Lois Ramsey

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Lois Ramsey (born Lois June Dickson; 18 June 1922, Adelaide) is an Australian actress, best known for her performances as eccentric old ladies on television. Roles include Homicide, The Sullivans, A Country Practice, Home and Away and Blue Heelers and the film Crackerjack.

Career

She was a major cast member of the 1970s soap opera The Box as tea lady Mrs. Hopkins. She also appeared twice in Prisoner – as dotty social worker Agnes Forster in 1980 and a more prominent role in 1985 as Ettie Parslow, an aged inmate who thought that the Second World War was still going on.

She starred in guest roles in Blue Heelers. She played "Gwen" in CrackerJack and "Gran" in BoyTown, both films by comedian Mick Molloy.

Personal life

Her children by husband Cuthbert Ramsey are Stephen Ramsey, a writer/director and the late actress Penny Ramsey.

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