Lois Ramsey

Acting

Lois Ramsey

Born
Died
(aged 93)
Birthplace
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Credits
14 titles

Biography

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.

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 14

YearTitleRole
2006 BoyTown Film Gran
2002 Crackerjack Film Gwen
2000 Grass Roots TV Mrs Robbins (1 ep)
1998 Tulip Film
1998 All Saints TV Thelma Franklin (1 ep)
1997 River Street Film Edna Davis
1996 Water Rats TV Shirley Martin (1 ep)
1993 Blue Heelers TV Eileen Hart (1 ep)
1989 E Street TV Lillian Patchett, Lillian Patchett (uncredited) (5 ep)
1988 Home and Away TV Mrs. Trent (1 ep)
1987 Rafferty's Rules TV Miss Mitford (1 ep)
1985 Air Hawk Film Dorcas
1981 A Town Like Alice TV Mrs. Driver (1 ep)
1975 The Box Film Mrs. Hopkins
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