Helen Ryan

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Liverpool, England, UK, 1938-06-16

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1965	The Lift	Margot	0
2	1975	Jenny Can't Work Any Faster	Maureen	0
3	1980	The Elephant Man	Princess Alex	81
4	1983	Clash of Loyalties	Gertrude Bell	50
5	1983	Misunderstood	Lucy	67
6	1987	Crystalstone	Aunt	60
7	1993	The Hawk	Mrs Crowther	58
8	2002	Bertie and Elizabeth	Queen Wilhelmina	56
9	2003	The Brides in the Bath	Mrs. Farraday	59
10	2006	Confetti	Naturist Violinist	55
11	2016	Saddam Goes to Hollywood		80
12	2017	The Raisin	Woman at Door	0
13	2024	Old Guy	Tory Dolinski	57

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1971	Persuasion	Mrs. Harville	68
2	1972	Van der Valk	Eva Maris	58
3	1975	Edward the Seventh	Queen Alexandra	69
4	1984	Sherlock Holmes	Princess of Wales	81
5	1984	Sherlock Holmes	Mrs McFarlane	81
6	1985	My Brother Jonathan	Lavinia Dakers	50
7	1992	Heartbeat	Betty Hawkins	71
8	1993	Harry	Lady Jenvey	35
9	1993	Bella Block	Meredith Walters	26
10	1997	Midsomer Murders	Mrs. Hilliard	75
11	2007	Fallen Angel	Angel's Neighbor	45
12	2016	The Crown	Queen's Dresser	82

Helen Ryan

Film

Television