Fran Ryan

Fran Ryan

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1916-11-29
Deathday: 2000-01-15 (83 years old)

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Fran Ryan (November 29, 1916 – January 15, 2000) was an American character actress featured in television and films. She was born in Los Angeles, California.


Fran Ryan began performing at the age of 6, at Oakland's Henry Duffy Theatre, in Northern California. She attended Stanford University for three years, and during World War II was a member of the USO entertaining troops. She performed comedy, singing and acting on stage in California and Chicago but was not to launch her television career for two decades. Her small screen debut came in an episode on Television's Batman, in 1966, followed by a bit part in Beverly Hillbillies. Ryan's best known television role was as Aggie Thompson in The Doris Day Show (in its first incarnation plotline theme), though the gig only lasted a few months. This role was cut short because she was offered the 'replacement' role on the hit series Green Acres as Doris Ziffel from 1969-1971. Fran was to replace Barbara Pepper, who by then was in poor health. Sadly, Miss Pepper died just five months later of heart ailments, on July 15, 1969.


Ryan also starred on the long running TV Western series Gunsmoke during its twentieth and final season as Miss Hannah (Cobb). In 1987, she reprised the role of Miss Hannah in the TV movie Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge.


Fran Ryan played the role of Sister Agatha in the soap opera General Hospital in (1979). She also did voices for cartoons such as Hong Kong Phooey, Mister T and Little Dracula. Fran starred on some TV shows for children like Sigmund and the Sea Monsters in 1975 as Gertrude Grouch, and in 1970s children's show The New Zoo Revue as Ms. Goodbody, the 1980s TV series No Soap, Radio as Mrs. Belmont, the short lived 1980s CBS TV series The Wizard as Tillie Russell from 1986-1987. Her last regular TV role was on The Dave Thomas Comedy Show.


She starred in many feature films, including Flush (1977), Big Wednesday (1978), Take This Job and Shove It (1981), Pale Rider (1985), Chances Are, and in her scene-stealing cameo in 1981's Stripes, as a tortured cab fare to Bill Murray as the cabbie, in the opening scenes of the comedy film.


Ryan made guest appearances on TV shows ranging from Batman, Adam-12, CHiPs, Quantum Leap, Night Court, Baywatch to The Commish.


Fran Ryan was often compared to actress Marjorie Main; they looked similar to one another. Ryan died on January 15, 2000, at age 83. She is buried in the family plots alongside her mother, at the Holy Sepulchre Catholic Cemetery, in Hayward, California.


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Filmography

all 104

TV Shows 58

Movies 46

Hattie Clandell
River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene

River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene (1993)

Movie
Mrs. Lucerne
Suture

Suture (1993)

Movie
The Commish

The Commish (1991)

TV
6
Little Dracula

Little Dracula (1991)

TV
Lois
Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving Day (1990)

Movie
Tiny Toon Adventures

Tiny Toon Adventures (1990)

TV
6
The Dave Thomas Comedy Show

The Dave Thomas Comedy Show (1990)

TV
Miss Grundy
Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again

Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again (1990)

Movie
5.8
The Bradys

The Bradys (1990)

TV
Jeannie
Nick Knight

Nick Knight (1989)

Movie
Baywatch

Baywatch (1989)

TV
6.31
Dorothy Jaeger
Quantum Leap

Quantum Leap (1989)

TV
5.84
Mavis Talmadge
Chances Are

Chances Are (1989)

Movie
5.5
Arlene
Out Cold

Out Cold (1989)

Movie
The Asp
Murphy Brown

Murphy Brown (1988)

TV
6
Ma
Lucky Stiff

Lucky Stiff (1988)

Movie
Hannah
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge

Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge (1987)

Movie
Ma
Quiet Cool

Quiet Cool (1986)

Movie
Tillie Russell
The Wizard

The Wizard (1986)

TV
Fainting Lady
Stewardess School

Stewardess School (1986)

Movie
Mrs. Langendorf
Fuzzbucket

Fuzzbucket (1986)

Movie
Matlock

Matlock (1986)

TV
6
The Colbys

The Colbys (1985)

TV
8
Mrs. Abbott
Amazing Stories

Amazing Stories (1985)

TV
5.33
Ma Blankenship
Pale Rider

Pale Rider (1985)

Movie
5.33
Granny Plug
Rebel Love

Rebel Love (1985)

Movie
Mother Maggie
Father of Hell Town

Father of Hell Town (1985)

Movie
Lady in Car
The Sure Thing

The Sure Thing (1985)

Movie
6
Rose Mulligan
Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote (1984)

TV
7
Highway to Heaven

Highway to Heaven (1984)

TV
Punky Brewster

Punky Brewster (1984)

TV
Mrs. Murphy
Brothers

Brothers (1984)

TV
Millie Clark
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.

