Suzy Aitchison | |
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 Aitchison in "Goodnight Mr. Bean" (1995) | |
| Born | Susan Jane Aitchison Marylebone, London, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse | Terence Quinn (m. 2003) |
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Susan Jane Aitchison is an English television actress best known for her role as Susie on Jam & Jerusalem . [1] She is the daughter of June Whitfield.[ citation needed ] [2]
She graduated from the University of Birmingham with a degree in Drama & Theatre Arts. After working extensively in theatre,[ citation needed ] her mother put her in touch with Jennifer Saunders. Aitchison subsequently worked with Saunders on a French/Saunders Christmas Special, before being offered the part on Jam & Jerusalem. [3] Aitchison also featured in several stage productions and has been praised for her performances. [4] Previously, her body of television work has largely consisted of guest-starring roles on television programmes. Aitchison has also narrated several audiobooks for the BBC. [5]
Dame June Rosemary Whitfield was an English radio, television, and film actress.
Jennifer Jane Saunders is an English actress, comedian, singer, and screenwriter. Saunders originally found attention in the 1980s, when she became a member of The Comic Strip after graduating from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama with her best friend and comedy partner, Dawn French. With French, she co-wrote and starred in their eponymous sketch show, French and Saunders, for which they jointly received a BAFTA Fellowship in 2009. Saunders later received acclaim in the 1990s for writing and playing her character Edina Monsoon in her sitcom Absolutely Fabulous.
French and Saunders is a British sketch comedy television series written by and starring comedy duo and namesake Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders that originally broadcast on BBC2 from 1987 to 1993, and later on BBC One until 2017. It is also the name by which the performers are known when they appear elsewhere as a double act. The show was given one of the highest budgets in BBC history to create detailed spoofs and satires of popular culture, movies, celebrities, and art. French and Saunders continued to film holiday specials for the BBC, and both have been individually successful starring in other shows.
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