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Louie Ramsay

Louie Ramsay was a dynamic musical comedy actor who became a dramatic linchpin of Laurence Olivier’s National Theatre Company at the Old Vic and then found wider fame as Dora Wexford, the wife of Inspector Wexford.

Michael Coveney

2012

West Lavington Club honours George Baker
The youth club set up by the late actor George Baker is to be named in his honour.

2011

Louie Ramsay 1929-2011
"She was noted for her warmth, elegance and sense of humour, describing herself as a small woman with a big voice."
George's charisma made Wexford
"George made Wexford. If some other actor had played the part and hadn't had George's charisma, Wexford would never have become as well known as he did."

2008

Profiling Ruth Rendell
A documentary series from Cactus TV featuring profiles of Britain's finest contemporary crime writers.

2007

George Baker receives MBE
"It was an extraordinary occasion. Peter Sallis was there, getting his OBE for Wallace and Gromit, and Zara Phillips was meeting her Gran …"

2006

Super Sleuths
A Documentary series produced by Free@LastTV. Features interviews with George Baker, Christopher Ravenscroft, Louie Ramsay, Mary McMurray, and Neil Zeiger.

1998

Nemesis
The wishes of a dead man sees amateur sleuth Miss Jane Marple being sent on the ultimate mystery tour.

1997

The Grand
An early success for acclaimed screenwriter Russell T. Davies, this peak-time drama series explores the 'upstairs-downstairs' lives of the management, staff and guests of a luxury Manchester hotel in the 1920s.

1996

The Prince & the Pauper
Six-part BBC drama adapted and produced by Julian Fellowes.

1993

The Home I'll Share with Louie
George Baker introduces readers to the lovely home he will soon be sharing with Louie Ramsay.

1986

Strike it Rich!
Somewhere out there are at least a dozen people whose lives will never be the same again and not one of them has the slightest idea it's going to happen to them.

1982

King's Royal
A ten-part BBC period drama starring Louie Ramsay, Eric Deacon and Sally Osborne.

1974

Eden End
JB Priestley's play featuring the cast of the 1974 National Theatre production.

1966

Never Dance Again
"I shall never forget the morning I woke to find tears running down my cheeks as though somebody had turned on a bath tap behind my eyes."

1964

The Five O'Clock Club
Every Tuesday and Friday tea time from 1963 to 1966, children throughout Britain settled down in front of the telly to watch the glove puppet antics of Ollie Beak and Fred Barker on The Five O'Clock Club.

1960

The Strange World of Gurney Slade
Anthony Newley stars as an actor who walks off the set of a banal sit-com and into a fantasy world of his own imagination.

1958

This is Your Life
Louie Ramsay, actress, was surprised by Eamonn Andrews during a performance of a pantomime at the King's Theatre in Edinburgh, from where the programme was then broadcast.

1955

Sunday Girl
Louie takes on the juvenile lead in Twenty Minutes South and stops the show twice on opening night.

1951

South Pacific
A recording of the original 1951 London Production. Featuring a cast of Millicent Martin, Sean Connery, Larry Hagman, June Whitfield, Joyce Blair and Louie Ramsay.

Louie Ramsay