Lois Ramsey

Lois June Ramsey (; 18 June 1922 – 22 January 2016) also billed as Lois Ramsay, 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.

Career The Box and Prisoner She was a major cast member of the 1970s soap opera The Box as tea lady Mrs. Hopkins, appearing for the entire run of the serial. Ramsey also had two prominent stints in Prisoner. Her first role was as dotty social worker Agnes Forster in 1980. In 1985-1986 Ramsey played elderly prison inmate Ettie Parslow who thought the Second World War was still going on.

Television and film roles She had numerous roles in TV soap opera/serials including Crawford Productions serials Homicide, The Sullivans, Cop Shop, as well as Prisoner, A Country Practice, E Street, Home and Away, and Blue Heelers, Always Greener and All Saints and the films Crackerjack and BoyTown.

AFI Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role in a Television Drama Series for a performance in the television series Grass Roots.

Stage roles Also a stage actress, she was one of the founders of the Flinders Street Revue Company in 1961 and appeared later she appeared in numerous productions with both the Sydney Theatre Company and the Melbourne Theatre Company.

Personal life Born to Bill and Maud Dickson, she married Cuthbert Ward Ramsey on 25 September 1943. They had two children: writer/director Stephen Ramsey and the late actress Penny Ramsey.

Filmography

Film + Title Year Role Type 1975 The Box Mrs. Hopkins Feature film 1983 Undercover Landlady Feature film 1984 One Night Stand Salvation Army Woman Feature film 1993 Shotgun Wedding Voice (as Lois Ramsay) Feature film 1996 River Street Edna Davis Feature film 1996 Roses Dawn Short film 1997 Road to Nhill Carmel Feature film 1998 Tulip Margaret Short film 1999 Fresh Air Mrs. Beck Feature film 2002 Crackerjack Gwen Feature film 2006 BoyTown Gran Feature film 2007 Cool White Grace Short film

Television + Title Year Role Type 1962; 1963 Consider Your Verdict Recurring Guest role: Marjorie Buxton (as Lois Ramsay) TV series, 2 episodes 1965 The Mavis Bramston Show Guest TV series, 1 episode 1967 Adventures of the Seaspray TV series, 1 episode 1967-1974 Homicide Guest roles: Ivy Young / Mrs. Hubble / Mrs. Jones TV series, 3 episodes 1968 The Battlers TV series 1969 Riptide Guest role: Anastasia Burns TV series, episode 4: "Surprise Surprise" 1970 The Link Men Guest role: Mother TV series, 2 episodes: "Somebody's Kid Is Missing", "Mother" 1974-1977 The Box Regular roles: Mrs. Hopkins / Mrs. Hawker (as Lois Ramsay) TV series, 197 episodes 1975 Pot of Gold Guest judge TV series, 1 episode 1976 The Young Doctors Recurring Guest role: Winnie Parsons TV series 1977 Young Ramsay Guest role: Maisie O'Brien (as Lois Ramsay) TV series, 1 episode 1977-1978 The Sullivans Recurring Guest role: Mrs. Patterson TV series, 3 episodes 1978 Cop Shop Guest role: Mrs. Blair TV series, 1 episode 1978 The Mike Walsh Show Guest (with Judy Nunn) TV series, 1 episode 1978 The Truckies Regular role: Dora TV series, 12 episodes 1980 Prisoner Recurring role: Agnes Forster TV series 1981 Air Hawk: Star of the North Support role: Dorcas (as Lois Ramsay) TV movie 1981 A Town Like Alice Recurring role: Mrs. Driver TV miniseries, 1 episode 1982-1990 A Country Practice Guest roles: Gladys Carter / Pearl Murray / Irene Sinclair / Nellie Dickinson TV series, 8 episodes 1983 Carson's Law Guest role: Mrs. Griffin TV series, 1 episode 1985 The Harp in the South Support role: Mrs. Campion TV miniseries, 3 episodes 1986 Prisoner Recurring role: Ettie Parslow TV series 1987 Poor Man's Orange Support role: Mrs. Campion TV miniseries, 2 episodes 1987 Willing and Abel Guest role TV series, 1 episode 1988 Rafferty's Rules Guest role: Miss Mitford TV series, 1 episode 1989 E Street Recurring role: Lillian Patchett TV series, 6 episodes 1989; 1993 G.P. Recurring role: Lily Cartwright TV series, 3 episodes 1994; 1999 Blue Heelers Guest role: Nora Sharpe TV series, 1 episode 1994 Mother and Son Guest role: Butcher #1 (as Lois Ramsay) TV series, 1 episode 1997 Heartbreak High Guest role: Ethel TV series, 1 episode 1997 An Unexpected Drama: The Making of the Feature film Road to Nhill Herself - Actress Video 1999; 2004 All Saints Guest role: Norma Blunt TV series, 2 episodes 1999 Water Rats Guest role: Shirley Martin TV series, 1 episode 1999 Blue Heelers Guest role: Eileen Hart TV series, 1 episode 2000 Above the Law Recurring role: Flo Price TV series, 2 episodes 2000 Home and Away Guest role: Mrs. Trent TV series, 1 episode 2000 Grass Roots Guest role: Mrs. Robbins (as Lois Ramsay) TV series, 1 episode 2001 My Husband My Killer Support role: Mrs. May Carmichael TV movie 2001 Always Greener Guest role: Old Woman TV series, 1 episode 2004 All Saints Recurring role: Thelma Franklin TV series, 3 episodes 2007 BoyTown Confidential Gran Video 2012 Rake Guest role: Dolores TV series, 1 episode 2015 Studio 10 Herself (with Judy Nunn) TV series, 1 episode 2015 Judith Lucy Is All Woman Herself TV series, 1 episode