The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. (1984)

Movie
Miss Crombie / Ethel La Rue
Night Court

Night Court (1984)

TV
6
Sister (Calvin's Wife)
Eyes of Fire

Eyes of Fire (1983)

Movie
Manimal

Manimal (1983)

TV
Mister T

Mister T (1983)

TV
Miss Dutchbok
Private School

Private School (1983)

Movie
Judge
Ghost Dancing

Ghost Dancing (1983)

Movie
Gert Long
Tough Enough

Tough Enough (1983)

Movie
Aunt Aggie McAdam
Johnny Belinda

Johnny Belinda (1982)

Movie
It Takes Two

It Takes Two (1982)

TV
Beatrice's Mother
Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice

Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice (1982)

Movie
Matt Houston

Matt Houston (1982)

TV
No Soap, Radio

No Soap, Radio (1982)

TV
Farmer Wilma
Savannah Smiles

Savannah Smiles (1982)

Movie
Falcon Crest

Falcon Crest (1981)

TV
Father Murphy

Father Murphy (1981)

TV
Dowager in Cab
Stripes

Stripes (1981)

Movie
4.83
Mrs. Roman
The Adventures of Nellie Bly

The Adventures of Nellie Bly (1981)

Movie
Colonel
Americana

Americana (1981)

Movie
Foul Play

Foul Play (1981)

TV
Hill Street Blues

Hill Street Blues (1981)

TV
6
Flora
Christmas Mountain

Christmas Mountain (1981)

Movie
Mrs. Samuel
The Long Riders

The Long Riders (1980)

Movie
When the Whistle Blows

When the Whistle Blows (1980)

TV
Ethel
Goldie and the Boxer

Goldie and the Boxer (1979)

Movie
Adrian's Nurse (uncredited)
Rocky II

Rocky II (1979)

Movie
5.5
Mrs. Elizabeth Weber
Taxi

Taxi (1978)

TV
6.02
Aunt Bertha
The Great Brain

The Great Brain (1978)

Movie
Lucy
Big Wednesday

Big Wednesday (1978)

Movie
Cafe Owner
Straight Time

Straight Time (1978)

Movie
Frieda Beezly
Deadly Game

Deadly Game (1977)

Movie
Nancy
CHiPs

CHiPs (1977)

TV
1
Carter Country

Carter Country (1977)

TV
Panic in Echo Park

Panic in Echo Park (1977)

Movie
Grizzly Adams

Grizzly Adams (1977)

TV
8
How the West Was Won

How the West Was Won (1977)

TV
8
Ellen Mott
Stalk the Wild Child

Stalk the Wild Child (1976)

Movie
Nurse Fager / Belle Asher
Charlie's Angels

Charlie's Angels (1976)

TV
6.33
The Quest

The Quest (1976)

TV
Registrar Clerk (uncredited)
Family Plot

Family Plot (1976)

Movie
Good Heavens

Good Heavens (1976)

TV
Laverne & Shirley

Laverne & Shirley (1976)

TV
5
One Day at a Time

One Day at a Time (1975)

TV
Starsky & Hutch

Starsky & Hutch (1975)

TV
10
Marvis Bidwell
Long Way Home

Long Way Home (1975)

Movie
Mrs. Stockley
The Apple Dumpling Gang

The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975)

Movie
6
Mrs. Hirsch, Homeless Woman
Barney Miller

Barney Miller (1975)

TV
5.5
Additional Voices
Devlin

Devlin (1974)

TV
Hong Kong Phooey

Hong Kong Phooey (1974)

TV
7.5
Flora
Hog Wild

Hog Wild (1974)

Movie
Gertrude
Sigmund and the Sea Monsters

Sigmund and the Sea Monsters (1973)

TV
The Waltons

The Waltons (1972)

TV
6
The Rookies

The Rookies (1972)

TV
New Zoo Revue

New Zoo Revue (1972)

TV
Minnie Dowd
Nichols

Nichols (1971)

TV
Mrs. Purdham (uncredited)
The Million Dollar Duck

The Million Dollar Duck (1971)

Movie
6
Farm Woman
Scandalous John

Scandalous John (1971)

Movie
Night Gallery

Night Gallery (1970)

TV
McCloud

McCloud (1970)

TV
7
The Old Woman
Scream, Evelyn, Scream!

Scream, Evelyn, Scream! (1970)

Movie
The Brady Bunch

The Brady Bunch (1969)

TV
5.11
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1969)

TV
Mrs. Beal
The Bill Cosby Show

The Bill Cosby Show (1969)

TV
Marcus Welby, M.D.

Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)

Movie
Mrs. Killian
Adam-12

Adam-12 (1968)

TV
7.5
That Girl

That Girl (1966)

TV
6
Chairlady
Batman

Batman (1966)

TV
5
Switchboard Operator
I Dream of Jeannie

I Dream of Jeannie (1965)

TV
6.11
Green Acres

Green Acres (1965)

TV
3.5
Haughty Customer
The Front Line

The Front Line (1965)

Movie
Mrs. Jones
Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone (1964)

TV
5.75
Hannah / Mrs. Keller
Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke (1955)

TV
6

Ratings

Average 6.04
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Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Female

Birthday
1916-11-29

Deathday
2000-01-15 (83 years old)

Birth Place
Los Angeles, United States of America

Citizenships
United States of America


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