Anita Reeves (24 June 1948 â€" 7 July 2016) was an Irish stage and
film actress.Born in South Dublin, Ireland, the youngest daughter of
Jack Reeves and his wife, Kay. Reeves grew up on Sundrive Road in
Dublin 12, where her father Jack was a sergeant at the Garda station
on the same road. She was educated at St Louis high school, Rathmines,
and trained at night as an actor for four years at the Brendan Smith
Academy in Dublin. As a child, Reeves's parents would take her to see
plays and pantomimes in Dún Laoghaire. She played an extra in a play
during a festival, then quit her steady job at the complaints
department of a laundry to be an assistant stage manager.She performed
twice with Eamon Morrissey at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin. She
considered Gaiety regular Maureen Potter an early influence in
teaching her to connect with audiences.Reeves had several Irish film
roles, including Neil Jordan's first film, Angel (1982), and his
adaptation of The Butcher Boy (1997), Mike Newell's Into the West
(1992) and Lenny Abrahamson's Adam & Paul (2004). However, the bulk of
her career was spent on stage.
film actress.Born in South Dublin, Ireland, the youngest daughter of
Jack Reeves and his wife, Kay. Reeves grew up on Sundrive Road in
Dublin 12, where her father Jack was a sergeant at the Garda station
on the same road. She was educated at St Louis high school, Rathmines,
and trained at night as an actor for four years at the Brendan Smith
Academy in Dublin. As a child, Reeves's parents would take her to see
plays and pantomimes in Dún Laoghaire. She played an extra in a play
during a festival, then quit her steady job at the complaints
department of a laundry to be an assistant stage manager.She performed
twice with Eamon Morrissey at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin. She
considered Gaiety regular Maureen Potter an early influence in
teaching her to connect with audiences.Reeves had several Irish film
roles, including Neil Jordan's first film, Angel (1982), and his
adaptation of The Butcher Boy (1997), Mike Newell's Into the West
(1992) and Lenny Abrahamson's Adam & Paul (2004). However, the bulk of
her career was spent on stage.
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