Fran Ryan

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29 november 1916 — 15 januari 2000 (83 år)
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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 Oakland's 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 Television's Batman, in 1966, followed by a bit part in Beverly Hillbillies. Ryan's 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 children's 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 1981's 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.

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    Maktkamp på Falcon Crest9 seasons
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    That Girl5 seasons
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    Savannah Smiles1982
  • Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1984)
    Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1984)4 seasons
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    Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again1990
  • Panic in Echo Park
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    How to Seduce a Woman1974
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    Privat skola... för flickor1983
  • Eyes of Fire
    Eyes of Fire1983
  • Suture
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    Savannah Smiles1982
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    Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge1987
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    Lucky Stiff1988
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    Tough Man1983
  • Mister T
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  • Quiet Cool
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Filmography

1993
1993
Suture · as Mrs. Lucerne
1992
Jack's Place · as Ira
1991
The CommishPå Plex
1991
Homefront · as Sister Theophane
1991
1991
Davis Rules · as Miss Catworthy
1990
Thanksgiving Day · as Lois
1990
Over My Dead Body · as Building Manager
1990
Tiny Toon Adventures · as Grandma (voice)
1990
Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again · as Miss GrundyPå Plex
1990
1990
The New Adam-12 · as Ida Collins
1989
Nick Knight · as Jeannie
1989
BaywatchPå Plex
1989
Quantum Leap · as Dorothy Jaeger
1989
Chances Are · as Mavis Talmadge
1989
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers · as Camembert Kate
1989
Out Cold · as Arlene
1988
Murphy Brown · as The Asp
1988
Lucky Stiff · as Ma
1988
Empty Nest · as Mrs. Kramer
1987
1987
Houston Knights · as Minnie Eliza Lundy
1986
Quiet Cool · as Ma
1986
The Wizard · as Tillie Russell
1986
Stewardess School · as Fainting Lady
1986
Fuzzbucket · as Mrs. Langendorf
1986
Matlock · as Doris Curtis
1985
1985
Amazing Stories (1985) · as Mrs. Abbott
1985
Pale Rider · as Ma Blankenship
1985
Rebel Love · as Granny Plug
1985
Mr. Belvedere · as Mrs. Deferschmidt
1985
Hell Town · as Mother Maggie
1985
Hell Town · as Mother Maggie
1985
The Sure Thing · as Lady In Car
1985
Hollywood Wives · as Nita Carrolle
1984
Murder, She Wrote · as Rose Mulligan
1984
1984
1984
The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries · as Additional Voices
1984
Brothers · as Mrs. Murphy
1984
1984
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1984) · as Mike's New SecretaryPå Plex
1984
Night Court · as Miss Crombie
1983
Eyes of Fire · as Sister (calvin's Wife)
1983
1983
Hardcastle and McCormick · as Mrs. Vassah
1983
1983
Webster · as Lt. Col. Howard
1983
Private School · as Miss Dutchbok
1983
The Optimist · as MatronPå Plex
1983
Tough Enough · as Gert Long
1982
Savannah Smiles · as Farmer WilmaPå Plex
1982
Johnny Belinda · as Aunt Aggie Mcadam
1982
1982
1982
1982
Flush · as Belle Chance
1982
1982
Shoot the Moon · as Judge
1981
Circle of Power · as Marie Davis
1981
Falcon Crest · as CassPå Plex
1981
1981
Stripes · as Dowager In Cab
1981
Americana · as Colonel
1981
Take This Job and Shove It · as Mrs. Hinkle
1981
1981
Christmas Mountain · as Flora
1980
Enos · as Dolly Mccoy
1980
The Long Riders · as Mrs. Samuel
1979
1979
Benson · as Molly Emerson
1979
Rocky II · as Adrian's Nurse (uncredited)
1979
The Dukes of Hazzard · as Ma Harper
1979
Salvage 1 · as Melba
1978
Taxi · as Mrs. Elizabeth Weber
1978
The Great Brain · as Aunt Bertha
1978
Big Wednesday · as Lucy
1978
Straight Time · as Cafe Owner
1977
Deadly Game · as Frieda Beezly
1977
CHiPs · as Nancy
1977
1977
James at 15 · as Woman Construction Worker
1977
1977
1976
Three's Company · as Grace
1976
Stalk the Wild Child · as Ellen Mott
1976
Visions (1976) · as Martha Stedman
1976
1976
Charlie's Angels · as Belle Asher
1976
Family Plot · as Registrar Clerk (uncredited)
1976
1976
1976
1976
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman · as Miss Adeline Jeeter
1975
1975
Long Way Home · as Marvis Bidwell
1975
The Family Holvak · as Mavis Bidwell
1975
The Apple Dumpling Gang · as Mrs. Stockley
1975
Starsky & Hutch · as Landlady
1975
Barney Miller · as Mrs. Hirsch, Homeless Woman
1974
1974
1974
How to Seduce a Woman · as Mrs. ToklasPå Plex
1973
1972
1972
Return to Peyton Place · as Dr. Helen Randall (1974)
1972
1972
1971
The Jimmy Stewart Show · as Laundry Manager
1971
1971
Nichols · as Minnie Dowd
1971
Columbo · as Woman At Airport
1971
1971
The Million Dollar Duck · as Mrs. Purdham (uncredited)
1971
Scandalous John · as Farm Woman
1970
The Partridge Family · as 1st Wife
1970
The Interns · as Miss Phipp
1970
1970
1970
Scream, Evelyn, Scream! · as The Old Woman
1969
1969
1969
1969
1969
The Bill Cosby Show · as Mrs. Beal
1969
Marcus Welby, M.D. · as Nurse Prifogle
1968
The Doris Day Show · as Aggie Thompson
1968
Adam-12 · as Mrs. Killian
1967
Ironside · as Charge Nurse
1967
The Second Hundred Years · as Mrs. Sanders
1966
That GirlPå Plex
1966
Batman (1966) · as Chairlady
1965
Days of our Lives · as Rosie Carlson
1965
Mickey One · as Homeless Woman (uncredited)
1965
I Dream of Jeannie · as Switchboard Operator
1965
1964
Daniel Boone · as Mrs. Jones
1963
General Hospital · as Sister Agatha
1962
The Beverly Hillbillies · as Mrs. MeekPå Plex
1959
Bonanza · as Widow LucasPå Plex
1955
Gunsmoke · as Hannah
1954
Disneyland · as Flora

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