Lois Ramsey
Lois June Ramsey (née Dickson; 18 June 1922 – 22 January 2016) also billed as Lois Ramsay, was an Australian actress, best known for her her regular roles on television series The Box and Prisoner as two different characters. As a character actress of numerous serials, she often played quirky, eccentric old ladies on television soap operas.
Lois Ramsey | |
|---|---|
| Born | Lois June Dickson 18 June 1922 Adelaide, South Australia |
| Died | 22 January 2016 (aged 93) |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1954–2012 |
| Spouse(s) | Cuthbert Ward Ramsey |
| Children | Penny Ramsey Stephen Ramsey |
Career
The Box and Prisoner
She was a major cast member of the 1970s soap opera The Box as tea lady Mrs. Hopkins, appearing for the entire run of the serial.[1] She also had 2 prominent stints in Prisoner—firstly as dotty social worker Agnes Forster in 1980 in 1985 as an elderly inmate Ettie Parslow, who thought that the Second World War was still going on.
Television and film roles
She had numerous roles in TV soap opera/serials including Crawford Productions serials Homicide , The Sullivans, Cop Shop, as well as A Country Practice, E Street, Home and Away, and Blue Heelers, Always Greener and All Saints and the films Crackerjack and Boystown[2]
AFI Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role in a Television Drama Series for a performance in the television series Grass Roots.
Stage roles
Also a stage actress, she was one of the founders of the Flinders Street Revue Company in 1961 and appeared later she appeared in numerous productions with both the Sydney Theatre Company and the Melbourne Theatre Company.
Personal life
Born to Bill and Maud Dickson, she married Cuthbert Ward Ramsey on 25 September 1943.[3] They had two children: writer/director Stephen Ramsey and the late actress Penny Ramsey.
Filmography
| Year | title | role |
| 1962-1963 | Consider Your Verdict | Marjorie Buxton |
| 1965 | The Adventures of the Sea Spray (TV series) | 1 episode |
| 1968 | The Battlers (TV series) | unknown |
| 1969 | Riptide (TV series) | Anastasia Burns |
| 1970 | The Link Man (TV series) | Mother |
| 1967, 1968, 1974 | Homicide | 3 roles Mrs Jones/Mrs Hubble/Ivy Jones |
| 1975 | The Box | Mre. Hopkins |
| 1976 | The Young Doctors | Winnie Parsons |
| 1976 | The Sullivans | Mrs. Patterson |
| 1977 | Young Ramsay (TV series) | Maisie O'Brian |
| 1974-1977 | The Box (TV series) | Mrs. Hopkins (197 episodes) |
| 1978 | Cop Shop (TV series) | Mrs. Bair |
| 1978 | The Truckies (TV series) | Dora |
| 1981 | A Town Like Allice (TV miniseries) | Mrs. Driver |
| 1981 | Star of the North (TV Movie) | Dorcas (as Lois Ramsay) |
| 1983 | Return to Eden (TV mini series) | Dot |
| 1983 | Carsonss Law (TV series) | Mrs. Griffin |
| 1984 | Undercover | Landlady |
| 1984 | Oe Night Stand | Salvation Army Woman |
| 1980, 1985,1986 | Agnes Forster, Ettie Parslow | |
| 1987 | The Harp in the South (TV mini-series) | Mrs. Campion |
| 1987 | Poor Mans Orange (TV mini-series) | Mrs. Campion, |
| 1988 | Rafferty's Rules (TV series) | Miss. Mitford |
| 1989 | E Street (TV series) | Lillian Patchett |
| 1986, 1988, 1990 | A Country Practice | Irene Sinclair, Pearl Murray, Gladys Carter |
| 1989, 1992, 1993 | G.P. (TVseries) | Lily Cartwright |
| 1993 | Shotgun Wedding (Voice, credited as Lois Ramsay | |
| 1994 | Mother and Son | Butcher (as Lois Ramsay) |
| 1996 | River Street | Edna Davies |
| 1996 | Roses (film short) | Dawn |
| 1997 | Road to Nhill | Carmel |
| 1999 | Fresh Air | Mrs . Beck |
| 1999 | Water Rats (TV series) | Shirley Martin |
| 1994, 1999 | Blue Heelers | Eileen Hart, Nora Sharpe |
| 2000 | Above the Law | Flo Price |
| 2000 | Tulip (film short) | Margaret |
| 2000 | Home and Away | Mrs. Trent |
| 2000 | Grass Roots (TV series) | Mrs. Robbins (as Lois Ramsay) |
| 2001 | My Husband, My Killer (TV movie) | Mrs. May Carmichael |
| 2001 | Always Greener (TV series) | Old Woman |
| 2002 | Crackerjack | Gwen |
| 1999, 2004 | All Saints | Thelma Franklin, Norma Blunt |
| 2006 | Boytown | Gran |
| 2007 | Boystown Confidential | Gran |
| 2007 | Cool White (film short) | Grace |
| 2012 | Rake (TV series) | Dolores |
References
- "Out of The Box!". National Film and Sound Archive. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- Vale: Lois Ramsey, TV Tonight, 16 January 2016.
- "ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE". The News. Adelaide. 23 September 1943. p. 5. Retrieved 23 January 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
External links
- Lois Ramsey at IMDb