Fran Ryan actress
- All known tv series 62
- Total known movies 46
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Fran Ryan (November 29, 1916 – January 15, 2000) was an American character actress featured in television and films. She was born in Los Angeles, California.Fran Ryan began performing at the age of 6, at Oaklands Henry Duffy Theatre, in Northern California. She attended Stanford University for three years, and during World War II was a member of the USO entertaining troops. She performed comedy, singing and acting on stage in California and Chicago but was not to launch her television career for two decades. Her small screen debut came in an episode on Televisions Batman, in 1966, followed by a bit part in Beverly Hillbillies. Ryans best known television role was as Aggie Thompson in The Doris Day Show (in its first incarnation plotline theme), though the gig only lasted a few months. This role was cut short because she was offered the replacement role on the hit series Green Acres as Doris Ziffel from 1969-1971. Fran was to replace Barbara Pepper, who by then was in poor health. Sadly, Miss Pepper died just five months later of heart ailments, on July 15, 1969.Ryan also starred on the long running TV Western series Gunsmoke during its twentieth and final season as Miss Hannah (Cobb). In 1987, she reprised the role of Miss Hannah in the TV movie Gunsmoke Return to Dodge.Fran Ryan played the role of Sister Agatha in the soap opera General Hospital in (1979). She also did voices for cartoons such as Hong Kong Phooey, Mister T and Little Dracula. Fran starred on some TV shows for children like Sigmund and the Sea Monsters in 1975 as Gertrude Grouch, and in 1970s childrens show The New Zoo Revue as Ms. Goodbody, the 1980s TV series No Soap, Radio as Mrs. Belmont, the short lived 1980s CBS TV series The Wizard as Tillie Russell from 1986-1987. Her last regular TV role was on The Dave Thomas Comedy Show.She starred in many feature films, including Flush (1977), Big Wednesday (1978), Take This Job and Shove It (1981), Pale Rider (1985), Chances Are, and in her scene-stealing cameo in 1981s Stripes, as a tortured cab fare to Bill Murray as the cabbie, in the opening scenes of the comedy film.Ryan made guest appearances on TV shows ranging from Batman, Adam-12, CHiPs, Quantum Leap, Night Court, Baywatch to The Commish.Fran Ryan was often compared to actress Marjorie Main; they looked similar to one another. Ryan died on January 15, 2000, at age 83. She is buried in the family plots alongside her mother, at the Holy Sepulchre Catholic Cemetery, in Hayward, California.Description above from the Wikipedia article Fran Ryan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Hannah
Movie 1987
Mrs. Lucerne
Movie 1993
Flora
Movie 1974
Hattie Clandell
Movie 1993
Judge
Movie 1983
Aunt Aggie McAdam
Movie 1982
Haughty Customer
Movie 1965
Colonel
Movie 1981
Ma Blankenship
Movie 1985
Registrar Clerk (uncredited)
Movie 1976
Movie 1969
Mother Maggie
Movie 1985
Frieda Beezly
Movie 1977
Ethel
Movie 1979
Ma
Movie 1988
Beatrice's Mother
Movie 1982
Mrs. Langendorf
Movie 1986
Flora
Movie 1981
Movie 1977
Mrs. Purdham (uncredited)
Movie 1971
Marvis Bidwell
Movie 1975
Adrian's Nurse (uncredited)
Movie 1979
Granny Plug
Movie 1985
Ellen Mott
Movie 1976
Aunt Bertha
Movie 1978
Millie Clark
Movie 1984
Homeless Woman (uncredited)
Movie 1965
Rose Mulligan
Tv 1984
Ethel La Rue
Tv 1984
Tv 1972
Tv 1965
Tv 1975
Tv 1986
Tv 1969
Tv 1966
Tv 1975
Tv 1984
The Asp
Tv 1988
Tv 1983
Tv 1984
Tv 1977
Nurse Fager
Tv 1976
Tv 1981
Tv 1991
Tv 1976
Tv 1970
Tv 1972
Tv 1989
Tv 1985
Tv 1981
Tv 1972
Tv 1976
Tillie Russell
Tv 1986
Tv 1990
Tv 1983
Tv 1974
Tv 1977
Tv 1970
Tv 1982
Tv 1990
Tv 1976
Tv 1981
Tv 1982
Tv 1974
Tv 1977
Tv 1980
Tv 1969
Tv 1991
Tv 1982
Minnie Dowd
Tv 1971
Dorothy Jaeger
Tv 1989
Mrs. Killian
Tv 1968
Mrs. Elizabeth Weber
Tv 1978
Belle Asher
Tv 1976
Miss Crombie
Tv 1984
Ida Collins
Tv 1990
Mrs. Hirsch, Homeless Woman
Tv 1975
