Fran Mary Ryan (November 29, 1916 - January 15, 2000) was an American actress best known for Stripes (1981), Pale Rider (1985), and The Sure Thing (1985).
She was married to Walter Kenneth Wayne and Howard Schafer and had one child with Wayne.
Ryan died in 2000 at the age of 83 from natural causes.
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1965: Mickey One as Homeless Woman (Uncredited Role)
- 1970: Scream Evelyn Scream as The Old Woman
- 1971: Scandalous John as Farm Woman
- 1971: The Million Dollar Duck as Mrs. Purdham (uncredited)
- 1974: Hog Wild as Flora
- 1974: How To Seduce A Woman as Mrs. Toklas
- 1975: The Apple Dumpling Gang as Mrs. Stockley
- 1975: Long Way Home as Marvis Bidwell
- 1976: Family Plot as Registar Clerk (uncredited)
- 1976: Stalk The Wild Child as Ellen Mott
- 1977: Deadly Game as Frieda Beezly
- 1978: Straight Time as Cafe Owner
- 1978: Big Wednesday as Lucy
- 1978: The Great Brain as Aunt Bertha
- 1979: Rocky II as Adrian's Nurse
- 1979: Goldie And The Boxer as Cook
- 1980: The Long Riders as Mrs. Samuel
- 1981: Americana as Colonel
- 1981: Take This Job And Shove It as Mrs. Hinkle
- 1981: Circle Of Power as Marie Davis
- 1981: The Adventures Of Nellie Bly as Mrs. Roman
- 1981: Stripes as Dowager in Cab
- 1981: Christmas Mountain as Flora
- 1982: Shoot The Moon as Judge (uncredited)
- 1982: Savannah Smiles as Farmer Wilma
- 1982: Flush as Bella Chance
- 1982: Life Of The Party The Story Of Beatrice as Beatrice's Mother
- 1982: Johnny Belinda as Aunt Aggie McAdam
- 1983: Tough Enough as Gert Long
- 1983: Private School as Miss Dutchbok
- 1983: Ghost Dancing as Judge
- 1983: Eyes Of Fire as Sister
- 1984: The Return Of Marcus Welby MD as Millie Clark
- 1985: The Sure Thing as Lady in Car
- 1985: Hell Town as Mother Maggie
- 1985: Rebel Love as Granny Plug
- 1985: Pale Rider as Ma Blankenship
- 1986: Stewardess School as Fainting Lady
- 1986: Quiet Cool as Ma
- 1987: Gunsmoke Return To Dodge as Hannah
- 1988: Lucky Siff as Ma
- 1989: Out Cold as Arlene
- 1989: Chances Are as Mavis Talmadge
- 1989: Nick Knight as Jeannie
- 1990: Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again as Miss Grundy
- 1990: Thanksgiving Day as Lois
- 1993: Suture as Mrs. Lucerne
- 1993: River Of Rage The Taking Of Maggie Keene as Hattie Clandell
Television Roles
- 1966: Batman as Chairlady
- 1967: The Second Hundred Years as Mrs. Sanders
- 1968: The Beverly Hillbillies as Mrs. Meek
- 1968: The Doris Day Show as Aggie Thompson
- 1969: Daniel Boone as Mrs. Jones
- 1969: Marcus Welby, M.D. as Nurse Prifogle
- 1969: Mr Deeds Goes To Town as Rosie
- 1969: The Bill Cosby Show as Mrs. Beal
- 1969: Adam-12 as Mrs. Killian
- 1969-1971: Green Acres as Doris Ziffel/Minnie Holcombe (7 episodes)
- 1970: I Dream of Jeannie as Switchboard Operator
- 1970: The Brady Bunch as Mrs. Hunsaker
- 1970: The Bold Ones: The Lawyers as Edna
- 1970: Men At Law as Mrs. Kenton
- 1970: The Partridge Family as 1st Wife
- 1970: The Interns as Miss Phipp
- 1971: Night Gallery as Third Witch
- 1971: The Jimmy Stewart Show as Laundry Manager
- 1972: Owen Marshall Counselor At Law as Mrs. Garrett
- 1972: Nichols as Minnie Dowd
- 1972: McCloud as Nurse
- 1972: Bonanza as Widow Lucas
- 1972: Ironside as Charge Nurse
- 1972: New Zoo Revue as Ms. Goodbody
