Helen Ryan

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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.

Most Popular Helen Ryan Trailers

Total trailers found: 13

Old Guy Trailer (2024)

13 December 2024

Stuck at a dead end but vying for the love of spunky club manager Anata, aging contract killer Danny Dolinski is thrilled when The Company pulls him back in the field, but only to train Gen Z newcomer Wihlborg, a prodigy assassin with an attitude.

Confetti Trailer (2006)

05 May 2006

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

The Elephant Man Trailer (1980)

09 October 1980

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

The Hawk Trailer (1993)

03 December 1993

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

Bertie and Elizabeth Trailer (2002)

04 June 2002

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 private life with his Scottish wife Elisabeth Bowes-Lyon and their daughters, in the shadow of their reigning father, George V, and next that of his elder brother who succeeded to the British throne as Edward VIII.

The Brides in the Bath Trailer (2003)

31 December 2003

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 by drowning them in the bath while trying to make the deaths look like accidents.

Crystalstone Trailer (1987)

01 April 1987

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 caretaker aunt.

Clash of Loyalties Trailer (1983)

02 January 1983

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

The Raisin Trailer (2017)

05 May 2017

A short film about a raisin.

Jenny Can't Work Any Faster Trailer (1975)

08 December 1975

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 of her shell.

Saddam Goes to Hollywood Trailer (2016)

24 July 2016

The extraordinary true story of Saddam Hussein's farcical venture into the movie business: a story is

Misunderstood Trailer (1983)

10 December 1983

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.

The Lift Trailer (1965)

24 September 1965

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