Lois Ramsey
Born: 1922-06-18 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died: 2016-01-27
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2006
- BoyTown as Gran
2002
- Crackerjack as Gwen
2000
- Grass Roots as Mrs Robbins
1998
- All Saints as Thelma Franklin
- Tulip
1997
- River Street as Edna Davis
1996
- Water Rats as Shirley Martin
1993
- Blue Heelers as Eileen Hart
1989
- E Street as Lillian Patchett
1988
- Home and Away as Mrs. Trent
1987
- Rafferty's Rules as Miss Mitford
1985
- Air Hawk as Dorcas
1981
- A Town Like Alice as Mrs. Driver
1975
- The Box as Mrs. Hopkins