Person
Maureen O'Brien
Acting · Born 1943-06-29 · Liverpool, England
Biography
Maureen O'Brien is a British actress and novelist. She is perhaps most famous for her role as Vicki, the companion to William Hartnell's First Doctor in Doctor Who, becoming the first change to the original cast line up in 1965. She also played Elizabeth Straker in the second series of the long running BBC drama Casualty in 1987.
Known for
Doctor Who
Vicki
Casualty
Elizabeth Straker
Heartbeat
Joyce Greaves
A Touch of Frost
Marion
The Bill
1984
Bergerac
Joan Hadley
Tales of the Unexpected
Janet
The Wednesday Play
Jane Peel
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Louise Schofield
Jonathan Creek
Kirsten Holiday
Filmography
- 2023Tales of the TardisVicki Pallister
- 2022Maureen O'Brien: In ConversationSelf
- 2022Doctor Who: The StorytellerVicki Pallister
- 2021Doctor Who: Galaxy 4Vicki (voice)
- 2021Doctor Who: Galaxy 4Vicki
- 2018Doctor Who: Behind the SofaSelf
- 2011The End of the Line?
- 2009Mounting the RescueSelf
- 2005Tales of IsopSelf
- 2000The Closer You GetDollie Doyle
- 1998Falling for a DancerCorinne Sullivan
- 1998The Land GirlsMrs. John Lawrence
- 1997A Royal ScandalLady of Edinburgh
- 1997Jonathan CreekKirsten Holiday
- 1996The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll FlandersMrs Richardson
- 1996The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll FlandersMrs. Richardson
- 1996The SculptressSister Bridget
- 1993CrackerVirginia Trant
- 1992A Touch of FrostMarion
- 1992HeartbeatJoyce Greaves
- 1990NeedlePrison Doctor
- 1990Nocturne
- 1986CasualtyElizabeth Straker
- 1985ZinaNatalya
- 1984The Bill
- 1984Doctor Who: Resurrection of the DaleksVicki Pallister (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1984She'll Be Wearing Pink PyjamasJoan
- 1983Taggart
- 1982John David1st Social worker
- 1981BergeracJoan Hadley
- 1980C2H5OHJill Secombe
- 1979The Legend of King ArthurMorgan le Fay
- 1979Tales of the UnexpectedJanet
- 1979Certainties and Doubts
- 1979The Serpent SonElektra
- 1978The Lost BoysMary Barrie
- 1978The Lost BoysMary Barrie
- 1977BBC2 Play of the WeekMary Barrie
- 1976The Duchess of Duke StreetLizzie
- 1976Victorian ScandalsCatherine 'Skittles' Walters
- 1975The Poisoning of Charles BravoFlorence
- 1973Away from It AllHelen
- 1972Six Days of JusticeSusan Derby
- 1969The Double AgentNadia Seranova
- 1965Doctor Who: The Myth MakersVicki
- 1965Thirty-Minute TheatreLouise Schofield
- 1965Doctor Who: Galaxy 4Vicki
- 1965Doctor Who: The Time MeddlerVicki
- 1965Doctor Who: The ChaseVicki
- 1965Doctor Who: The Space MuseumVicki
- 1965Doctor Who: The CrusadeVicki
- 1965Doctor Who: Lost in TimeVicki
- 1965Doctor Who: The Web PlanetVicki
- 1965Doctor Who: The RomansVicki
- 1965Doctor Who: The RescueVicki
- 1964The Wednesday PlayJane Peel
- 1963Doctor WhoVicki
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