# Muriel Aked

Muriel Aked (9 November 1883 – 21 March 1955) was an English film actress.

## Early life, family and education

Aked was born in Bingley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England to George Henry Aked and his wife Emma (née Bairstow). 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.

## Career

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.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1922 | A Sister to Assist 'Er | Mrs. Crawley | |
| 1926 | Bindle's Cocktail | Lady Knobb-Kerrick | Short |
| 1930 | A Sister to Assist 'Er | Mrs. Crawley | |
| 1930 | The Middle Watch | Charlotte Hopkinson | |
| 1930 | Bed and Breakfast | Mrs. Boase | |
| 1931 | Bindle | | |
| 1932 | Goodnight, Vienna | Marya | |
| 1932 | The Indiscretions of Eve | Mother | |
| 1932 | The Mayor's Nest | Mrs. Ashcroft | |
| 1932 | Rome Express | Spinster | |
| 1932 | Her First Affaire | Agatha Brent | |
| 1933 | Yes, Madam | Mrs. Peabody | |
| 1933 | The Good Companions | 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 | The Night of the Party | 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 | A Girl Must Live | Mme. Dupont | |
| 1940 | The Girl Who Forgot | Mrs. Badger | |
| 1941 | Kipps | | Uncredited |
| 1941 | Cottage to Let | Miss Fernery | U.S. title, 'Bombsight Stolen'. |
| 1943 | The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp | Aunt Margaret | |
| 1943 | The Demi-Paradise | Mrs. Tisdall-Stanton | |
| 1944 | Two Thousand Women | Claire Meredith | |
| 1944 | Men of Rochdale | Annie | Short |
| 1945 | The Wicked Lady | Mrs. Munce | |
| 1946 | They Knew Mr. Knight | Lady Gilling | |
| 1946 | The Years Between | Mrs. May | Uncredited |
| 1948 | So Evil My Love | Miss Shoebridge | |
| 1948 | Just William's Luck | Emily | |
| 1948 | A Sister to Assist 'Er | Daisy Crawley | |
| 1948 | It's Hard to Be Good | Ellen Beckett | |
| 1948 | Another Shore | Little Old Lady | |
| 1948 | William Comes to Town | Emily | |
| 1950 | The Blue Lamp | Beryl Waterboume | Uncredited |
| 1950 | The Happiest Days of Your Life | Miss Jezzard | |
| 1951 | The Wonder Kid | Miss Frisbie | |
| 1951 | Flesh and Blood | Mrs. Walker | |
| 1953 | The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan | Queen Victoria | (final film role) |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1939 | Murder on the Second Floor | Miss Snell | TV movie |
| 1947 | The Cradle Song | 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" |