Lois Ramsey

Lois June Ramsey 18 June 1922 27 January 2016 was an Australian actress best known for her regular roles on television series The Box and Prisoner She often played quirky eccentric old ladies on television soap operas Ramsey along with other creatives set up the Flinders Street Revue Company in 1961 to present satirical revues which became a fixture at the Adelaide Fringe Festival In 1962 Ramsey adapted the novel The Cousin From Fiji by Norman Lindsay into a musical that played at Adelaides Union Theatre to soldout crowds Later in life Ramsey starred in numerous productions by the Sydney Theatre Company and Melbourne Theatre Company Ramsey married Cuthbert Ward Ramsey on 25 September 1943 They had two children writerdirector Stephen Ramsey and the late actress Penny Ramsey