Helen Ryan (born 16 June 1938, in

Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a populat ...

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly. The non-metropolitan county of Lancash ...

) is a British actress, who is notable for playing several royal roles. The

native played

Queen Alexandra Alexandra of Denmark (Alexandra Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise Julia; 1 December 1844 – 20 November 1925) was List of British royal consorts, Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, from 22 January 1901 t ...

in the British television series ''

Edward the Seventh ''Edward the Seventh'' is a 1975 British historical drama series, made by ATV in 13 episodes. Based on the biography of King Edward VII by Philip Magnus, it starred Annette Crosbie as Queen Victoria, Timothy West as the elder Edward VII, w ...

'', for which she received a BAFTA nomination in 1975. She also played Princess Alexandra in the 1980 movie ''

The Elephant Man Joseph Carey Merrick (5 August 1862 – 11 April 1890), often erroneously called John Merrick, was an English man known for having severe deformities. He was first exhibited at a freak show under the stage name "the Elephant Man" and then we ...

'', and

Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands Wilhelmina (; Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria; 31 August 1880 – 28 November 1962) was Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 until her abdication in 1948. She reigned for nearly 58 years, longer than any other Dutch monarch. Her reign saw World Wa ...

in the 2002 television drama '' Bertie and Elizabeth''. Her other credits include Madame Balzac in the TV series '' Prometheus: The Life of Balzac'' (1975), Mrs McFarlane in the Sherlock Holmes story The Norwood Builder, and films such as ''

Clash of Loyalties ''Clash of Loyalties'' ( ar, المسألة الكبرى, al-masʿāla al-kubrā, aka ''The Great Question'') is a 1983 Iraqi film focusing on the formation of Iraq out of Mesopotamia in the aftermath of the First World War. The film was financed ...

'' (1983), '' Misunderstood'' (1984) and '' The Hawk'' (1993). She was formerly married to the theatre director Guy Slater with whom she had a daughter Rebecca and a son Daniel.

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* Living people British film actresses British television actresses 1938 births Actresses from Liverpool {{UK-screen-actor-stub