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Helen Ryan

Helen Ryan

Actor · Born 1938-06-16 · Liverpool, England, UK

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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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Elephant Man (1980) — Princess Alex
  2. The Crown (2016) — Queen's Dresser
  3. Midsomer Murders (1997) — Mrs. Hilliard
  4. Sherlock Holmes (1984) — Princess of Wales
  5. Old Guy (2024) — Tory Dolinski
  6. Confetti (2006) — Naturist Violinist
  7. Heartbeat (1992) — Betty Hawkins
  8. The Duchess of Duke Street (1976) — Olive Bradford
  9. Misunderstood (1983) — Lucy
  10. Edward the Seventh (1975) — Princess Alexandra
  11. The Hawk (1993) — Mrs Crowther
  12. Van der Valk (1972) — Eva Maris
  13. Bertie and Elizabeth (2002) — Queen Wilhelmina
  14. Bella Block (1993) — Meredith Walters
  15. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994) — Princess of Wales
  16. The Brides in the Bath (2003) — Mrs. Farraday
  17. Persuasion (1971) — Mrs. Harville
  18. Fallen Angel (2007) — Angel's Neighbor
  19. Crystalstone (1987) — Aunt
  20. Harry (1993) — Lady Jenvey
  21. Clash of Loyalties (1983) — Gertrude Bell
  22. My Brother Jonathan (1985) — Lavinia Dakers
  23. The Raisin (2017) — Woman at Door
  24. Saddam Goes to Hollywood (2016)
  25. The Lift (1965) — Margot
  26. The Christmas Tree (1986) — Mother
  27. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984) — Mrs McFarlane
  28. My Father's House (1981) — Celia Blake
  29. Jenny Can't Work Any Faster (1975) — Maureen
  30. Hannah (1980) — Hannah Mole