Madge Ryan was an Australian film, theatre and television actress.

Career

Already an established theatre actor in Sydney, Australia, she emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1957 and starred in many British stage shows. She also made over sixty appearances in films and on television.

Theatre

In 1958, she appeared in a Broadway-theatre

Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...

 production of Summer of the 17th Doll

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll is a pioneering Australian play written by Ray Lawler and first performed at the Union Theatre in Melbourne, Australia, on 28 November 1955...

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Selected filmography

• Upstairs and Downstairs
  Upstairs and Downstairs
  Upstairs and Downstairs is a 1959 British comedy drama film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Michael Craig, Anne Heywood, Mylène Demongeot, Claudia Cardinale, James Robertson Justice, Joan Sims, Joan Hickson and Sid James...
  
   (1959)
• The Strange Affair
  The Strange Affair
  The Strange Affair is a 1968 British crime film directed by David Greene.-Cast:* Michael York - Peter Strange* Jeremy Kemp - Peirce* Susan George - Frederika 'Fred' March* Jack Watson - Quince* George A. Cooper - Kingsley...
  
   (1968)
• A Clockwork Orange
  A Clockwork Orange (film)
  A Clockwork Orange is a 1971 film adaptation of Anthony Burgess's 1962 novel of the same name. It was written, directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick...
  
   (1971)
• Frenzy (1972)
• Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
  Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
  Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? is a 1978 comedy mystery film starring George Segal, Jacqueline Bisset, and Robert Morley. It was based on a novel entitled Someone is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe by Nan and Ivan Lyons...
  
   (1978)
• The Lady Vanishes
  The Lady Vanishes (1979 film)
  The Lady Vanishes is a 1979 British comedy mystery film directed by Anthony Page. Its screenplay by George Axelrod was based on the novel The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White...
  
   (1979)
• All Creatures Great And Small 1978-?

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