Maria Aitken
Biography
Maria Aitken is an Irish-born British actor, theater director, teacher and writer who was born in Dublin and studied English literature at Oxford. Her stage career took her to leading roles with the Royal National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the West End, and she has appeared in more Noël Coward leading roles than any other actress. She was nominated for Olivier Awards in 1980 for Private Lives and in 1985 for Waste. On screen she appeared in Doctor Faustus (1967), Mary, Queen of Scots (1971), A Fish Called Wanda (1988), which brought a BAFTA supporting actress nomination, The Grotesque (1995), Fierce Creatures (1997) and Asylum (2005). She has also directed plays in the West End and on Broadway, including The 39 Steps, and she co-wrote and appeared in the 1984 sitcom Poor Little Rich Girls.
81years old
Turns 82 on September 12in 335 days
- Born Dublin
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
- Also credited as Maria Penelope Katharine Aitken
Movie Career
- Films
- 7
- Career span
- 38 years1967 to 2005
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Aitken's production of The 39 Steps had a nine year run in London and also spent three years on Broadway, picking up Olivier and Tony Awards.
Behind the camera
In 1984, Aitken starred in the sitcom Poor Little Rich Girls and also helped write it, working alongside Jill Bennett.
Behind the camera
Aitken wrote Style: Acting in High Comedy, published in 1996, arguing that high comedies deal with sex, money and social advancement.
Maria Aitken movies on Netflix
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