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Helen Ryan
Liverpool, England, UK
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 Quee…
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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.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2024
Old Guy
Movie Tory Dolinski
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2017
The Raisin
Movie Woman at Door
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2016
The Crown
TV show Queen's Dresser
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2016
Saddam Goes to Hollywood
Movie
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2007
Fallen Angel
TV show Angel's Neighbor
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2006
Confetti
Movie Naturist Violinist
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2003
The Brides in the Bath
Movie Mrs. Farraday
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2002
Bertie and Elizabeth
Movie Queen Wilhelmina
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1997
Midsomer Murders
TV show Mrs. Hilliard
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1994
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
TV show Princess of Wales
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1993
Bella Block
TV show Meredith Walters
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1993
The Hawk
Movie Mrs Crowther
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1993
Harry
TV show Lady Jenvey
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1992
Heartbeat
TV show Betty Hawkins
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1987
Crystalstone
Movie Aunt
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1986
The Christmas Tree
Movie Mother
More credits
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1985
My Brother Jonathan
TV show Lavinia Dakers
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1984
Sherlock Holmes
TV show Princess of Wales
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1984
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
TV show Mrs McFarlane
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1983
Misunderstood
Movie Lucy
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1983
Clash of Loyalties
Movie Gertrude Bell
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1981
My Father's House
TV show Celia Blake
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1980
The Elephant Man
Movie Princess Alex
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1980
Hannah
TV show Hannah Mole
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1976
The Duchess of Duke Street
TV show Olive Bradford
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1975
Jenny Can't Work Any Faster
Movie Maureen
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1975
Edward the Seventh
TV show Princess Alexandra
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1972
Van der Valk
TV show Eva Maris
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1971
Persuasion
TV show Mrs. Harville
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1965
The Lift
Movie Margot
