---
name: "Anita Reeves"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/anita-reeves"
fi1m_id: "anita-reeves"
imdb_id: "nm0716151"
tmdb_id: 89394
wikidata_id: "Q25671805"
roles: []
born: "24 June 1948"
died: "7 July 2016"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T02:53:36.214169+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Anita Reeves

## Identity

Anita Reeves

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/anita-reeves
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** anita-reeves
- **IMDb ID:** nm0716151
- **TMDB ID:** 89394
- **Wikidata ID:** Q25671805
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Reeves, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25671805, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0716151/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/89394

Actor. Born 24 June 1948 in Dublin. Died 7 July 2016.

## Details

- **Born:** 24 June 1948, Dublin
- **Died:** 7 July 2016
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Reeves, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25671805, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0716151/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/89394

## Biography

Anita Reeves was an Irish stage and film actress. Born in Dublin in 1948, she trained at the Brendan Smith Academy of Acting and began her career in Dublin revues and pantomime before moving into theatre and film.

She appeared in several Irish films, including *Angel* (1982), *Into the West* (1992) as Mrs. Murphy, *The Butcher Boy* (1997) as Mrs. Coyle and *Adam & Paul* (2004). Her stage work included the original production of Brian Friel's *Dancing at Lughnasa* (1990), for which she received a Laurence Olivier Award nomination, and roles such as Mrs. Lovett in *Sweeney Todd* at the Gate Theatre. She was married to Julian Erskine, executive producer of *Riverdance*.

Reeves died in Dublin in 2016.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, theguardian.com, irishtimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Butcher Boy* (1998), Fi1m 74, as Mrs. Coyle — [page](https://film.one/film/the-butcher-boy.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Sutherland School* (2017), as Ana Mara Torres
- *Alarm* (2008), as Jessie
- *The Butcher Boy* (1998), as Mrs. Coyle — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-butcher-boy.md)
- *Into the West* (1992), as Mrs. Murphy
- *The Miracle* (1991), as Ballroom Stager
- *Fools of Fortune* (1990), as Aunt Pansy
- *A Cow in the Water* (1985), Actor
- *Angel* (1982), as Beth
- *The Ballroom of Romance* (1982), as Cat Bolger

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