MURIEL AKED
as Queen Victoria

Muriel Aked, latest in a long line of stage and screen actresses to play the part of Queen Victoria, was born in Bingley, Yorkshire. She entered the theatre as a student at Liverpool Repertory Company for six months before making her first appearance there as the nurse in Alice-Sit-By-The-Fire. In 1920 she toured the Far East with a repertory company and made her first appearance on the West End stage as the Woodcutter's Wife in The Rose and The Ring in 1923.

It is almost unbelievable that this petite and spritely actress has been entertaining both stage and screen audiences for more than thirty years during which she has been constantly in demand for her superbly natural and entirely individual portrayals of characters she has observed during her rich and varied life. Her most recent films include, The Happiest Days of Your Life, Flesh and Blood and The Blue Lamp, and currently, Gilbert and Sullivan.

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