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Roberta Maxwell

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Roberta Maxwell

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

Jun 17, 1941 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

Toronto, Canada

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Roberta Maxwell (born 1942) is a Canadian actress. She began studying for the stage at the age of 12. She joined John Clark for 2 years as the child co-host of his Junior Magazine series for CBC Television, before becoming the youngest actress apprentice at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Ontario, ready to pursue an acting career, where she appeared as Ursula in Much Ado About Nothing, Lady Anne in Richard III, Olivia in Twelfth Night, and Anne in The Merry Wives of Windsor, before going on to England, where she spent three years in repertory. She made her West End debut with Robert Morley and Molly Picon in A Majority of One. She debuted on Broadway in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie in 1968, going on to five more plays with the Tyrone Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis. In 1974 she was back on Broadway playing the role of Jill in Equus, which starred Anthony Hopkins. In 1982, she starred as Rosalind in the Stratford Festival's stage production of Shakespeare's As You Like It, a production which was videotaped and telecast on Canadian television in 1983. Those, and many more plays, took her on to a successful television and film career. In 2009 and 2010 she appeared in two episodes of the Syfy series Warehouse 13. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roberta Maxwell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting
2020PercyLouise Schmeiser
2017The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play Two: What Did You Expect?Patricia Gabriel
2017The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play Three: Women of a Certain AgePatricia Gabriel
2017The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play One: HungryPatricia Gabriel
2017Gwendolyn GreenGwendolyn Green
2016UnearthingMary Hart
2015Hungry HeartsAnna
2015The InheritedAlice
2014What We HaveRosemary
2010Rookie BlueMarie D'Abramo
2009Warehouse 13Rebecca St. Clair
2007The Killing FloorMs. Alimet
2006The Mermaid ChairNelle
2006Booky Makes Her MarkAunt Aggie
2005Riding the Bus with My SisterValerie
2005Brokeback MountainJack's Mother
2005Vinegar HillEllen's Mother
2004Gracie's ChoiceJudge
2003The Atwood StoriesLois
2001Full DisclosureSarah Archer
2001What Makes a FamilyClaire
2000The Dinosaur HunterAdult Julia
1999Forget Me Never
1999Shadow LakeLouise Garvey
1999Water DamageDr. Winston
1999Life in a DayCarla Jennings
1999Twice in a LifetimeEloise Hawke / Eileen Kotter
1999Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris DukeMyra
1998Last NightMrs. Wheeler
1997The PostmanIrene March
1997FallJoan Alterman
1997When Innocence Is LostCynthia Adams
1997Liberty!Mercy Otis Warren
1996MistrialJudge Friel
1996We the JuryLydia Bosco
1995Dead Man WalkingLucille Poncelet
1995The Outer LimitsMrs. Reynolds
1993PhiladelphiaJudge Tate
1990Law & OrderTeresa Brewster
1989Our TownMrs. Webb
1987The Ten-Year LunchDorothy Parker (voice)
1986Psycho IIITracy Venable
1986Airwaves
1985The EqualizerJustice Lindsey Smith
1983Special BulletinDiane Silverman
1983As You Like ItRosalind
1983The HitchhikerMarybeth
1982The Tale of the Frog PrinceQueen Beatrice / Griselda
1982Lois Gibbs and the Love CanalMary Belinski
1982St. ElsewhereCat Lady
1982Faerie Tale TheatreQueen Beatrice / Griselda
1980PopeyeNana Oyl
1980The ChangelingEva Lingstrom
1979Rich KidsBarbara Peterfreund
1979The Other Side of VictoryNancy Turner
1978Mourning Becomes ElectraLavinia Mannon
1974A Touch of the PoetSara Melody
1974The Widowing of Mrs. HolroydClara
1971Great PerformancesClara
1971Great PerformancesMrs. Webb
1968A Great Big ThingEve
1964Another World
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