Acting credits
22
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Helen Ryan
Acting
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Movies: 11Series: 11
TMDB ID: 643171
IMDb ID: nm0752571
Known for: Acting
Born: June 16, 1938
Age: 87
Place of birth: Liverpool, England, UK
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1971 - 2024
Years active: 54
Average TMDB rating: 7.15
Wikidata: Q5703095
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
Movies
Movie credits linked with Helen Ryan.
5.5
Old Guy
as Tory Dolinski
2024 Movie
5.0
The Raisin
as Woman at Door
2017 Movie
5.5
Confetti
as Naturist Violinist
2006 Movie
5.4
The Brides in the Bath
as Mrs. Farraday
2003 Movie
5.9
Bertie and Elizabeth
as Queen Wilhelmina
2002 Movie
5.8
The Hawk
as Mrs Crowther
1993 Movie
6.0
Crystalstone
as Aunt
1987 Movie
6.7
Misunderstood
as Lucy
1983 Movie
5.0
Clash of Loyalties
as Gertrude Bell
1983 Movie
8.0
The Elephant Man
as Princess Alex
1980 Movie
Jenny Can't Work Any Faster
as Maureen
1975 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Helen Ryan.
8.2
The Crown
as Queen's Dresser • 4 eps
2016 Series
4.5
Fallen Angel
as Angel's Neighbor • 3 eps
2007 Series
7.5
Midsomer Murders
as Mrs. Hilliard • 1 eps
1997 Series
4.6
Bella Block
as Meredith Walters • 1 eps
1993 Series
7.1
Heartbeat
as Betty Hawkins • 1 eps
1992 Series
5.0
My Brother Jonathan
as Lavinia Dakers • 5 eps
1985 Series
8.1
Sherlock Holmes
as Princess of Wales • 1 eps
1984 Series
8.0
The Duchess of Duke Street
as Olive Bradford • 1 eps
1976 Series
6.3
Edward the Seventh
as Princess Alexandra • 5 eps
1975 Series
5.8
Van der Valk
as Eva Maris • 1 eps
1972 Series
6.2
Persuasion
as Mrs. Harville • 5 eps
1971 Series