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Maureen O'Brien
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Maureen O'Brien (born June 29, 1943 in Liverpool) is an English actress and author. She played J. M. Barrie's wife Mary in the 1978 BBC docudrama The Lost Boys. She is best known for playing the role of Vicki in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, among many other television programs.
She played the part of Vicki in 38 episodes, from January 2 to November 6, 1965 with William Hartnell as the Doctor. In 2007, she reprised the role in the audio drama Frostfire. In the same year, she had played a different Doctor Who role, that of Agnes Landen in the fourth series of the Big Finish Productions audio play Dalek Empire co-starring with Noel Clarke. The year before in 2006, she took on the role of Miss Alice Bultitude in Year of the Pig, alongside Colin Baker as the Doctor.
She played unit general manager Elizabeth Straker in the second season of Casualty (1987). She has made guest appearances in The Duchess of Duke Street ("Trouble and Strife"), Taggart ("Forbidden Fruit"), Cracker ("The Big Crunch"), A Touch of Frost ("Private Lives") and Heartbeat.
O'Brien has also written a number of detective novels Close-Up on Death (1989), Deadly Reflection (1993), Mask of Betrayal (1998), Dead Innocent (1999), Revenge (2001) and Unauthorised Departure (2003); all featuring the character of Detective Inspector John Bright.
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