Maxine Stuart (born Maxine Shlivek; June 28, 1918 – June 6, 2013) was an American stage and screen actress. She was best known for Days of Wine and Roses, Private Benjamin, and Like Father Like Son (1987).
Stuart trained at the Actor’s Studio. She was married to Alfred Gordon, actor Frank Maxwell, and writer David Shaw, and had one child with Maxwell. Her friend Helene Hanff included her as a character in the nonfiction book 84 Charing Cross Road and she was played by actress Jean De Baer in the film adaptation. She died of undisclosed causes at the age of 94.
Works with Maxine Stuart:
open/close all folders
Film
- 1959 Career: Television Agent (
Uncredited Role) - 1962 Days of Wine and Roses: Dottie
- 1964 Kitten with a Whip: Peggy
- 1964 Dear Heart: Rita
- 1969 Winning: Miss Redburne’s Mother (Uncredited)
- 1969 The Lost Man: Miss Harrison
- 1970 Suppose They Gave A War And Nobody Came: Zelda
- 1971 Making It: Miss Schneider
- 1971 Goodbye Raggedy Ann: Clerk (Made-for-TV Movie)
- 1974 The Stranger Who Looks Like Me: Mrs. Weiner (TV Movie)
- 1974 The Underground Man: Librarian (TV Movie)
- 1974 Fools Females And Fun: Miss Bickley (TV Movie)
- 1975 The Prisoner Of Second Avenue: Belle
- 1975 One Of Our Own: Scotty (TV Movie)
- 1977 Fun with Dick and Jane: Charles’ Secretary
- 1977 Kill Me If You Can: Mrs. Asher (TV Movie)
- 1979 The Seeding Of Sarah Burns: Flora (TV Movie)
- 1979 Breaking Up Is Hard To Do: Gracie (TV Movie)
- 1980 Coast To Coast: Sam Klinger
- 1980 Private Benjamin: Aunt Betty
- 1981 Revenge Of The Gray Gang: Daisy “Boots” Duffy (TV Movie)
- 1982 The Rules Of Marriage: Ingrid Olsen (TV Movie)
- 1983 Carpool: Ruth Grogan (TV Movie)
- 1985 A Reason To Live: Fay Stewart (TV Movie)
- 1987 Like Father Like Son (1987): Phyllis
- 1994 The Haunting Of Seacliff Inn: Lorraine Adler (TV Movie)
- 2000 Time Share: Ruth Farragher
Television
- 1950-51 Lux Video Theatre: Millie/Marcia/Girl (3 episodes)
- 1950-54 Robert Montgomery Presents: Josie Trent (3 episodes)
- 1954-58 Armstrong Circle Theatre: Sue Hornmeyer/Mrs. Broggi/Anne (4 episodes)
- 1955 Studio One: Marie Cameron (1 episode)
- 1955 Norby: Maureen
- 1955-57 The Big Story: Mae/Elaine Manners (2 episodes)
- 1956 General Electric Theater: Alice (1 episode)
- 1956-57 Edge Of Night: Grace O’Keefe (4 episodes)
- 1960 Johnny Staccato: Velma Dean (1 episode)
- 1960 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse: Sharley Wynn (1 episode)
- 1960 Bachelor Father: Adelaide Mitchell (1 episode)
- 1960 Adventures In Paradise: Harriet Flanders (1 episode)
- 1960 The Twilight Zone (1959): Janet Tyler, under bandages (1 episode)
- 1960 Wanted: Dead or Alive: Jane Koster (1 episode)
- 1960-61 The Du Pont Show With June Allyson: Marion Carter/Agnes McCutcheon (2 episodes)
- 1960-65 The Donna Reed Show: Ellen Cruikshank/Helena Whitcomb (2 episodes)
- 1961 Perry Mason: Grace Witt (1 episode)
- 1961 The Law And Mr Jones: Mary Cole (1 episode)
- 1961 The Asphalt Jungle: Helen Gordon (1 episode)
- 1961 The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis: Mrs. Bean (1 episode)
- 1962 Hazel: Louise (1 episode)
