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| nationality = Australian
| occupation = Actress
| known_for = ''[[The Box (Australian TV series)|The Box]]'' (TV series)<br>''[[Prisoner (TV series)|Prisoner]]'' (TV series)
| years_active = 1954–2012
| spouse = Cuthbert Ward Ramsey
| children = [[Penny Ramsey]]<br />Stephen Ramsey
}}
'''Lois June Ramsey''' ({{nee|'''Dickson'''}}; 18 June 1922 – 22 January 2016) also billed as '''Lois Ramsay''', was an Australian actress, best known for her regular roles on television series ''[[The Box (Australian TV series)|The Box]]'' and ''[[Prisoner (TV series)|Prisoner]]'' as two different characters. As a character actress of both drama and comic roles in numerous serials, sheShe often played quirky, eccentric old ladies on television soap operas.
 
==Career==
===The Box and Prisoner===
She was a major cast member of the 1970s soap opera ''The Box'' as [[tea lady]] Mrs. Hopkins, appearing for the entire run of the serial.<ref name=nfsa>{{cite web|title=Out of The Box!|url=http://www.nfsa.gov.au/blog/2014/02/10/box-40-years-drama/|publisher=National Film and Sound Archive|accessdate=23 January 2016}}</ref> SheRamsey also had 2two prominent stints in ''Prisoner''—firstly. Her first role was as dotty social worker Agnes Forster in 1980. inIn 1985-1986 asRamsey anplayed elderly prison inmate Ettie Parslow, who thought that the Second World War was still going on.
 
===Television and film roles===
She had numerous roles in TV soap opera/serials including ''[[Crawford Productions]]'' serials ''[[Homicide (Australian TV series)|Homicide]]'' , ''[[The Sullivans]]'', ''[[Cop Shop]]'', as well as ''[[A Country Practice]]'', ''[[E Street (televisionTV showseries)|E Street]]'', ''[[Home and Away]]'', and ''[[Blue Heelers]]'', ''[[Always Greener]]'' and ''[[All Saints (TV series)|All Saints]]'' and the films ''[[Crackerjack (2002 film)|Crackerjack]]'' and ''[[Boystown (film)|BoytownBoyTown]].''<ref name=tvtonight>[http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2016/01/vale-lois-ramsey.html Vale: Lois Ramsey], ''TV Tonight'', 16 January 2016.</ref>
AFI Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role in a Television Drama Series for a performance in the television series ''[[Grass Roots (TV series)|Grass Roots]]''.
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==Filmography==
 
