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Fran Ryan

Fran Ryan

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Fran Ryan (November 29, 1916 – January 15, 2000) was an American character actress featured in television and films. She was born in Los Angeles, California. Fran Ryan began performing at the age of 6, at Oakland's Henry Duffy Theatre, in Northern California. She attended Stanford University for three years, and during World War II was a member of the USO entertaining troops. She performed comedy, singing and acting on stage in California and Chicago but was not to launch her television career for two decades. Her small screen debut came in an episode on Television's Batman, in 1966, followed by a bit part in Beverly Hillbillies. Ryan's best known television role was as Aggie Thompson in The Doris Day Show (in its first incarnation plotline theme), though the gig only lasted a few months. This role was cut short because she was offered the 'replacement' role on the hit series Green Acres as Doris Ziffel from 1969-1971. Fran was to replace Barbara Pepper, who by then was in poor health. Sadly, Miss Pepper died just five months later of heart ailments, on July 15, 1969. Ryan also starred on the long running TV Western series Gunsmoke during its twentieth and final season as Miss Hannah (Cobb). In 1987, she reprised the role of Miss Hannah in the TV movie Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge. Fran Ryan played the role of Sister Agatha in the soap opera General Hospital in (1979). She also did voices for cartoons such as Hong Kong Phooey, Mister T and Little Dracula. Fran starred on some TV shows for children like Sigmund and the Sea Monsters in 1975 as Gertrude Grouch, and in 1970s children's show The New Zoo Revue as Ms. Goodbody, the 1980s TV series No Soap, Radio as Mrs. Belmont, the short lived 1980s CBS TV series The Wizard as Tillie Russell from 1986-1987. Her last regular TV role was on The Dave Thomas Comedy Show. She starred in many feature films, including Flush (1977), Big Wednesday (1978), Take This Job and Shove It (1981), Pale Rider (1985), Chances Are, and in her scene-stealing cameo in 1981's Stripes, as a tortured cab fare to Bill Murray as the cabbie, in the opening scenes of the comedy film. Ryan made guest appearances on TV shows ranging from Batman, Adam-12, CHiPs, Quantum Leap, Night Court, Baywatch to The Commish. Fran Ryan was often compared to actress Marjorie Main; they looked similar to one another. Ryan died on January 15, 2000, at age 83. She is buried in the family plots alongside her mother, at the Holy Sepulchre Catholic Cemetery, in Hayward, California. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fran Ryan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal information

Birthday

1916-11-29

Birth Place

Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Movies and TV shows :

