by a side of her they never knew existed until my biography of her was published last year.
This is Your Life is a very good example of how Beryl's mood depended on how well her career was going.
Vics grill
She had an insatiable appetite for her work and was so driven and determined that she only ever allowed herself three holidays in the space of a 60 year career. Work always came first and so to understand her initial reaction to being surprised with the Big Red Book, you have to understand that when the show was recorded in 1976 Beryl really was having a bad time of things.
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