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Andrie Reid obituary
My partner, Andrie Reid, who has died aged 73, appeared on British TV in the 1980s as a dancer and actor, as well as on stage in dance shows, operas and plays.Her main TV roles were in The Kenny Everett Television Show and as a presenter, singer and dancer in a Thames TV children’s series called Words, Words, Words (1985). On Everett’s show she appeared in 19 episodes, mainly in short sketches – including in the role of Ebony, the daughter of a family called the Drains.As a dancer/actor on TV, Andrie was also in Nice to See You! (1981) with Bruce Forsyth, The Two Ronnies, Danger: Marmalade at Work (1984), The Wall Game (1985-86), and T.Bag and the Revenge of the T.Set (1989).View image in fullscreenAndrie ReidLater in life she became a well-loved personality at Ronnie Scott’s jazz club in London as a meeter-and-greeter and attentive host to visiting musicians.Born in Frankfield in Jamaica, Andrie arrived in the UK aged eight, after her stepfather, Lester Reid, a cobbler by trade in Jamaica, had found work as a bus driver in Britain and sent for her and her mother, Reva (nee Stewart), a seamstress and part-time hairdresser.Andrie enjoyed a lively childhood with a large extended family in Manchester, and was head girl at Old Trafford girls’ school