{|class="wikitable"
===Film===
|Year
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|title
|+
|role
! Title
|-
! Year
| 1962-1963 || ''Consider Your Verdict'' || Marjorie Buxton
! Role
|-
! Type
| 1965 || ''The Adventures of the Sea Spray'' (TV series) || 1 episode
|-
| 1968 || ''The Battlers'' (TV series) || unknown
|-
| 1969 || ''Riptide'' (TV series) || Anastasia Burns
|-
| 1970 || ''The Link Men'' (TV series) || Mother
|-
| 1967, 1968, 1974 || [[Homicide (Australian TV series)|''Homicide'']] || 3 roles Mrs Jones/Mrs Hubble/Ivy Jones
|-
| 1975 || ''[[The Box (film version)|The Box]]'' || Mrs. Hopkins
|-
| 1976 || ''The Young Doctors'' || Winnie Parsons
|-
| 1976 || ''The Sullivans'' || Mrs. Patterson
|-
| 1977 || ''Young Ramsay'' (TV series) || Maisie O'Brian
|-
| 1974-1977 || ''[[The Box (Australian TV series)|The Box]]'' (TV series) || Mrs. Hopkins (197 episodes)
|-
| 1978 || ''Cop Shop'' (TV series) || Mrs. Bair
|-
| 1978 || ''The Truckies'' (TV series) || Dora
|-
| 1981 || ''A Town Like Alice'' (TV miniseries) || Mrs. Driver
|-
| 19811975 || ''Star[[The of the North''Box (TV1975 Moviefilm)|The Box]]'' || DorcasMrs. (asHopkins Lois|| Ramsay)Feature film
|-
| 1983 || ''Return to Eden (TV mini series)'' || Dot
|-
| 1983 || ''Carson’s Law'' (TV series) || Mrs. Griffin
|-
| 1983 || ''Undercover'' || Landlady
|-
| 1984 || ''One Night Stand'' || Salvation Army Woman
|-
| 1980, 1985,1986 || ''[[Prisoner (TV series)|Prisoner]]'' | Agnes Forster, Ettie Parslow
|-
| 19871983 || ''The[[Undercover Harp(1983 in the Southfilm)|Undercover]]'' || (TV mini-series) Landlady || Mrs.Feature Campionfilm
|-
| 1987 || ''Poor Mans Orange'' (TV mini-series) || Mrs. Campion,
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Rafferty's Rules]]'' (TV series) || Miss. Mitford
|-
| 1989 || ''[[E Street (television show)|E Street]]'' (TV series) || Lillian Patchett
|-
| 1986, 1988, 1990 || ''[[A Country Practice]]'' || Irene Sinclair, Pearl Murray, Gladys Carter
|-
| 1984 || ''[[One Night Stand (1984 film)|One Night Stand]]'' || Salvation Army Woman || Feature film
| 1989, 1992, 1993 || ''[[G.P.]]'' (TVseries) || Lily Cartwright
|-
| 1993 || ''Shotgun Wedding'' (Voice, credited as ''Lois Ramsay''
|-
| 1994 || ''Mother and Son''|| Butcher (as Lois Ramsay)
|-
| 1993 || ''[[Shotgun Wedding (1993 film)|Shotgun Wedding]]'' || Voice (as Lois Ramsay) || Feature film
| 1996 || ''River Street'' || Edna Davies
|-
| 1996 || ''Roses'' (film short) || Dawn
|-
| 1997 || ''Road to Nhill'' || Carmel
|-
| 1999 || ''Fresh Air'' || Mrs . Beck
|-
| 1999 || ''Water Rats'' (TV series) || Shirley Martin
|-
| 1994, 1999 || ''Blue Heelers'' || Eileen Hart, Nora Sharpe
|-
| 2000 || ''Above the Law'' || Flo Price
|-
| 2000 || ''Tulip'' (film short) || Margaret
|-
| 2000 || ''Home and Away'' || Mrs. Trent
|-
| 2000 || ''Grass Roots'' (TV series) || Mrs. Robbins (as Lois Ramsay)
|-
| 20011996 || ''My[[River Husband,Street My(film)|River KillerStreet]]'' (TV movie) || Mrs.Edna MayDavis || CarmichaelFeature film
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Always Greener]]'' (TV series) || Old Woman
|-
| 20021996 || ''CrackerjackRoses'' || GwenDawn || Short film
|-
| 1999, 2004 || ''All Saints'' || Thelma Franklin, Norma Blunt
|-
| 20061997 || ''BoysTown[[Road to Nhill]]'' || GranCarmel || Feature film
|-
| 2007 || ''Boystown Confidential'' || Gran
|-
| 2007 || ''Cool White'' (film short)|| Grace
|-
| 20121998 || ''RakeTulip'' (TV|| series)Margaret || DoloresShort film
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Fresh Air (film)|Fresh Air]]'' || Mrs. Beck || Feature film
| 2015 || Studio 10 || Herself & Judy Nunn
|-
| 2002 || ''[[Crackerjack (2002 film)|Crackerjack]]'' || Gwen || Feature film
|-
| 2006 || ''[[BoyTown]]'' || Gran || Feature film
|-
| 2007 || ''Cool White'' || Grace || Short film
|}
 
