Maureen O'Brien(I)
- Actress
After studying for a teaching diploma at the Central School of Speech
and Drama, Maureen O'Brien became a founding member of the Everyman
Theatre in her native Liverpool. About three months later she was
persuaded to audition for the part of Vicki on Doctor Who. She was
reluctant to accept the role, but did so partly to be with her
London-based boyfriend (later her husband). It was a decision she later
regretted as, although she liked the people she worked with, she did
not enjoy the job and the enormous publicity it brought her. After
leaving Doctor Who she worked as a supply teacher at a girl's school in
Kennington, then returned to the theatre. This was followed by a
three-year spell in Canada. Since returning to the UK in the
mid-seventies, she has had further success in theatre, TV, radio and
film, and as a writer of crime fiction.
