- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- September 12, 1945
- Place of Birth
- Dublin, Ireland
Maria Aitken
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 years, also played three years on Broadway and won Olivier and Tony Awards. In 2011, she directed Frank Langella in Man and Boy on Broadway. She is a Visiting Lecturer at Yale, NYU and Juilliard drama …
Filmography
movieAsylum
2005 · Claudia Greene
movieSpider
2002 · Associate Producer
movieJinnah
1998 · Edwina
movieDare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah
1998 · Self
movieFierce Creatures
1997 · Di
movieThe Grotesque
1995 · Lavinia Freebody
tvLove on a Branch Line
1994 · Lady Flamborough
The Fool
movieThe Fool
1990 · Lady Amelia
movieA Fish Called Wanda
1988 · Wendy
movieMichael Caine on Acting in Film, Arts and Entertainment
1987 · Producer
movieHalf Moon Street
1986 · The Hon. Maura Hardcastle
tvPoor Little Rich Girls
1984 · Kate Codd
tvWogan
1982 · Self
Bedroom Farce
movieBedroom Farce
1980 · Susannah
Company and Co
tvCompany and Co
1980 · Samantha Company
movieWhinfrey's Last Case
1979 · Mrs. Otway
movieDon't Be Silly
1979 · Ellie Bloom
movieQuiet as a Nun
1978 · Jemima Shore
tvJemima Shore Investigates
1978
Romance
tvRomance
1977 · Lady Dolly
movieOut of the Trees
1976
tvScotch on the Rocks
1973 · Sukey Dunmayne
tvThe Edwardians
1972 · Jean Conan Doyle
tvCrown Court
1972 · , Jocelyn Bennington
tvThe Regiment
1972 · Dorothy Saunders
movieMary, Queen of Scots
1971 · Lady Bothwell
Film '72
tvFilm '72
1971 · Self
tvJustice
1971 · Lady Beste
Codename
tvCodename
1970 · Mrs. Petrie
tvManhunt
1970 · Madame Leonard
movieSome Girls Do
1969 · Robot Flight Attendant (uncredited)
movieDoctor Faustus
1967 · Sloth
tvITV Playhouse
1967 · Gwen Toynbee, The Young Countess