Madge Ryan
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Madge Winifred Ryan[1] (8 January 1919 – 9 January 1994)[2] was an Australian actress, known for her stage and film roles in the United Kingdom, including London stage productions of Entertaining Mr Sloane (1964), Philadelphia, Here I Come (1967), and Medea (1993). She also starred in the Broadway production of Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1958).
In 1966 Ryan appeared in The Saint (S5, E9 'The Better Mousetrap') as Bertha Noversham, a French Riviera jewel thief.
Her film appearances included Summer Holiday (1963), A Clockwork Orange (1971), Frenzy (1972), and Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978).
Between 1969 and 1975, Eric Idle was married to Ryan's daughter, Lyn Ashley.
Early life
Ryan was born in Townsville, Australia.[2] Her daughter Lyn Ashley is also an actress.
Career
Ryan established herself as a theatre actor and member of the Independent Co. in Sydney, Australia, playing the role of Birdie Hubbard in The Little Foxes at the Independent and the Princess Theatres in 1948, while living in Epping, then a rural setting on Sydney’s outer fringe.
She toured with John Nugent-Hayward in The Patsy, Fresh Fields and Claudia. She was also known during the forties and fifties for her radio work.[3]
Ryan emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1957 and starred in many British stage shows.[2] She made over sixty appearances in films and on television.[4]
In 1958, Ryan appeared in a Broadway-theatre production of Summer of the Seventeenth Doll.[5] In 1964, she played Kath in the original London production of Joe Orton's Entertaining Mr Sloane. The Independent wrote, "as the dreadful Kath, ageing seductress and murderous landlady...Madge Ryan's cruel, cool but undeniably comic acting provoked one critic to describe her work...as 'something very close to perfection'."[2]
Death
Ryan died in London in 1994, one day after her 75th birthday.[2] In their obituary, The Independent wrote, "what set her apart from the others was a certain, often powerful, independence of spirit and humour...It was a fulfilled career."[2]
Selected filmography
- Upstairs and Downstairs (1959) - Policewoman
- Witness in the Dark (1959) - Mrs. Finch
- Hand in Hand (1960) - George's Wife
- Tiara Tahiti (1962) - Millie Brooks
- The Shifting Heart (1962)[6]
- Summer Holiday (1963) - Stella Winters
- Doctor in Distress (1963) - Mrs. Clapper
- This Is My Street (1964) - Kitty
- The Shifting Heart (1968)[6]
- The Strange Affair (1968) - Aunt Mary
- Sherlock Holmes Episode: The Blue Carbuncle (1968) - Lady Morcar
- I Start Counting (1969) - Mother
- A Clockwork Orange (1971) - Dr. Branom
- Public Eye (Come In To The Garden, Rose) (1971) - Rose Mason
- Frenzy (1972) - Mrs. Davison
- Endless Night (1972) - Michael's Mother
- Anne of Avonlea (1975) - Rachel Lynde
- A Horseman Riding By (1978) - Arabella Codsall
- All Creatures Great and Small (1978) - Miss Harbottle
- Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978) - Beecham
- The Lady Vanishes (1979) - Rose Flood Porter
- S.O.S. Titanic (1979) - Stewards: Violet Jessop
- Kokoda Crescent (1989) - Margaret
- Splitting Heirs (1993) - Woman with Dog
- The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries, Death in a White Tie (1993) - Lucy Lorrimer
References
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- 1919 births
- 1994 deaths
- 20th-century Australian actresses
- Australian film actresses
- Australian emigrants to England
- Australian stage actresses
- Australian television actresses
- Actresses from Queensland
- People from Townsville