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Maria Aitken is a British actress born 12 September 1945 in Dublin. As a student in Oxford in the mid-1960s she was cast in a small part in Richard Burton's production Faustus that was also filmed.

She played Lady Edwina Mountbatten in the critically acclaimed movie Jinnah
, which highlighted the life and times of Pakistan's founder, Mohammad Ali Jinnah. She also appeared with John Cleese in both A Fish Called Wanda
and Fierce Creatures
.

She is the sister of politician and convicted perjuror Jonathan Aitken (see that article for more on her family), and the mother of actor Jack Davenport from her marraige to Nigel Davenport. She is married to the novelist Patrick McGrath.

In 1983 Aitken was arrested arriving at Heathrow Airport in possesion of a small amount of cocaine leading to a charge of drug smuggling. Her defence counsel was George Carman who would also act for her brother. The charges were eventually dropped.

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