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Frances Reid

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Actress

The Resume

    (December 9, 1914-February 3, 2010)
    Born in Wichita Falls, Texas
    Portrayed Portia Blake in 'Portia Faces Life' (1954-55), 'Grace Baker in 'As the World Turns' (1959-62), Rose Pollack in 'The Edge of Night' (1964) and Alice Horton in 'Days of Our Lives' (1965-2007)
    Appeared in the movie 'Seconds' (1966)
    Appeared on Broadway in 'Where There's A Will' (1939), 'The Rivals' (1942), 'Little Women' (1944), 'Hamlet' (1945), 'Cyrano de Bergerac' (1946), 'Richard III' (1949) and 'Twelfth Night' (1949)
    Won a Daytime Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award (2004)

Why she might be annoying:

    She quit her first soap opera, the fifteen-minute long 'Portia Faces Life,' after six months, complaining that the schedule was exhausting.
    Commenting on a 'Days' character whose storyline involved a major illness, she said, 'Why are they letting her have a stroke? I HAD a stroke and they won't let [my character] have a stroke!'
    'Days' producer Ted Corday quipped about her decision to reveal her actual year of birth, 'In the last seven months, she aged four years.' (2004)

Why she might not be annoying:

    'Seconds' director John Frankenheimer called her one of his favorite actresses.
    She was initially reluctant to take the role of Alice Horton in 'Days,' but decided that she liked working and that roles for actresses over 50 were tough to find.
    She won four Soap Opera Digest Awards for Outstanding Actress in a Mature Role.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 7 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 13 Votes: 38.46% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 20 Votes: 55.00% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 71 Votes: 53.52% Annoying