Lois Ramsey is an Australian actress, best known for her performances as eccentric old ladies on television.

She was a major cast member of the 1970s soap opera The Box

The Box (TV series)

The Box was an Australian soap opera than ran on Network Ten from February 1974 until 1977.The Box was produced by Crawford Productions who at the time was having great success producing police procedural television series in Australia...

as tea lady

Tea lady

A tea lady is a woman in an office or working environment, whose sole job is to provide beverages and light snacks during the allocated tea break. Tea ladies are a mainly British custom. They entered the mainstream in the UK during the second world war, when tea ladies were used in an experiment...

 Mrs. Hopkins. She also appeared twice in Prisoner

Prisoner (TV series)

Prisoner is an Australian television soap opera which was set in the Wentworth Detention Centre, a fictional women's prison. The series was produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation and ran on Network Ten for 692 episodes from 27 February 1979 to 11 December 1986.The series was inspired by the 1970s...

– 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 has also starred in a guest role in Blue Heelers

Blue Heelers

Blue Heelers is an Australian police drama series which depicted the lives of police officers stationed at the fictional Mount Thomas police station in a small town in Victoria.- Overview :...

. She played "Gwen" in CrackerJack and "Gran" in BoyTown

BoyTown

BoyTown is a 2006 Australian comedy film, directed by Kevin Carlin and starring an ensemble cast of prominent Australian comedians, including Glenn Robbins, Mick Molloy, Bob Franklin, Wayne Hope and Gary Eck. It was filmed in Melbourne, Victoria....

, both films by comedian Mick Molloy

Mick Molloy

Michael "Mick" Molloy is an Australian comedian, writer and producer who has been active in the fields of radio, television, stand-up and film.-Biography:...

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Her daughter was Penny Ramsey

Penny Ramsey

Penny Ramsey was an Australian actress.Ramsey's work is featured in over three decades of classic Australian TV series. Her credits include Prisoner, The Bush Gang, Matlock Police, Homicide, Number 96, The Box, Division 4, Mrs...

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