Maria Aitken

Maria Aitken

Known for

Acting

Born

September 12, 1945 (age 81)

Birthplace

Dublin, Ireland

Biography

Aitken was born in Dublin, Ireland, the daughter of Sir William Aitken, a Conservative MP, and Penelope Aitken, whose father was John Maffey, 1st Baron Rugby. Her grandfather was the UK Representative to Ireland (1939–49). She is a great-niece of newspaper magnate and war-time minister Lord Beaverbrook, and sister to former Conservative cabinet minister Jonathan Aitken. She attended Riddlesworth Hall Preparatory School in Norfolk, Sherborne School for Girls in Dorset and St Anne's College, Oxford, where she graduated with a degree in English Language and Literature.

She has directed several plays in the West End and on Broadway. Her production of The 39 Steps, which ran in London for nine y...

Best known work

A Fish Called Wanda
A Fish Called Wanda
1988
Spider
Spider
2002
Fierce Creatures
Fierce Creatures
1997
Asylum
Asylum
2005
Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary, Queen of Scots
1971
Half Moon Street
Half Moon Street
1986
Jinnah
Jinnah
1998
Doctor Faustus
Doctor Faustus
1967
Some Girls Do
Some Girls Do
1969
The Grotesque
The Grotesque
1995

Filmography

  1. 2005

    Asylum

    as Claudia Greene

  2. 2002

    Spider

    Associate Producer

  3. 1998

    Jinnah

    as Edwina

  4. 1998

  5. 1997

  6. 1995

    The Grotesque

    as Lavinia Freebody

  7. 1994

    Love on a Branch LineTV

    as Lady Flamborough (4 episodes)

  8. 1990

    The Fool

    as Lady Amelia

  9. 1988

  10. 1987

  11. 1986

    Half Moon Street

    as The Hon. Maura Hardcastle

  12. 1984

    Poor Little Rich GirlsTV

    as Kate Codd (7 episodes)

  13. 1982

    WoganTV

    as Self (1 episode)

  14. 1980

    Bedroom Farce

    as Susannah

  15. 1980

    Company and CoTV

    as Samantha Company (7 episodes)

  16. 1979

  17. 1979

    Don't Be Silly

    as Ellie Bloom

  18. 1978

    Quiet as a Nun

    as Jemima Shore

  19. 1978

  20. 1977

    RomanceTV

    as Lady Dolly (1 episode)

  21. 1976

  22. 1973

    Scotch on the RocksTV

    as Sukey Dunmayne (5 episodes)

  23. 1972

    The EdwardiansTV

    as Jean Conan Doyle (1 episode)

  24. 1972

    Crown CourtTV

    as Jocelyn Bennington (3 episodes)

  25. 1972

    The RegimentTV

    as Dorothy Saunders (7 episodes)

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