===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
! Title
! Year
! Role
! Type
|-
| 1962; 1963
| ''[[Consider Your Verdict]]''
| Recurring Guest role: Marjorie Buxton (as Lois Ramsay)
| TV series, 2 episodes
|-
| 1965
| ''[[The Mavis Bramston Show]]''
| Guest
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1967
| ''[[Adventures of the Seaspray]]''
|
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1967-1974
| ''[[Homicide (Australian TV series)|Homicide]]''
| Guest roles: Ivy Young / Mrs. Hubble / Mrs. Jones
| TV series, 3 episodes
|-
| 1968
| ''[[The Battlers]]''
|
| TV series
|-
| 1969
| ''[[Riptide (Australian TV series)|Riptide]]''
| Guest role: Anastasia Burns
| TV series, episode 4: "Surprise Surprise"
|-
| 1970
| ''[[The Link Men]]''
| Guest role: Mother
| TV series, 2 episodes: "Somebody's Kid Is Missing", "Mother"
|-
| 1974-1977
| ''[[The Box (Australian TV series)|The Box]]''
| Regular roles: Mrs. Hopkins / Mrs. Hawker (as Lois Ramsay)
| TV series, 197 episodes
|-
| 1975
| ''[[Pot of Gold (TV series)|Pot of Gold]]''
| Guest judge
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1976
| ''[[The Young Doctors]]''
| Recurring Guest role: Winnie Parsons
| TV series
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Young Ramsay]]''
| Guest role: Maisie O'Brien (as Lois Ramsay)
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1977-1978
| ''[[The Sullivans]]''
| Recurring Guest role: Mrs. Patterson
| TV series, 3 episodes
|-
| 1978
| ''[[Cop Shop]]''
| Guest role: Mrs. Blair
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1978
| ''[[The Mike Walsh Show]]''
| Guest (with [[Judy Nunn]])
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1978
| ''[[The Truckies]]''
| Regular role: Dora
| TV series, 12 episodes
|-
| 1980; 1986
| ''[[Prisoner (TV series)|Prisoner]]''
| Recurring role: Agnes Forster
| TV series
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Air Hawk: Star of the North]]''
| Support role: Dorcas (as Lois Ramsay)
| TV movie
|-
| 1981
| ''[[A Town Like Alice (miniseries)|A Town Like Alice]]''
| Recurring role: Mrs. Driver
| TV miniseries, 1 episode
|-
| 1982-1990
| ''[[A Country Practice]]''
| Guest roles: Gladys Carter / Pearl Murray / Irene Sinclair / Nellie Dickinson
| TV series, 8 episodes
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Carson's Law]]''
| Guest role: Mrs. Griffin
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1985
| ''The Harp in the South''
| Support role: Mrs. Campion
| TV miniseries, 3 episodes
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Prisoner (TV series)|Prisoner]]''
| Recurring role: Ettie Parslow
| TV series
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Poor Man's Orange]]''
| Support role: Mrs. Campion
| TV miniseries, 2 episodes
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Willing and Abel]]''
| Guest role
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Rafferty's Rules]]''
| Guest role: Miss Mitford
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1989
| ''[[E Street (TV series)|E Street]]''
| Recurring role: Lillian Patchett
| TV series, 6 episodes
|-
| 1989; 1993
| ''[[G.P.]]''
| Recurring role: Lily Cartwright
| TV series, 3 episodes
|-
| 1994; 1999
| ''[[Blue Heelers]]''
| Guest role: Nora Sharpe
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Mother and Son]]''
| Guest role: Butcher #1 (as Lois Ramsay)
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Heartbreak High]]''
| Guest role: Ethel
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1997
| ''An Unexpected Drama: The Making of the Feature film Road to Nhill''
| Herself - Actress
| Video
|-
| 1999; 2004
| ''[[All Saints (TV series)|All Saints]]''
| Guest role: Norma Blunt
| TV series, 2 episodes
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Water Rats (TV series)|Water Rats]]''
| Guest role: Shirley Martin
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Blue Heelers]]''
| Guest role: Eileen Hart
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Above the Law (TV series)|Above the Law]]''
| Recurring role: Flo Price
| TV series, 2 episodes
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Home and Away]]''
| Guest role: Mrs. Trent
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Grass Roots (TV series)|Grass Roots]]''
| Guest role: Mrs. Robbins (as Lois Ramsay)
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2001
| ''My Husband My Killer''
| Support role: Mrs. May Carmichael
| TV movie
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Always Greener]]''
| Guest role: Old Woman
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2004
| ''[[All Saints (TV series)|All Saints]]''
| Recurring role: Thelma Franklin
| TV series, 3 episodes
|-
| 2007
| ''[[BoyTown Confidential]]''
| Gran
| Video
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Rake (Australian TV series)|Rake]]''
| Guest role: Dolores
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Studio 10]]''
| Herself (with [[Judy Nunn]])
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Judith Lucy Is All Woman]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|}
 
 
==References==
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