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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fran Ryan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- wc Gender: Female
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1916-11-29
- event Death Date 2000-01-15
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 5.6
- info Birth Place Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Fran Ryan
6.7
The Long Riders
1980-05-16
5.7
Private School
1983-06-29
7.1
Quiet Cool
1986-11-08
6.4
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge
1987-09-27
6.5
Suture
1993-09-14
0
Hog Wild
1974-01-20
4
River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene
1993-10-03
3
The Adventures of Nellie Bly
1981-06-11
0
Ghost Dancing
1983-05-30
6
Johnny Belinda
1982-10-19
0
The Front Line
1965-01-01
5.5
Americana
1981-05-16
6
Out Cold
1989-03-03
4.9
Stewardess School
1986-08-01
7.2
Pale Rider
1985-06-28
6.8
Family Plot
1976-04-09
0
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969-03-26
0
Father of Hell Town
1985-03-06
5.6
Eyes of Fire
1983-10-21
8
Deadly Game
1977-12-01
6
Thanksgiving Day
1990-11-19
6.3
Scandalous John
1971-06-22
4.5
Goldie and the Boxer
1979-12-30
7.2
Straight Time
1978-03-18
4.6
Lucky Stiff
1988-11-01
9
Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice
1982-09-29
6.4
Nick Knight
1989-08-20
7.2
Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again
1990-05-06
6.1
Fuzzbucket
1986-05-18
8.7
Christmas Mountain
1981-01-01
6.6
The Apple Dumpling Gang
1975-07-01
6.4
Savannah Smiles
1982-04-09
5.4
Panic in Echo Park
1977-06-23
5.7
The Million Dollar Duck
1971-06-30
0
Long Way Home
1975-09-07
6.7
Chances Are
1989-03-10
7.3
Rocky II
1979-06-15
0
Rebel Love
1985-03-25
0
Stalk the Wild Child
1976-11-03
0
The Great Brain
1978-06-01
5.1
Tough Enough
1983-05-20
6.6
Stripes
1981-06-26
6.5
The Sure Thing
1985-03-01
7
Big Wednesday
1978-05-26
0
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
1984-05-16
5.7
Sigmund and the Sea Monsters
1973-09-08
5.7
Falcon Crest
1981-12-04
7.6
Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30
7.4
Night Court
1984-01-04
6.8
CHiPs
1977-09-15
7
The Rookies
1972-09-11
7.3
Green Acres
1965-09-15
7.3
Starsky & Hutch
1975-09-10
7.8
Tiny Toon Adventures
1990-09-14
7.2
Matlock
1986-03-03
7.4
Batman
1966-01-12
6.7
The Brady Bunch
1969-09-26
6.1
That Girl
1966-09-08
6.7
One Day at a Time
1975-12-16
7.4
Highway to Heaven
1984-09-19
6.5
Murphy Brown
1988-11-14
7.3
Manimal
1983-09-30
7.4
Punky Brewster
1984-09-16
7
How the West Was Won
1977-02-06
6.6
Charlie's Angels
1976-09-22
7.6
Hill Street Blues
1981-01-15
7.3
The Commish
1991-09-28
4.9
The Bill Cosby Show
1969-09-14
7.2
Laverne & Shirley
1976-01-27
6.6
Gunsmoke
1955-09-10
7.9
Night Gallery
1970-12-16
0
New Zoo Revue
1972-01-03
6
Baywatch
1989-04-23
5.8
The Colbys
1985-11-20
8
Father Murphy
1981-11-03
7.1
The Waltons
1972-09-14
6.4
The Quest
1976-05-13
6.6
The Wizard
1986-09-09
4
The Bradys
1990-02-09
6.4
Mister T
1983-09-17
6.9
Daniel Boone
1964-09-24
6.2
Hong Kong Phooey
1974-09-07
5.7
Carter Country
1977-09-15
7.1
McCloud
1970-02-17
6.2
Matt Houston
1982-09-26
7.2
Brothers
1984-07-13
0
The Dave Thomas Comedy Show
1990-05-28
5.5
Good Heavens
1976-02-29
5
Foul Play
1981-01-26
5
No Soap, Radio
1982-04-15
5
Devlin
1974-09-07
7.1
Grizzly Adams
1977-02-09
5
When the Whistle Blows
1980-03-14
9
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1969-09-26
8.5
Little Dracula
1991-09-03
5
It Takes Two
1982-10-14
7.5
Amazing Stories
1985-09-29
5
Nichols
1971-09-16
8.1
Quantum Leap
1989-03-26
6.6
Gunsmoke
1955-09-10
7.1
Adam-12
1968-09-21
7.2
Taxi
1978-09-12
6.6
Charlie's Angels
1976-09-22
7.4
Night Court
1984-01-04
9
The New Adam-12
1990-09-24
7.3
Barney Miller
1975-01-23
7.9
I Dream of Jeannie
1965-09-18