# Aileen Britton

Aileen Britton (18 February 1916 in Sydney – 19 April 1986) credited also as Aileen Britain, was an Australian character actress of theatre, radio, television, and film (TV movie and theatrical), with a career in the industry spanning nearly 50 years.
Britton made her debut in a film Tall Timbers in 1937, she then worked primarily exclusively in theatre roles and having been signed with the Independent Theatre
Britton post-theatre was a staple of the small screen, where she usually played quirky elderly ladies, mothers and grandmothers, in TV series'. Her television credits include Number 96 Matlock Police, The Restless Years, The Sullivans, Prisoner, and A Country Practice.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 1937 | Tall Timbers | Claire Darley | Feature film |
| 1942 | 100,000 Cobbers | Miss Lane | Film short |
| 1958 | An Enemy of the People | Kate Stockman | Teleplay |
| 1959 | The Skin of Our Teeth | Mrs Antrobus / Mrs Everyman | Teleplay |
| 1975 | The Tichborne Affair | Mrs. Skinner | TV film |
| 1976 | Born to Run (aka 'Harness Fever' or 'Ride a Wild Pony') | Susannah | Feature film |
| 1977 | The Death Train | Barmaid / Hotel Desk Clerk | TV film |
| 1977 | Ballantyne's Mission | | TV film |
| 1978 | She'll Be Sweet (aka 'Magee and the Lady') | Mrs. Avery | TV film |
| 1979 | My Brilliant Career | Grandma Bossier | Feature film |
| 1982 | Fluteman | Beatrice Peachley | Feature film |
| 1982 | The Mystery at Castle House | Miss Markham | Feature film |
| 1982 | Now and Forever | Bethanie | Feature film |
| 1983 | Platypus Cove | Grandma Mason | TV film |
| 1985 | Don't Call Me Girlie | Herself | Documentary film short |
| 1987 | The Place at the Coast | Gran | Feature film |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 1957 | The Adventures of Long John Silver | Conseulla | TV series, 1 episode |
| | That's My Desire | | TV series |
| 1960 | Probation Officer | Mrs. Andrews | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1962 | Call Oxbridge 2000 | Mrs. Bennett | TV series, 11 episodes |
| 1963 | 24-Hour Call | Mrs. Bennett | TV series, 4 episodes |
| 1964 | The Purple Jacaranda | Housekeeper | TV series |
| 1966 | Australian Playhouse | Mrs. Plum | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1967 | Homicide | Mrs. Townley | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1968–69 | I've Married A Bachelor | Mrs. Malley | TV series, 14 episodes |
| 1972 | Redheap | Mrs. Piper | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 1973 | Serpent in the Rainbow | | TV series |
| 1973 | Boney | Nora | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1973 | Seven Little Australians | Mrs. Gormiston | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 1974 | Behind the Legend | Lady Mitchell | TV series, 1 episode: "Thomas Mitchell" |
| 1975 | Number 96 | Mrs. Florentine | TV series, 12 episodes |
| 1975; 1976 | Matlock Police | Mrs. Gates / Nan Skuhorp | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1976 | The Lost Islands | Widow Martha Quack | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1976 | Solo One | Aunt Nan | TV series, 9 episodes |
| 1977 | The Sullivans | Mrs. Skinner | TV series, 4 episodes |
| 1977 | Glenview High | Mrs. Greer | TV series, episode 5: "The Cheat" |
| 1977 | Young Ramsay | Mrs. Anderson | TV series, episode 9: "All Things Bright and Beautiful" |
| 1979 | The Restless Years | Kath Campbell | TV series, 4 episodes |
| 1980 | Arcade | Joyce Blair | TV series, 35 episodes |
| 1981; 1985 | Prisoner | Mrs. Hartley / Florence Marne | TV series, 8 episodes |
| 1981; 1983; 1985 | A Country Practice | Emily Page / Evelyn Cuthrie / Aunt Daphne | TV series, 7 episodes |
| 1983 | Carson's Law | Lillian Brewster | TV series |
| 1986 | Cyclone Tracy | Big Caroline | TV miniseries, 3 episodes |