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Adam-12

1968

7.1

TV
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Amazing Stories

1985

7.5

TV
Americana

Americana

1981

5.5

Movie
Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again

Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again

1990

7.2

Movie
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Barney Miller

1975

7.3

TV
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Batman

1966

7.3

TV
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Baywatch

1989

5.9

TV
Big Wednesday

Big Wednesday

1978

6.9

Movie
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Brothers

1984

7.2

TV
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Carter Country

1977

5.7

TV
Chances Are

Chances Are

1989

6.6

Movie
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Charlie's Angels

1976

6.7

TV
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CHiPs

1977

6.8

TV
Christmas Mountain

Christmas Mountain

1981

8.7

Movie
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Daniel Boone

1964

6.9

TV
Deadly Game

Deadly Game

1977

8.0

Movie
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Devlin

1974

5.0

TV
Eyes of Fire

Eyes of Fire

1983

5.5

Movie
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Falcon Crest

1981

5.6

TV
Family Plot

Family Plot

1976

6.7

Movie
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Father Murphy

1981

8.0

TV
Father of Hell Town

Father of Hell Town

1985

0.0

Movie
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Foul Play

1981

5.0

TV
Fuzzbucket

Fuzzbucket

1986

6.1

Movie
Ghost Dancing

Ghost Dancing

1983

0.0

Movie
Goldie and the Boxer

Goldie and the Boxer

1979

4.5

Movie
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Good Heavens

1976

5.5

TV
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Green Acres

1965

7.3

TV
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Grizzly Adams

1977

7.0

TV
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Gunsmoke

1955

6.5

TV
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge

Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge

1987

6.4

Movie
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Highway to Heaven

1984

7.4

TV
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Hill Street Blues

1981

7.6

TV
Hog Wild

Hog Wild

1974

0.0

Movie
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Hong Kong Phooey

1974

6.3

TV
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How the West Was Won

1977

7.0

TV
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I Dream of Jeannie

1965

7.8

TV
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It Takes Two

1982

5.0

TV
Johnny Belinda

Johnny Belinda

1982

6.0

Movie
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Laverne & Shirley

1976

7.2

TV
Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice

Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice

1982

9.0

Movie
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Little Dracula

1991

8.5

TV
Long Way Home

Long Way Home

1975

0.0

Movie
Lucky Stiff

Lucky Stiff

1988

4.6

Movie
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Manimal

1983

7.3

TV
Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities

Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities

1969

0.0

Movie
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Matlock

1986

7.2

TV
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Matt Houston

1982

6.2

TV
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McCloud

1970

7.1

TV
Mickey One

Mickey One

1965

5.7

Movie
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Mister T

1983

6.3

TV
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

1969

9.0

TV
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Murder, She Wrote

1984

7.5

TV
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Murphy Brown

1988

6.4

TV
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New Zoo Revue

1972

0.0

TV
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Nichols

1971

5.0

TV
Nick Knight

Nick Knight

1989

6.4

Movie
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Night Court

1984

7.3

TV
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Night Gallery

1970

7.8

TV
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No Soap, Radio

1982

5.0

TV
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One Day at a Time

1975

6.7

TV
Out Cold

Out Cold

1989

5.9

Movie
Pale Rider

Pale Rider

1985

7.2

Movie
Panic in Echo Park

Panic in Echo Park

1977

5.4

Movie
Private School

Private School

1983

5.7

Movie
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Punky Brewster

1984

7.4

TV
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Quantum Leap

1989

8.0

TV
Quiet Cool

Quiet Cool

1986

6.7

Movie
Rebel Love

Rebel Love

1985

0.0

Movie
River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene

River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene

1993

4.0

Movie
Rocky II

Rocky II

1979

7.3

Movie
Savannah Smiles

Savannah Smiles

1982

6.4

Movie
Scandalous John

Scandalous John

1971

6.3

Movie
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Sigmund and the Sea Monsters

1973

5.7

TV
Stalk the Wild Child

Stalk the Wild Child

1976

0.0

Movie
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Starsky & Hutch

1975

7.2

TV
Stewardess School

Stewardess School

1986

4.9

Movie
Straight Time

Straight Time

1978

7.1

Movie
Stripes

Stripes

1981

6.5

Movie
Suture

Suture

1993

6.4

Movie
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Taxi

1978

7.2

TV
Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving Day

1990

6.0

Movie
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That Girl

1966

6.1

TV
The Adventures of Nellie Bly

The Adventures of Nellie Bly

1981

3.0

Movie
The Apple Dumpling Gang

The Apple Dumpling Gang

1975

6.5

Movie
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The Bill Cosby Show

1969

5.0

TV
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The Brady Bunch

1969

6.7

TV
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The Bradys

1990

4.0

TV
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The Colbys

1985

5.8

TV
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The Commish

1991

7.2

TV
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The Dave Thomas Comedy Show

1990

0.0

TV
The Front Line

The Front Line

1965

0.0

Movie
The Great Brain

The Great Brain

1978

0.0

Movie
The Long Riders

The Long Riders

1980

6.7

Movie
The Million Dollar Duck

The Million Dollar Duck

1971

5.7

Movie
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The New Adam-12

1990

9.0

TV
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The Quest

1976

6.4

TV
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.

The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.

1984

0.0

Movie
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The Rookies

1972

6.9

TV
The Sure Thing

The Sure Thing

1985

6.5

Movie
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The Waltons

1972

7.1

TV
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The Wizard

1986

6.6

TV
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Tiny Toon Adventures

1990

7.8

TV
Tough Enough

Tough Enough

1983

5.1

Movie
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When the Whistle Blows

1980

5.0

TV