{{Short description|English actress}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox person | image = Suzy Aitchison.png | caption = Aitchison in "[[Goodnight Mr. Bean]]" (1995) | birth_name = Susan Jane Aitchison | occupation = Actress | years_active = | mother = [[June Whitfield]] | father = Tim Aitchison }}
'''Susan Jane Aitchison''' is an English television actress best known for her role as Susie on ''[[Jam & Jerusalem]]''.<ref>[http://www.walesonline.co.uk/showbiz-and-lifestyle/2009/08/08/ps-and-qs-suzy-aitchison-91466-24335771/ Ps and Qs: Suzy Aitchison], Wales Online, 8 August 2009.</ref> She is the daughter of [[June Whitfield]].{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}<ref>{{Cite web|editor=Wendy Bosberry-Scott |title=Aitchison, Bt (UK) 1938, of Lemmington, county Northumberland |url=https://www.debretts1769.com/f/1872?_gl=1*1iafizh*_ga*MzUyMTczOTg5LjE2NzQ4Mjc0MDU.*_ga_SRVBY4V3Y2*MTY3NDgyNzQwNC4xLjEuMTY3NDgyNzQwNC42MC4wLjA.&query=aitchison&page=1&indices%5BFamilies%5D%5Bconfigure%5D%5BhitsPerPage%5D=100 |website=Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage online|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
== Life == She graduated from the [[University of Birmingham]] with a degree in Drama & Theatre Arts. After working extensively in theatre,{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} 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''.<ref>"Gentle Laughter with Ladies." ''[[Derby Telegraph|The Evening Telegraph]]'', 8 August 2009.</ref> Aitchison also featured in several stage productions and has been praised for her performances.<ref>Billington, Michael. [https://www.theguardian.com/stage/1999/nov/13/theatre1 Life limited by love], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 13 November 1999</ref> Previously, her body of television work has largely consisted of guest-starring roles on television programmes. Aitchison has also narrated several [[audiobook]]s for the [[BBC]].<ref>"Suzy Aitchison." BBC Audiobooks America. http://www.bbcaudiobooksamerica.com/contributorinfo.cfm?ContribID=748, Accessed 8 October 2007</ref>
==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 1987 | ''[[Bloody New Year]]'' | Lesley | Also known as ''Time Warp Terror'' and ''Horror Hotel'' |- | 2009 | ''Innocent'' | Polly | |- |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 1982 | ''[[Man and Superman#Interpretation and performances|Man and Superman]]'' | Davis the Maid | Television film |- | rowspan="2" | 1985 | ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'' | Susan | Series 10; episode 7: "The Pop Star" |- | ''[[Honour, Profit & Pleasure]]'' | Mary Delaney | Television film |- | 1986–1988 | ''[[The Russ Abbot Show]]'' | Various characters | Series 1–3; 27 episodes |- | rowspan="2" | 1987 | ''[[Filthy Rich & Catflap]]'' | Jill | Episode 4 |- | ''It's a Hudd Hudd World'' | (unknown) | Television film |- | 1988 | ''[[Blankety Blank]]'' | Herself - Panellist | Series 11; episode 16 |- | 1989 | ''[[EastEnders]]'' | Jenny | 1 episode |- | rowspan="2" | 1990 | ''[[The Little and Large Show]]'' | (unknown) | Series 10; episode 1 |- | ''Up to Something!'' | Various roles | Episodes 1–7 |- | 1993 | ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' | Sheila Hillyer | Series 8; episode 15: "Comfort and Joy" |- | rowspan="2" | 1994 | ''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]'' | 1970s Nurse | Series 2; episode 6: "Birth" |- | ''[[The 10%ers]]'' | Trudy Hackman | Series 1; episode 7: "Sex, Death, Suicide and Adultery" |- | rowspan="2" | 1995 | ''[[Goodnight Sweetheart (TV series)|Goodnight Sweetheart]]'' | TV Reporter | Series 2; episode 10: "Don't Fence Me In" |- | ''[[Mr. Bean]]'' | Hospital Nurse | Episode 13: "[[Goodnight Mr. Bean]]" |- | 1997 | ''Gobble'' | Newsreader #1 | Television film |- | 1998 | ''[[Birds of a Feather (TV series)|Birds of a Feather]]'' | Babs | Series 9; episode 4: "Model" |- | 1999 | ''[[The Baskervilles]]'' | April Baskerville (voice) | Mini-series 1; episode 1: "No Place Like Home" |- | rowspan="2" | 2001 | ''[[Grange Hill]]'' | Sally West | Series 24; 9 episodes |- | ''[[My Parents Are Aliens]]'' | Mrs. Johnson | Series 3; episode 8: "Aliens Go Home" |- | 2003 | ''[[French and Saunders]]'' | Murder Victim | Episode: "French and Saunders Actually" |- | 2004 | ''Wilf the Witch's Dog'' | (voice) | Episodes 1–9, 12–19 and 21–23 |- | 2005 | ''[[Like Father Like Son (TV series)|Like Father Like Son]]'' | Mrs. Taylor | 2-part television crime drama |- | 2006 | ''[[The Family Man (British TV series)|The Family Man]]'' | Pauline | 3-part medical drama |- | 2006–2009 | ''[[Jam & Jerusalem]]'' | Susie | Series 1–3; 17 episodes |- | 2008 | ''[[The Revenge Files of Alistair Fury]]'' | Miss Bird | Episodes 2, 9, 10 and 13 |- | 2009 | ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]'' | Lisa Knowles | Series 11; episode 144: "Growing Pains" |- | 2010 | ''[[Midsomer Murders]]'' | Alice Carver | Series 13; episode 4: "The Silent Land" |- | 2013 | ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]'' | Brenda Govey | Series 14; episode 179: "The Were-Witch Project" |- | 2013–2015 | ''[[Topsy and Tim]]'' | Grandma (Jean O'Dell) | Series 1–3; 18 episodes |- | 2015 | ''[[Birds of a Feather (TV series)|Birds of a Feather]]'' | Assistant | Series 11; episode 6: "The Chief, the Cook, His Mum and Her Lodger" |- | 2022 | ''The Absolutely Fabulous June Whitfield'' | Herself - June's Daughter | Television Special |}
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