Muriel Aked | |
Birth Date: | 9 November 1883 |
Birth Place: | Bingley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
Death Place: | Settle, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
Yearsactive: | 1922–1953 |
Muriel Aked (9 November 1883 – 21 March 1955) was an English film actress.[1]
Aked was born in Bingley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England to George Henry Aked and his wife Emma (née Bairstow).[2] Her sister was the great-great grandmother of George Blagden, her cousin Edward Bairstow.
She was a student at Liverpool Repertory Theatre for six months but due to World War I left to perform war work.
Aked made her screen debut in 1920 in A Sister to Assist 'Er. She also appeared in Can You Hear Me, Mother?, Public Nuisance No.1, Autumn Crocus (1934), Royal Eagle, Fame and Don't Rush Me.
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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1922 | Mrs. Crawley | |||
1926 | Bindle's Cocktail | Lady Knobb-Kerrick | Short | |
1930 | Mrs. Crawley | |||
1930 | Charlotte Hopkinson | |||
1930 | Bed and Breakfast | Mrs. Boase | ||
1931 | Bindle | |||
1932 | Goodnight, Vienna | Marya | ||
1932 | Mother | |||
1932 | Mrs. Ashcroft | |||
1932 | Rome Express | Spinster | ||
1932 | Her First Affaire | Agatha Brent | ||
1933 | Yes, Madam | Mrs. Peabody | ||
1933 | Vicar's Wife | |||
1933 | No Funny Business | Mrs. Fothergill | ||
1933 | Trouble | Miss May | ||
1933 | Friday the Thirteenth | Miss Twigg | ||
1934 | Autumn Crocus | Miss Mayne | ||
1934 | Runaway Queen | Marie Soubrekoff | ||
1934 | Mr Stringfellow Says No | Mrs. Piper | ||
1934 | Evensong | Tremlowe | ||
1934 | Josser on the Farm | Mrs. Savage | ||
1935 | Princess Maria Amelia | |||
1935 | Can You Hear Me, Mother? | Mother | ||
1936 | Mother, Don't Rush Me | Amy Andrews | ||
1936 | Public Nuisance No. 1 | Miss Trumps | ||
1936 | Fame | Mrs. Bertwhistle | ||
1936 | Royal Eagle | Miss Mimm | ||
1939 | Continental Express | Mme. Duvivier | ||
1939 | Mme. Dupont | |||
1940 | Mrs. Badger | |||
1941 | Kipps | Uncredited | ||
1941 | Cottage to Let | Miss Fernery | U.S. title, 'Bombsight Stolen'. | |
1943 | Aunt Margaret | |||
1943 | Mrs. Tisdall-Stanton | |||
1944 | Two Thousand Women | Claire Meredith | ||
1944 | Men of Rochdale | Annie | Short | |
1945 | Mrs. Munce | |||
1946 | They Knew Mr. Knight | Lady Gilling | ||
1946 | Mrs. May | Uncredited | ||
1948 | So Evil My Love | Miss Shoebridge | ||
1948 | Just William's Luck | Emily | ||
1948 | Daisy Crawley | |||
1948 | It's Hard to Be Good | Ellen Beckett | ||
1948 | Another Shore | Little Old Lady | ||
1948 | William Comes to Town | Emily | ||
1950 | Beryl Waterboume | Uncredited | ||
1950 | Miss Jezzard | |||
1951 | Miss Frisbie | |||
1951 | Flesh and Blood | Mrs. Walker | ||
1953 | Queen Victoria | (final film role) |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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1939 | Murder on the Second Floor | Miss Snell | TV movie | |
1947 | The Vicaress | TV movie | ||
1947 | Goodness, How Sad! | Mrs. Priskin | TV movie | |
1948 | Chain Male | Aunt Louie | TV movie | |
1952 | Sunday Night Theatre | Episode: "The Truth About the Truth" |