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Helen Ryan

Helen Ryan

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1938-06-16

Birth Place

Liverpool, England, UK

Movies and TV shows :

poster

Bella Block

1994

3.0

TV
Bertie and Elizabeth

Bertie and Elizabeth

2002

5.6

Movie
Clash of Loyalties

Clash of Loyalties

1983

5.0

Movie
Confetti

Confetti

2006

5.5

Movie
Crystalstone

Crystalstone

1987

6.0

Movie
poster

Edward the Seventh

1975

6.9

TV
poster

Fallen Angel

2007

4.5

TV
poster

Harry

1993

3.5

TV
poster

Heartbeat

1992

7.0

TV
Jenny Can't Work Any Faster

Jenny Can't Work Any Faster

1975

0.0

Movie
poster

Midsomer Murders

1997

7.5

TV
Misunderstood

Misunderstood

1984

6.7

Movie
poster

My Brother Jonathan

1985

5.0

TV
poster

Persuasion

1971

6.8

TV
Saddam Goes to Hollywood

Saddam Goes to Hollywood

2016

8.0

Movie
poster

Sherlock Holmes

1984

8.1

TV
The Brides in the Bath

The Brides in the Bath

2003

5.9

Movie
poster

The Crown

2016

8.2

TV
The Elephant Man

The Elephant Man

1980

8.0

Movie
The Hawk

The Hawk

1993

5.8

Movie
The Lift

The Lift

1965

0.0

Movie
The Raisin

The Raisin

2017

0.0

Movie
poster

Van der Valk

1972

5.8

TV