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.

  • Title : Helen Ryan
  • Popularity : 4.864
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1938-06-16
  • Place of Birth : Liverpool, England, UK
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Helen Ryan Movies

  • 1980
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    The Elephant Man

    The Elephant Man

    8 1980 HD

    A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there...

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  • 2006
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    Confetti

    Confetti

    5.5 2006 HD

    A mockumentary that follows three couples as they battle it out to win the coveted title of 'Most Original Wedding of the Year'.

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  • 1984
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    Misunderstood

    Misunderstood

    6.7 1984 HD

    A workaholic father becomes sole parent to his two young sons, and finds it hard to relate to them, consumed as he is with his own grief.

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  • 2017
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    The Raisin

    The Raisin

    1 2017 HD

    A short film about a raisin.

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  • 1975
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    Jenny Can't Work Any Faster

    Jenny Can't Work Any Faster

    1 1975 HD

    Jenny is an autistic teenager. Her father is concerned about her being withdrawn and hopes that employing her in his own business will bring her out...

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  • 2003
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    The Brides in the Bath

    The Brides in the Bath

    5.9 2003 HD

    Dramatisation of the real-life case of George Joseph Smith who was hanged in 1915 for the murder of his three wives, each of whom he killed in turn...

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  • 2002
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    Bertie and Elizabeth

    Bertie and Elizabeth

    5.6 2002 HD

    The duke of York, nicknamed Bertie, was born as royal 'spare heir', younger brother to the prince of Wales, and thus expected to spend a relatively...

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  • 1983
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    Clash of Loyalties

    Clash of Loyalties

    5 1983 HD

    During the British colonial period in Iraq, Sheikh Dhari and his tribe openly reject colonization and employ peaceful resistance against the British...

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  • 2016
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    Saddam Goes to Hollywood

    Saddam Goes to Hollywood

    8 2016 HD

    The extraordinary true story of Saddam Hussein's farcical venture into the movie business: a story involving Oliver Reed, big budgets, war,...

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  • 1987
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    Crystalstone

    Crystalstone

    6 1987 HD

    Deserted by their father and with their mother dead, nine-year-old Pablo and his little sister Maria refuse to be separated from each other by their...

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  • 1993
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    The Hawk

    The Hawk

    5.8 1993 HD

    Housewife Annie Marsh suspects her husband might be The Hawk, a brutal serial killer. Complicating matters is the fact that she once was incarcerated...

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  • 1965
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    The Lift

    The Lift

    1 1965 HD

    An ambitious young Englishman has affairs with the two daughters of a millionaire, but dissatisfied, leaves them.

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  • 1984
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    Sherlock Holmes

    Sherlock Holmes

    8.1 1984 HD

    Sherlock Holmes uses his abilities to take on cases by private clients and those that the Scotland Yard are unable to solve, along with his friend...

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  • 1994
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    Bella Block

    Bella Block

    3 1994 HD

    Bella Block is a long-running German detective television series starring Hannelore Hoger, first broadcast in 1994 on ZDF. In 2010 the 30th series...

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  • 1972
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    Van der Valk

    Van der Valk

    5.8 1972 HD

    Van der Valk is a British television series that was produced by Thames Television for the ITV network. It starred Barry Foster in the title role as...

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  • 1975
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    Edward the Seventh

    Edward the Seventh

    6.889 1975 HD

    Edward the Seventh is a 1975 television drama series, made by ATV in 13 episodes. Based on the biography of Edward VII by Philip Magnus, it starred...

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  • 1993
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    Harry

    Harry

    3.5 1993 HD

    Harry is a television drama series that was made by Union Pictures for the BBC, and shown on BBC One between 1993 and 1995. Harry Salter is the...

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  • 1984
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    Sherlock Holmes

    Sherlock Holmes

    8.1 1984 HD

    Sherlock Holmes uses his abilities to take on cases by private clients and those that the Scotland Yard are unable to solve, along with his friend...

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  • 2016
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    The Crown

    The Crown

    8.212 2016 HD

    The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The...

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  • 1971
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    Persuasion

    Persuasion

    6.8 1971 HD

    British television adaptation of the Jane Austen novel of the same name.

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  • 1992
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    Heartbeat

    Heartbeat

    7 1992 HD

    Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.

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  • 2007
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    Fallen Angel

    Fallen Angel

    4.5 2007 HD

    Fallen Angel is an ITV series broadcast on 11–13 March 2007 based on the Roth Trilogy of novels by Andrew Taylor. It tells the story of Rosie...

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  • 1985
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    My Brother Jonathan

    My Brother Jonathan

    5 1985 HD

    My Brother Jonathan is a 1985 BBC five part mini-series that relates the story of an idealistic doctor, Jonathan Dakkers, in the coal country of...

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  • 1997
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    Midsomer Murders

    Midsomer Murders

    7.5 1997 HD

    The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his...

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