- 1962 Checkmate: Dianne Cartwright (1 episode)
- 1962 Target The Corruptors: Sheila Murray (2 episodes)
- 1962 Kraft Mystery Theater: Jane (1 episode)
- 1962 Room For One More: Ruth Burton
- 1962 The Lloyd Bridges Show: Miss Elliott (1 episode)
- 1962-64 The Eleventh Hour: Eunice Sanders/Mrs. Henderson (3 episodes)
- 1962-64 Dr. Kildare: Nurse Mary Ayers/Admitting Nurse/Nurse Lucy Hyde (7 episodes)
- 1963 Stoney Burke: Hilda Pollard (1 episode)
- 1963 The Outer Limits (1963): Mrs. McCluskey (1 episode)
- 1963 Arrest And Trial: May Curtis (1 episode)
- 1963-64 Mr Novak: Angie/Miss Gardner (2 episodes)
- 1964 The Fugitive: Mrs. Gaines/Nurse Proctor (2 episodes)
- 1964-65 Slatterys People: B.J. Clawson (6 episodes)
- 1964-68 Peyton Place: Mrs. Hewitt (6 episodes)
- 1965 The Young Marrieds: Martha Coleman (16 episodes)
- 1966 Please Dont Eat The Daisies: Mrs. Cunningham (1 episode)
- 1966 That Girl: Manager (1 episode)
- 1966-72 The F.B.I.: Mrs. Gennaro/Mrs. Peabody/Mrs. Stone (4 episodes)
- 1967 Love On A Rooftop: Mrs. Gorman (1 episode)
- 1967 Get Smart: Nurse #1 (1 episode)
- 1968 General Hospital: Mrs. Dawson (1 episode)
- 1968 Judd For The Defense: Myra Jenkins (1 episode)
- 1969 Brackens World: Inez (1 episode)
- 1970 Room 222: Parent (1 episode)
- 1971 The Bold Ones The Lawyers: Ellen Morley (1 episode)
- 1972-74 Cannon: Etta. Poker Player/Irene (2 episodes)
- 1972-74 The Partridge Family: Mrs. Damion/Gloria Hoffsteader/Miss Halstead (3 episodes)
- 1973 Barnaby Jones: Ida (1 episode)
- 1973 The Streets of San Francisco: Nurse Evans (1 episode)
- 1974 Hawkins: Mrs. Constantine (1 episode)
- 1974 The Bob Newhart Show: Mrs. Chaney (1 episode)
- 1974 Amy Prentiss: Whitman’s Secretary (1 episode)
- 1975 Doctors Hospital: Scotty (2 episodes)
- 1976 Rich Man Poor Man Book II: Secretary (1 episode)
- 1976-77 Executive Suite: Marge Newberry
- 1976-79 Visions: Emily/June (2 episodes)
- 1977 The San Pedro Beach Bums: Ginny (1 episode)
- 1977-82 Quincy, M.E.: Judge Daley/Margo Hennessey (2 episodes)
- 1979 The Associates: Mrs. Milestone (1 episode)
- 1979-80 Trapper John, M.D.: Ms. Langley (3 episodes)
- 1983 Cagney & Lacey: Rose (1 episode)
- 1983-84 The Rousters: Amanda Earp
- 1984 Hill Street Blues: Mrs. Simmons (1 episode)
- 1985 Hail to the Chief: Lenore (1 episode)
- 1987 L.A. Law: Ellen Pearl (1 episode)
- 1987 Hooperman: Estelle Metzler (1 episode)
- 1989 The Wonder Years: Mrs. Carples (1 episode)
- 1989 Snoops: Charlotte Lowell (1 episode)
- 1990 Doctor Doctor: Olivia Judd (1 episode)
- 1993 Murphy Brown: Amy Shoemaker (1 episode)
- 1993-94 Hearts Afire: Velma Davis (8 episodes)
- 1993-96 The Young and the Restless: Margaret Anderson (22 episodes)
- 1993-97 NYPD Blue: Catherine Kelly/Edith Murphy (2 episodes)
- 1995 The Pursuit Of Happiness: Eleanor “Gram” Rutledge
- 1996-97 Chicago Hope: Harriet Owens (3 episodes)
- 1997 Murder One: Mrs. Gunther (1 episode)
- 1998 Cybill: Grandma Robbins (1 episode)
- 1998 Nothing Sacred: Ellie (1 episode)
- 1999 Providence: Willa (2 episodes)
- 2002 Family Law: Angela Dell (1 episode)
- 2003 Judging Amy: Jane (1 episode)
