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Maria Aitken (born 12 September 1945) is a British actress and director. Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Dublin (ˈdʌblɨn/ /ˈdʊblɨn or /ˈdʊbəlɪn/, bˠalʲə aːha klʲiəh or cliə(ɸ is both the largest city and capital of Ireland. Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
Aitken was born in Dublin, the daughter of Sir William Aitken, a Conservative MP, and socialite Penelope Aitken, whose father was John Maffey, 1st Baron Rugby. Dublin (ˈdʌblɨn/ /ˈdʊblɨn or /ˈdʊbəlɪn/, bˠalʲə aːha klʲiəh or cliə(ɸ is both the largest city and capital of Ireland. You may be looking for Bill Aitken. Sir William Traven Aitken, KBE ( 10 June, 1905 &ndash 19 January Penelope Loader Lady Aitken, MBE ( 2 December 1910 &ndash 7 February 2005) styled The Hon John Loader Maffey 1st Baron Rugby, GCMG, KCB, KCVO, CSI, CIE ( 1 July 1877 &ndash 20 April, She is a great-niece of newspaper magnate and war-time minister Lord Beaverbrook. William Maxwell "Max" Aitken 1st Baron Beaverbrook Bt As a student at St Anne's College, Oxford in the mid-1960s she was cast in a small part in Richard Burton's production Faustus that was also filmed. St Anne's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Richard Burton, CBE (10 November 1925 &ndash 5 August 1984 was a Welsh multiple award-winning Actor.
She played Lady Edwina Mountbatten in the critically acclaimed movie Jinnah, which highlighted the life and times of Pakistan's founder, Mohammad Ali Jinnah. Edwina Cynthia Annette Mountbatten Countess Mountbatten of Burma, CI, GBE, DCVO ( 28 November 1901 &ndash 21 February Jinnah is a film about the life of the founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and Muhammad Ali Jinnah Urdu: (December 25 1876 – September 11 1948 was a Pakistani politician and leader of the All India Muslim League who founded Pakistan She also appeared with John Cleese in both A Fish Called Wanda and Fierce Creatures. John Marwood Cleese (ˈkliːz born 27 October, 1939) is a British Actor, Comedian, Writer, Film producer A Fish Called Wanda is a 1988 Comedy film released by MGM. It was written by John Cleese and Charles Crichton and directed Fierce Creatures is a 1997 Comedy film. Although not a sequel it was a follow-up to the wildly popular A Fish Called Wanda, More recently she has concentrated on directing. Her most recent production is The 39 Steps, originally at The Tricycle, Kilburn, and then at the West End's Criterion Theatre until April 2007. [1]
Aitken is the sister of disgraced former politician Jonathan Aitken, and the mother of actor Jack Davenport from her marriage to Nigel Davenport. Jonathan William Patrick Aitken (born 30 August 1942 is a former Conservative Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom and British government minister Jack Davenport (born March 1[[ 973]] is a British film and television Actor who became known in the mid 1990s for his role in the TV series This Nigel Davenport (born 23 May 1928) is an English stage television and film actor She is married to the novelist Patrick McGrath, and appeared in a supporting role in the 1995 film The Grotesque, an adaptation of McGrath's 1989 novel of the same name. Patrick McGrath was born on 7th February, 1950 in London and educated at Stonyhurst College. The year 1995 in film involved some significant events Events March 22 - The Dogme 95 movement is officially announced in Paris The Grotesque is a 1995 British film by John-Paul Davidson, adapted from the 1989 novel by Patrick McGrath. The year 1989 in literature involved some significant events and new books The Grotesque is a 1989 Gothic fiction novel by British author Patrick McGrath. Aitken and McGrath live together in New York and London. In 1983, Aitken was arrested arriving at Heathrow Airport in possession of a small amount of cocaine leading to a charge of drug smuggling. Cocaine ( benzoylmethyl ecgonine) is a Crystalline Tropane Alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the Coca plant Her defence counsel was George Carman who would also act for her brother. George Alfred Carman (born 6 October, 1929 in Blackpool, Lancashire died 2 January, 2001) was a leading English The charges were eventually dropped.
She is the author of Style: Acting in High Comedy, published in 1996, which contends that "High comedies are not bloodless, refined, wordy plays—their themes are sex, money and social advancement. Their contain splendid a contradiction: wit and elegance at the service of man's basest drives. "
Aitken is mentioned in Lynne Truss' column "Single Bananas," part of her "Making the Cat Laugh," as reprinted in "The Lynn Truss Treasury," ISBN 1-592-40136-8.
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