Fran Ryan
Fran Ryan
A familiar presence on the Chicago theatrical scene, American character actress Fran Ryan has kept busy in films since the late 1960s. Often cast as tight-lipped "battle-ax" types (albeit with the proverbial twinkle in the eye), Ryan was an invaluable presence in several Disney films. On TV, she has thrice found herself in the unenviable position of last-minute replacement: she took over the role of Doris Ziffel from Barbara Pepper during the 1969-70 season of Green Acres; as Miss Hannah, she succeeded Kitty Russell (Amanda Blake) as proprietress of the Long Branch Saloon in the 1974-75 season of Gunsmoke; and on the Saturday-morning kiddie show Sigmund and the Sea Monsters (1974-77), she replaced the departing Mary Wickes as the series' requisite wisecracking housekeeper. Fran Ryan's other TV-series credits include The Doris Day Show (1968-69 season, as housekeeper Aggie Thompson), No Soap, Radio (1982, as hotelier Mrs. Belmont) and The Wizard (1987, as yet another housekeeper, this one named Tillie). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Fran Ryan:
- Lucky Stiff with Donna Dixon
- Suture with Dennis Haysbert , Mel Harris , Dina Merrill
- Tough Enough with Dennis Quaid , Pam Grier , Warren Oates , Wilford Brimley
- Out Cold with John Lithgow , Teri Garr , Randy Quaid , Lisa Blount , Barbara Rhoades
- Stripes with Bill Murray , Harold Ramis , Warren Oates , Sean Young , John Candy , John Larroquette , Lance LeGault , Judge Reinhold , Timothy Busfield , Joe Flaherty , Bill Paxton , Dave Thomas
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