Fran Ryan
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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).
Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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71% | Suture |
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— | 1993 |
No Score Yet | River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene |
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— | 1993 |
No Score Yet | Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again |
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— | 1990 |
67% | Chances Are |
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— | 1989 |
No Score Yet | Out Cold |
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— | 1989 |
No Score Yet | Lucky Stiff |
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— | 1988 |
No Score Yet | Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge |
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— | 1987 |
No Score Yet | Quiet Cool |
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— | 1986 |
No Score Yet | Stewardess School |
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— | 1986 |
No Score Yet | Fuzzbucket |
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— | 1986 |
93% | Pale Rider |
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— | 1985 |
85% | The Sure Thing |
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— | 1985 |
No Score Yet | Rebel Love |
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— | 1985 |
No Score Yet | Eyes of Fire |
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— | 1983 |
No Score Yet | Private School |
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— | 1983 |
No Score Yet | Circle of Power |
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— | 1983 |
No Score Yet | Tough Enough |
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— | 1983 |
No Score Yet | Savannah Smiles |
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— | 1982 |
No Score Yet | Johnny Belinda |
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— | 1982 |
No Score Yet | Take This Job and Shove It |
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— | 1981 |
88% | Stripes |
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— | 1981 |
No Score Yet | The Adventures of Nellie Bly |
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— | 1981 |
83% | The Long Riders |
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— | 1980 |
75% | Straight Time |
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— | 1978 |
67% | Big Wednesday |
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— | 1978 |
56% | The Apple Dumpling Gang |
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— | 1975 |
No Score Yet | How to Seduce a Woman |
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— | 1974 |
No Score Yet | Pickup on 101 |
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— | 1972 |
20% | Scandalous John |
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— | 1971 |
17% | The $1,000,000 Duck |
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— | 1971 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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No Score Yet |
The Commish
1991-1996
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No Score Yet |
Baywatch
1989-2001
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57% |
Davis Rules
1991-1992
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No Score Yet |
Empty Nest
1988-1995
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No Score Yet |
Quantum Leap
1989-1993
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No Score Yet |
Night Court
1984-1992
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No Score Yet |
Matlock
1986-1995
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No Score Yet |
Murder, She Wrote
1984-1996
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No Score Yet |
Murphy Brown
1988-2019
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No Score Yet |
Highway to Heaven
1984-1989
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No Score Yet |
Hill Street Blues
1981-1987
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No Score Yet |
Laverne & Shirley
1976-1983
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No Score Yet |
Taxi
1978-1983
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No Score Yet |
Dukes of Hazzard
1979-1985
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No Score Yet |
The Waltons
1972-1981
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No Score Yet |
Charlie's Angels
1976-1981
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No Score Yet |
CHiPs
1977-1983
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No Score Yet |
Barney Miller
1975-1982
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No Score Yet |
Starsky & Hutch
1975-1979
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No Score Yet |
Gunsmoke
1955-1975
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No Score Yet |
Bonanza
1959-1973
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No Score Yet |
Green Acres
1965-1971
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78% |
The Brady Bunch
1969-1974
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No Score Yet |
The Partridge Family
1970-1974
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No Score Yet |
I Dream of Jeannie
1965-1970
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No Score Yet |
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962-1971
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72% |
Batman
1966-1968
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No Score Yet |
Little Dracula
1999
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40% |
The Dave Thomas Comedy Show
1990
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