O'Brien, Maureen

Maureen O’Brien is an English actress and author from Merseyside, United Kingdom. She was born in Liverpool, where she later attended the Notre Dame School at Mount Pleasant, and she grew up in Kirkby. O’Brien is the sister of the actress Eileen O’Brien. In 1961, she moved to London where she attended the Central School of Speech and Drama and graduated with a teacher’s degree in 1964. The same year, she was cast in the popular television show Doctor Who, which she joined for about six months. She has acted in a large number of television dramas and on stage. She is also a director and drama teacher.