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 a ... lso 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.
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| Organization | Category | Movie |
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Edward the Seventh
as Queen Alexandra
Episodes: 13
First Aired: Apr 01, 1975
Persuasion
as Mrs. Harville
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Apr 18, 1971
My Brother Jonathan
as Lavinia Dakers
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Aug 12, 1985
The Crown
as Queen's Dresser
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Nov 04, 2016
Fallen Angel
as Angel's Neighbor
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Mar 11, 2007
Sherlock Holmes
as Princess of Wales
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 24, 1984
Bella Block
as Meredith Walters
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 17, 1993
Van der Valk
as Eva Maris
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1972
Harry
as Lady Jenvey
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 18, 1993
Sherlock Holmes
as Mrs McFarlane
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 24, 1984
Heartbeat
as Betty Hawkins
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 10, 1992
Midsomer Murders
as Mrs. Hilliard
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 23, 1997
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