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Roz Ryan

Actor

Roz Ryan

Born July 7, 1951 in Detroit, Michigan USA12 films

Roz Ryan (born Rosalyn Bowen; July 7, 1951) is an American actress, singer, and comedian who has worked for productions in film, television, and Broadway theatre for over 40 years. Ryan's first role on Broadway was in Ain't Misbehavin', a Fats Waller-influenced musical revue that debuted in 1978. She is well known for her part in the television show, Amen, for her character Amelia Hetebrink, for being the voice of Thalia, the Muse of Comedy in the 1997 Disney animated film, Hercules, and for guest starring on the Disney Channel sitcom, K.C. Undercover as Grandma Gayle.

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Hercules posterFirst watchHercules19977.5as Thalia the Muse of Comedy (voice)Bestowed with superhuman strength, a young mortal named Hercules sets out to prove himself a hero in the eyes of his father, the great god Zeus.View film

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Filmography

12 films as actor
  1. 2023A Nashville Legacy
  2. 2015Hello, My Name Is DorisNurse 2
  3. 2010Waiting for ForeverDorothy
  4. 2009The Invention of LyingNurse #1
  5. 2009Steppin: The Movie
  6. 2008Divine InterventionMother Candice
  7. 2007Whatever Lola WantsPostal Worker
  8. 2007I Think I Love My WifeLandlady
  9. 2001Nikita BluesMildred, Nikita's mom
  10. 1999Hercules: Zero to HeroThalia, Muse of Comedy (voice) (archive sound)
  11. 1997The Brave Little Toaster to the RescueComputer Parts / Singer / Additional Voices (voice)
  12. 1997HerculesThalia the Muse of Comedy (voice)