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Helen Ryan
0.3 Popularity
Biography
Helen Ryan (born June 16, 1938, in Liverpool, Lancashire) is a British actress, who is notable for playing several royal roles. The Liverpool native played Princess and then Queen Alexandra in the British television series Edward the Seventh, for which she received a BAFTA nomination in 1975. She also played Princess Alexandra in the 1980 movie The Elephant Man and the Sherlock Holmes story "The Mazarin Stone". She played another royal, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, in the 2002 television drama Bertie and Elizabeth. Her other credits include Madame Balzac in the TV series Prometheus: The Life of Balzac (1975), Mrs. McFarlane in the Sherlock Holmes story "The Norwood Builder", and films such as Clash of Loyalties (1983), Misunderstood (1984) and The Hawk (1993). More recently, Ryan has appeared as Peggy Roath, a personal aide to Queen Elizabeth II, in the fifth season of The Crown in 2022. In 2023, she appeared in the BBC soap opera Doctors as Thelma Scott. She was formerly married to the theatre director Guy Slater, with whom she had a daughter, Rebecca, and a son, Daniel.
Known For
5.5
Tory Dolinski
Old Guy
2024
5.0
Woman at Door
The Raisin
2017
8.2
Queen's Dresser
The Crown
2016
🎬
8.0
Saddam Goes to Hollywood
2016
4.5
Angel's Neighbor
Fallen Angel
2007
5.5
Naturist Violinist
Confetti
2006
5.4
Mrs. Farraday
The Brides in the Bath
2003
5.9
Queen Wilhelmina
Bertie and Elizabeth
2002
7.5
Mrs. Hilliard
Midsomer Murders
1997
4.6
Meredith Walters
Bella Block
1993
Credits
Old Guy
as Tory Dolinski
2024
5.5
The Raisin
as Woman at Door
2017
5.0
The Crown
as Queen's Dresser
2016
8.2
🎬
Saddam Goes to Hollywood
2016
8.0
Fallen Angel
as Angel's Neighbor
2007
4.5
Confetti
as Naturist Violinist
2006
5.5
The Brides in the Bath
as Mrs. Farraday
2003
5.4
Bertie and Elizabeth
as Queen Wilhelmina
2002
5.9
Midsomer Murders
as Mrs. Hilliard
1997
7.5
Bella Block
as Meredith Walters
1993
4.6
The Hawk
as Mrs Crowther
1993
5.8
🎬
Harry
as Lady Jenvey
1993
3.5
Heartbeat
as Betty Hawkins
1992
7.1
Crystalstone
as Aunt
1987
6.0
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The Christmas Tree
as Mother
1986
0.0
My Brother Jonathan
as Lavinia Dakers
1985
5.0
Sherlock Holmes
as Princess of Wales
1984
8.1
Sherlock Holmes
as Mrs McFarlane
1984
8.1
Misunderstood
as Lucy
1983
6.7
Clash of Loyalties
as Gertrude Bell
1983
5.0
The Elephant Man
as Princess Alex
1980
8.1
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Jenny Can't Work Any Faster
as Maureen
1975
0.0
Edward the Seventh
as Princess Alexandra
1975
6.3
Edward the Seventh
as Queen Alexandra
1975
6.3
Van der Valk
as Eva Maris
1972
5.8
Persuasion
as Mrs. Harville
1971
6.2
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The Lift
as Margot
1965
0.0