- 1972: The Bold Ones: The New Doctors as E.R. Nurse
- 1972: Columbo as Woman at Airport
- 1972-1975: Gunsmoke as Hannah/Mrs. Keller (6 episodes)
- 1973: The New Dick Van Dyke Show as Mom
- 1973-1974: Sigmund and the Sea Monsters as Gertrude Grouch (5 episodes)
- 1974: Return To Peyton Place as Dr. Helen Randall
- 1974: Devlin as Various
- 1974-1986: The Magical World Of Disney as Flora/Mrs. Langendorf (3 episodes)
- 1975: The Family Holvak as Mavis Bidwell
- 1975: The Rookies as Ma Burker
- 1975-1979: Days of Our Lives as Rosie Carlson/Olive Newton (55 episodes)
- 1976: Good Heavens as Ma Buckingham
- 1976: The Quest as Mag Wood
- 1976: Visions as Martha Stedman
- 1976-1978: Starsky & Hutch as Landlady/Miss Bycroft/Stella (3 episodes)
- 1977: Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman as Miss Adeline Jester
- 1977: Barnaby Jones as Mrs. Hirsch
- 1977: James At 16 as Woman Construction Worker
- 1977-1978: One Day at a Time as Eve/Nurse (2 episodes)
- 1977-1978: Charlie's Angels as Belle Asher/Nurse Fager (2 episodes)
- 1978: The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams as Gerty
- 1978: CHIPs as Nancy/Lady Driver (2 episodes)
- 1978-1979: Carter Country as Martha (2 episodes)
- 1979: How The West Was Won as Mrs. Holmes
- 1979: Salvage 1 as Melba
- 1979: Whos On Call as Nurse Bremer
- 1980: When The Whistle Blows as May
- 1981: The Dukes of Hazzard as Ma Harper
- 1981: The Waltons as Eula Mae Moonie
- 1981: Foul Play as Lady in Black
- 1982: Father Murphy as Toby's Mom
- 1982: Benson as Molly Emerson
- 1982: Taxi as Mrs. Elizabeth Weber
- 1982: No Soap Radio as Mrs. Belmont
- 1983: Laverne & Shirley as Mother Superior
- 1983: It Takes Two as Bridget
- 1983: The Optimist as Matron
- 1983: Matt Houston as Maggie
- 1983: Falcon Crest as Cass
- 1983: Manimal as Sadie Bethune
- 1983-1984: Three's Company as Grace/Hilda (2 episodes)
- 1984: The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries as Various
- 1984: Hill Street Blues as Mary Minot
- 1985: Hollywood Wives as Nina Carrolle
- 1985: Punky Brewster as Mrs. Peevy
- 1986: Amazing Stories as Mrs. Abbott
- 1986: Hardcastle and McCormick as Mrs. Vassah
- 1986: The Colbys as Helen Webster
- 1986: Brothers as Mrs. Murphy
- 1986-1987: The Wizard as Tillie Russell
- 1987: The New Mike Hammer as Mike's New Secretary
- 1987: Highway to Heaven as Lil
- 1987: Webster as Lt. Col. Howard
- 1987: Houston Knights as Minnie Eliza Lundy
- 1987-1990: Night Court as Miss Crombie/Ethel La Rue (3 episodes)
- 1988: Mr. Belvedere as Mrs. Deferschmidt
- 1988: Murphy Brown as The Asp
- 1989: Murder, She Wrote as Rose Mulligan
- 1989: Matlock as Doris Curtis
- 1989: General Hospital as Sister Agatha
- 1990: Empty Nest as Mrs. Kramer
- 1990: The Dave Thomas Comedy Show as Fran
- 1990: Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers as School Teacher/Camembert Kate (2 episodes)
- 1990: Over My Dead Body as Building Manager
- 1990: Quantum Leap as Dorothy Jaeger
- 1990: The New Adam Twelve as Ida Collins
- 1991: Davis Rules as Miss Catworthy
- 1991: Little Dracula as Hannah the Barbarian
- 1991: Baywatch as Tillie McCabe
- 1991: Homefront as Sister Theophane
- 1992: Jacks Place as Ira
- 1992: Tiny Toon Adventures as Grandma Duff
- 1993: The Commish as Doris
