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Lois Ramsey
Actor
Born June 18, 1922Died January 27, 2016 (93 years)
Lois June Ramsey (18 June 1922 - 27 January, 2016) was an Australian actress, best known for her regular roles on television series The Box and Prisoner. She often played quirky, eccentric old ladies on television soap operas.
Ramsey, along with other creatives, set up the Flinders Street Revue Company in 1961 to present satirical revues, which became a fixture at the Adelaide Fringe Festival.
In 1962 Ramsey adapted the novel The Cousin From Fiji by Norman Lindsay into a musical that played at Adelaide's Union Theatre to sold-out crowds.
Later in life, Ramsey starred in numerous productions by the Sydney Theatre Company and Melbourne Theatre Company.
Ramsey married Cuthbert Ward Ramsey on 25 September 1943. They had two children: writer/director Stephen Ramsey and the late actress Penny Ramsey.
Ramsey, along with other creatives, set up the Flinders Street Revue Company in 1961 to present satirical revues, which became a fixture at the Adelaide Fringe Festival.
In 1962 Ramsey adapted the novel The Cousin From Fiji by Norman Lindsay into a musical that played at Adelaide's Union Theatre to sold-out crowds.
Later in life, Ramsey starred in numerous productions by the Sydney Theatre Company and Melbourne Theatre Company.
Ramsey married Cuthbert Ward Ramsey on 25 September 1943. They had two children: writer/director Stephen Ramsey and the late actress Penny Ramsey.
Filmography
| 2010 | |
| 2006 | BoyTown · as Gran |
| 2002 | Crackerjack · as Gwen |
| 2001 | Always Greener (TV Series) · as Old Woman |
| 2001 | My Husband My Killer · as Mrs. May Carmichael |
| 2000 | Grass Roots (TV Series) · as Mrs Robbins |
| 2000 | Above the Law (TV Series) · as Flo Price |
| 1999 | Fresh Air · as Mrs. Beck |
| 1998 | |
| 1998 | All Saints (TV Series) · as Thelma Franklin |
| 1997 | Road to Nhill · as Carmel |
| 1996 | River Street · as Edna Davis |
| 1996 | Water Rats (TV Series) · as Shirley Martin |
| 1994 | Heartbreak High (TV Series) · as Ethel |
| 1994 | Blue Heelers (TV Series) · as Eileen Hart |
| 1993 | Shotgun Wedding · as Cast |
| 1989 | G.P. (TV Series) · as Lily Cartwright |
| 1989 | E Street (TV Series) · as Lillian Patchett |
| 1988 | Home and Away (TV Series) · as Mrs. Trent |
| 1987 | Poor Man's Orange (TV Series) · as Mrs. Campion |
| 1987 | The Harp In The South (TV Series) · as Mrs. Campion |
| 1987 | Rafferty's Rules (TV Series) · as Miss Mitford |
| 1984 | One Night Stand · as Salvation Army Woman |
| 1984 | Mother and Son (TV Series) · as Butcher #1 |
| 1983 | Undercover · as Landlady |
| 1983 | Return to Eden (TV Series) · as Dot |
| 1983 | Carson's Law (TV Series) · as Mrs. Griffin |
| 1981 | Air Hawk · as Dorcas |
| 1981 | A Country Practice (TV Series) · as Gladys Carter |
| 1981 | A Town Like Alice (TV Series) · as Mrs. Driver |
| 1979 | Prisoner: Cell Block H (TV Series) · as Ettie Parslow |
| 1977 | Cop Shop (TV Series) · as Mrs. Blair |
| 1977 | Young Ramsay (TV Series) · as Maisie O'brien |
| 1976 | The Sullivans (TV Series) · as Mrs. Patterson |
| 1976 | The Young Doctors (TV Series) · as Winnie Parsons |
| 1975 | The Box · as Mrs. Hopkins |
| 1969 | S.O.S. Charterboot (TV Series) · as Anastasia Burns |
| 1966 | Adventures of the Seaspray (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1964 | Homicide (TV Series) · as Ivy Young |