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Maureen O'Brien is a Actor British born on 29 june 1943 at Liverpool (United-kingdom)
Maureen O'Brien (born 29 June 1943) is an English actress and author best known for playing the role of Vicki in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, although she has appeared in many other television programmes as well.
She played the part of Vicki in 38 episodes of Doctor Who from 2 January to 6 November 1965, starring alongside the original Doctor, William Hartnell. Over 40 years later, she reprised the role in several Big Finish Productions Doctor Who audio plays.
After leaving Doctor Who, O'Brien found it difficult to find acting work on television, and worked as a supply teacher. Her next role was in the theatre, where she appeared in an Oxford Playhouse production of Volpone with Leo McKern and Leonard Rossiter.
She had a recurring role as Morgan in The Legend of King Arthur (1979) and unit general manager Elizabeth Straker in the second season of Casualty (1987). She made numerous guest appearances in The Duchess of Duke Street ("Trouble and Strife"), Taggart ("Forbidden Fruit"), Cracker ("The Big Crunch"), A Touch of Frost ("Private Lives") and Heartbeat. She appeared also in an early episode of Jonathan Creek.
O'Brien was a member of the Everyman Theatre company.
In the 1970s she directed a production of Brecht's Caucasian Chalk Circle at Ottawa University, Canada. The 1980s saw her teaching acting workshops in the USA. She also made a rare film appearance in the comedy She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas in 1985 opposite Julie Walters. She was awarded the Time Out's Critic's Choice for her production of Mike English's Getting In in 1986.
O'Brien has also written seven detective novels: Close-Up on Death (1989), Deadly Reflection (1993), Mask of Betrayal (1998), Dead Innocent (1999), Revenge (2001) Unauthorised Departure (2003) and Every Step You Take (2004); all featuring the character of Detective Inspector John Bright.
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She played the part of Vicki in 38 episodes of Doctor Who from 2 January to 6 November 1965, starring alongside the original Doctor, William Hartnell. Over 40 years later, she reprised the role in several Big Finish Productions Doctor Who audio plays.
After leaving Doctor Who, O'Brien found it difficult to find acting work on television, and worked as a supply teacher. Her next role was in the theatre, where she appeared in an Oxford Playhouse production of Volpone with Leo McKern and Leonard Rossiter.
She had a recurring role as Morgan in The Legend of King Arthur (1979) and unit general manager Elizabeth Straker in the second season of Casualty (1987). She made numerous guest appearances in The Duchess of Duke Street ("Trouble and Strife"), Taggart ("Forbidden Fruit"), Cracker ("The Big Crunch"), A Touch of Frost ("Private Lives") and Heartbeat. She appeared also in an early episode of Jonathan Creek.
O'Brien was a member of the Everyman Theatre company.
In the 1970s she directed a production of Brecht's Caucasian Chalk Circle at Ottawa University, Canada. The 1980s saw her teaching acting workshops in the USA. She also made a rare film appearance in the comedy She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas in 1985 opposite Julie Walters. She was awarded the Time Out's Critic's Choice for her production of Mike English's Getting In in 1986.
O'Brien has also written seven detective novels: Close-Up on Death (1989), Deadly Reflection (1993), Mask of Betrayal (1998), Dead Innocent (1999), Revenge (2001) Unauthorised Departure (2003) and Every Step You Take (2004); all featuring the character of Detective Inspector John Bright.
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The Land Girls (1998)
, 1h51Directed by David Leland
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Films about the labor movement, Political films
Actors Catherine McCormack, Rachel Weisz, Anna Friel, Paul Bettany, Steven Mackintosh, Tom Georgeson
Roles Mrs. John Lawrence
Rating61%
During both World War I and World War II, the Women's Land Army was set up in the United Kingdom, to recruit women to work at farms where men had left to go to war. Women in the WLA were nicknamed "land girls".
Falling for a Dancer (1998)
, 3h20Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Elisabeth Dermot Walsh, Dermot Crowley, Liam Cunningham, Maureen O'Brien, Brian McGrath, Colin Farrell
Roles Corinne Sullivan
Rating71%
Set in 1960`s Cork, nineteen-year-old well to do, Elizabeth, has a brief fling with a young actor and dancer and becomes pregnant. With no chance of finding the father,and trying to avoid entering the Magdalene Laundries she chooses to marry an older man who she first meets on her wedding day and moves to her new life in West Cork. The series follows Elizabeth through this marriage and her new life on a farm in West Cork. It is here Elizabeth has her baby but her choice of marriage has its darker side, resentment from her step children, moments of tragedy and a longing for young love and passion that she does not get from her husband, Neilie.
, 1h27Directed by David Attwood
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Alex Kingston, Geoffrey Beevers, Lucy Evans, Neville Phillips, Maureen O'Brien, Daniel Craig
Roles Mrs. Richardson
Rating78%
Ce téléfilm est une adaptation du roman Heurs et Malheurs de la fameuse Moll Flanders écrit par Daniel Defoe en 1722.
Zina (1985)
, 1h32Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Domiziana Giordano, Ian McKellen, Philip Madoc, Gaby Dellal, William Hootkins, Dominique Pinon
Roles Natalya
Rating66%
Le film est basé sur la vie de Zinaida Volkova, la fille aînée de Léon Trotski.
Directed by John Goldschmidt
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Julie Walters, Anthony Higgins, Janet Henfrey, Maureen O'Brien
Roles Joan
Rating53%
The Lost Boys (1978)
, 4h30Directed by Rodney Bennett
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about animals, Films about writers, Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films, Films about disabilities, Children's films
Actors Ian Holm, Tim Pigott-Smith, William Hootkins, Anna Cropper, Maureen O'Brien, Ann Bell
Roles Mary Barrie
Rating78%
Novelist and playwright James Barrie (Ian Holm) meets the two oldest Davies boys, George and Jack, during outings with their nurse Mary Hodgson (Anna Cropper) in Kensington Gardens. He entertains them, especially George, with his fantasy stories, some of which include a magical young boy who shares a name with their infant brother Peter.