Acting
Maureen O'Brien
Born June 29, 1943 · Liverpool, England (age 83)
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: The Chase · 1965Doctor Who: The Chase
★ 6.91965
MovieScience FictionDrama
The Doctor and his companions are pursued through time and space by the Daleks on the desert planet Aridius and beyond.
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders · 1996The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
★ 6.21996
MovieComedyDrama
After being born in prison, Moll Flanders wends her way through the top and bottom of 18th-century English society, has five husbands and many male and female lovers, travels to America and back again, and in general discovers all that is cruel and sweet in life.
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks · 1984Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
★ 7.91984
MovieScience FictionDrama
Captured in a time corridor, the Doctor and his companions are forced to land on 20th century Earth, diverted by the Doctor's oldest enemy - the Daleks. It is here the true purpose of the time corridor becomes apparent: after ninety years of imprisonment, Davros, the ruthless creator of the Daleks, is to be liberated to assist in the resurrection of his army. Not even the Daleks foresee the poisonous threat of their creator. Indeed, who would suspect Davros of wanting to destroy his own Daleks - and why? Only the Doctor knows the truth. Will he descend to Davros' level of evil to stop him?
The Closer You Get · 2000The Closer You Get
★ 5.72000
MovieComedy
Irish lads send an ad to the Miami Herald inviting fit and enticing women, between the ages of 20 and 21, to live in their isolated Donegal village. The whole town knows about the ad, and it sharpens everyone's sense of the opportunities for happiness already at hand. Kate, a publican with a young daughter, is separating from her husband and catches the eye of a bachelor sheep farmer. Kieran the butcher realizes that his assistant Siobhan is comely, and then he discovers she's fiery as well. Ollie sends off for Dutch skin magazines that the village postmistress won't release to him. The men, and women, find counsel in their movie-loving priest. Will anyone answer the ad?
Doctor Who: The Myth Makers · 1965Doctor Who: The Myth Makers
★ 7.21965
MovieScience FictionAdventure
When the TARDIS arrives on the plains of Asia Minor not far from the besieged city of Troy, the Doctor is hailed by Achilles as the mighty god Zeus and taken to the Greek camp. He meets Agamemnon and Odysseus. Forced to admit he is a mere mortal — albeit a traveller in space and time — he is given two days to devise a scheme to capture Troy. Steven and Vicki, meanwhile, have been taken prisoner by the Trojans. Vicki, believed to possess supernatural powers, is given two days to banish the Greeks to prove she is not a spy.
Certainties and Doubts · 1979Certainties and Doubts
1979
MovieDramaDocumentary
From 1979, exploring the life of Henrik Ibsen, through his plays and the words of his critics and admirers. With excerpts from the Ibsen canon.
C₂H₅OH · 1980C₂H₅OH
★ 8.01980
MovieDramaTV Movie
Play on the problems of alcoholism.
The Land Girls · 1998The Land Girls
★ 6.01998
MovieDramaRomance
During World War II, the organisation "The Women's Land Army" recruited women to work on British farms while the men were off to war. Three such "land girls" of different social backgrounds - quiet Stella, young hairdresser Prue, and Cambridge graduate Ag - become best friends in spite of their different backgrounds.
Filmography
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Doctor Who: The Storyteller · 2022Doctor Who: The Storyteller
★ 7.02022
MovieScience Fiction
Vicki is telling one of her stories.
Vicki Pallister
A Royal Scandal · 1997A Royal Scandal
★ 7.61997
MovieTV MovieComedy
The doomed marriage of the Prince Regent and Caroline of Brunswick.
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