Louie Ramsay

Louie Ramsay was Born in South Africa of Scots parents and brought up in London where her father worked as a consultant physician at the Royal Free Hospital.  She was educated at the North London Collegiate School and after training at RADA found early success in West End musicals such as South Pacific, Tyger with Maureen Lipman and Meet Me on the Corner with Max Bygraves.

Louie’s promising musical theatre career was cut short when she became ill and was diagnosed with Reiter’s syndrome: a rare and painful disease that attacks the joints. However, she later joined the National Theatre where Laurence Olivier cast her as Lillian in Eden End. Louie’s work with the NT also includes: Equus, The Cherry Orchard and The Misanthrope with Alec McGowen and Diana Rigg.

Television credits include…

The Avengers (ITV 1967); a presenter on the childrens television programme The Five O’Clock Club (Rediffusion 1964); Softly, Softly (BBC 1967); Emmerdale Farm (YTV); When The Boat Comes In (BBC 1981); Kings Royal (BBC 1982); Strike it Rich (BBC 1986); The Grand (Granada 1999); Holby City (BBC 2000); Doctors (BBC 2001).

BBC RADIO: Nemesis (1998).

Contact details: Brunskill Management Ltd, Suite 8a, 169 Queen’s Gate, London SW7 5HE.