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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Arthur Marks to John McEnery
Roberta Maxwell Biography (1944?-)
Born c. 1944 (some sources cite 1942), in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Nationality
- Canadian
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Actress
- Birth Details
- 1944?
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Stage Appearances
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Much Ado about Nothing, American Shakespeare Festival, Stratford,CT, 1969
- Desdemona, Othello, American National Theatre and Academy Theatre,New York City, 1970
- Sorel Bliss, Hay Fever, Helen Hayes Theatre, New York City, 1970
- Nora Clitheroe, The Plough and the Stars, Vivian Beaumont Theatre,New York City, 1973
- Jill Mason, Equus, Plymouth Theatre, New York City, 1974-1976 thenHelen Hayes Theatre, 1976-1977
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Ashes, Public Theatre, New York City, 1976
- Olga, The Three Sisters, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, MA, c. 1988
- Mrs. Webb, Our Town, Lyceum Theatre, New York City, 1988-1989
- Olivia (some sources cite Maria), Twelfth Night, Stratford Festival, Stratford, Ontario, Canada, 1991
- Mrs. Winemiller, The Eccentricities of a Nightingale (also known as Summer and Smoke), Roundabout Theatre Company, Center Stage Right, Criterion Theatre, New York City, 1996
- Morag, When I Was a Girl, I Used to Scream and Shout, John Montgomery Theatre, New York City, 1998
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The Cripple of Inishmaan, Joseph Papp Public Theatre, New York City, 1998
- Amanda, The Glass Menagerie, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati, OH, 1999
- Cornelia, The Carpetbagger's Children, Guthrie Lab, Tyrone GuthrieTheatre, Minneapolis, MN, 2000
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Juno and the Paycock, Roundabout Theatre Company, Gramercy Theatre, New York City, 2000
- Appeared in Kilt (workshop performance), Primary Stages, New YorkCity; in Mary Stuart, Public Theatre; and in Stevie, ManhattanTheatre Club, New York City. Appeared in Broadway productions, including Henry V,
The Merchant,
One in Every Marriage,
The Oresteia, and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie; and in off-Broadway productions, including Slag and A Whisper in the Dark. Also appeared inArturo Ui,
The House of Atreus,
Little Murders,
Merton of the Movies, and Sargent Musgrave's Dance, all Tyrone GuthrieTheatre; in All's Well That Ends Well and Romeo and Juliet, both American Shakespeare Theatre; as Rosalind, As You Like It, as Anne,The Merry Wives of Windsor, as Ursula, Much Ado about Nothing,and as Lady Anne, Richard III, all Stratford Festival; appeared in A Majority of One, London production; appeared in a production of Saint Joan; also performed in British repertory productions.
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Major Tours
- Cornelia, The Carpetbagger's Children, U.S. cities, 2001
- Also toured in Arturo Ui,
The House of Atreus, and Lettice and Lovage, all U.S. cities.
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Film Appearances
- Eve, A Great Big Thing, Argofilm, 1969
- Barbara Peterfreund, Rich Kids, United Artists, 1979
- Eva Lingstrom, The Changeling (also known as L'enfant du diable), Associated Film Distribution, 1980
- Nana Oyl, Popeye (musical), Paramount, 1980
- Tracy Venable, Psycho III (also known as Psycose 3), Universal, 1986
- Voice of Dorothy Parker, The Ten-Year Lunch (documentary; also known as The Ten-Year Lunch: The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table), Aviva Films/Direct Cinema Limited, 1987
- Marlene, Kingsgate, 1989
- Judge Tate, Philadelphia, TriStar, 1993
- Lucille Poncelet, Dead Man Walking, Gramercy, 1995
- Irene March, The Postman, Warner Bros., 1997
- Joan Alterman, The Fall, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1997
- Dr. Winfrey, Water Damage, Critical Mass Productions, 1999
- Mrs. Wheeler, Last Night, 1998 Lions Gate Films, 1999
- Sarah Archer, Full Disclosure, First Look Pictures Releasing, 2001
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Television Appearances
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Series
- Voice characterization, Just Mary, CBC, beginning c. 1960
- Barbara Weaver, Another World (also known as Another World: BayCity), NBC, beginning in 1974
- Jean, Airwaves, [Canada], 1985-1987
- Judith, All My Children (also known as All My Children: The Summer of Seduction), ABC, beginning in 1988
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Miniseries
- Lavinia Mannon, "Mourning Becomes Electra," Great Performances, PBS, 1979
- Mercy Otis Warren, LIBERTY! The American Revolution, PBS, 1997
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Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke, CBS, 1999
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Movies
- Mary Belinski, Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal, CBS, 1982
- Diane Silverman, Special Bulletin, NBC, 1983
- Judge Friel, Mistrial, HBO, 1996
- Lydia, We the Jury, USA Network, 1996
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When Innocence Is Lost, Lifetime, 1997
- Doe, At the End of the Day: The Sue Rodriguez Story, Lifetime, 1998
- Claire, What Makes a Family, Lifetime, 2001
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Specials
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A Touch of the Poet, PBS, 1974
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The Widowing of Mrs. Holyroyd, PBS, 1974
- Mrs. Webb, Our Town, PBS, 1989
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Episodic
- "Hello, Goodbye," St. Elsewhere, NBC, 1984
- "The Dying Generation," The Hitchhiker, HBO, 1988
- Eloise Hawke, "School's Out," Twice in a Lifetime, PAX, 1999
- Teresa Brewster, "Collision," Law & Order, NBC, 2000
- "Inner Child," The Outer Limits, Showtime and Sci-Fi Channel, 2000
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Other
- Claudia Jennings, Life in a Day, [Canada], 1999
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Radio Appearances
- Radio performances include roles in Adolph and Eva and The Facein the Coffin.
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RECORDINGS
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Audio Books
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Southern Cross, Putnam, 1998
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Black Notice, Putnam, 1999
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The Last Precinct, Putnam, 2000
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