Background
Ramsay was born to Scottish parents in South Africa in 1929, but was raised in London.
Ramsay was born to Scottish parents in South Africa in 1929, but was raised in London.
She was educated at the North London Collegiate School.
In real life, Ramsay married the man who played Regional Wexford in the series, actor George Baker. She was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1958 when she was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the King"s Theatre, Edinburgh. In the 1970s, Ramsay acted at Laurence Olivier"s National Theatre, in Peter Shaffer"s Equus, The Misanthrope, with Alec McCowen and Diana Rigg, and as Joan Plowright"s sister in Olivier"s acclaimed production of JB Priestley"s Eden End.
On the first night of Eden End, taking a curtain call with Olivier and Priestley himself, she said to herself quietly: "Lou, I think you"ve just peaked."
Ramsay died on 6 March 2011, at the age of 81.
Baker himself died just seven months later.
Ramsay made her West End debut in 1951 as a member of the chorus line in the musical South Pacific.