
Known for
Acting
Born
June 16, 1938 (age 88)
Birthplace
Liverpool, England, UK
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 fil...
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as Tory Dolinski
2017
as Woman at Door
2016
2016
2007
2006
as Naturist Violinist
2003
as Mrs. Farraday
2002
as Queen Wilhelmina
1997
1994
1993
1993
as Mrs Crowther
1993
1992
1987
as Aunt
1986
as Mother
1985
1984
1984
1983
as Lucy
1983
as Gertrude Bell
1981
1980
as Princess Alex
1980
1976