The series also featured Lavinia Derwent and Cliff Hanley. In the 1970s she was one of the presenters of Teatime Tales, a television series broadcast by STV in which she recalled her childhood. In 1970 Weir and Gloag repraised their collaboration in Scrooge playing old sisters in debt to Mr Scrooge, played by Albert Finney. With Helena Gloag she played the Kerr sisters, the sewing mistresses of Marcia Blaine School for Girls.
In 1969 she appeared in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie starring Dame Maggie Smith. She also appeared in a series of television advertisements for household cleaning agents. During the 1970s and early 1980s she became famous as a writer, with several volumes of best-selling memoirs, notably, Shoes Were For Sunday. She made her film debut in 1949, and had a regular role as the housekeeper, Aggie McDonald, in the early television sitcom, Life With The Lyons. In her early professional career, Weir had been a well-known radio actress, featuring in many comedy shows, such as ITMA. Born in Glasgow and brought up in the Springburn area of the city, Weir began in amateur dramatics.
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