Roberta Maxwell
Actor
17 June 1941 (84 years)
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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.
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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.
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| 2020 | Percy Vs Goliath · as Louise Schmeiser |
| 2015 | Unearthing · as Mary Hart |
| 2015 | Stranger in the House · as AliceOn Plex |
| 2014 | Hungry Hearts · as Anna |
| 2014 | What We Have · as Rosemary |
| 2014 | The Money · as Miss Shoellkopt |
| 2010 | Rookie Blue · as Marie D'abramo |
| 2009 | Warehouse 13 · as Rebecca St. Clair |
| 2007 | The Killing Floor · as Ms. Alimet |
| 2006 | The Mermaid Chair · as Nelle |
| 2006 | Booky Makes Her Mark · as Aunt Aggie |
| 2005 | Brokeback Mountain · as Jack's Mother |
| 2005 | Riding the Bus with My Sister · as ValerieOn Plex |
| 2005 | Vinegar Hill · as Ellen's MotherOn Plex |
| 2004 | Gracie's Choice · as JudgeOn Plex |
| 2003 | The Atwood Stories · as Lois |
| 2002 | Benjamin Franklin · as Deborah Read Franklin |
| 2001 | Full Disclosure · as Sarah ArcherOn Plex |
| 2001 | What Makes a Family · as Claire |
| 2000 | Queer as Folk (US) · as Michael's Lawyer |
| 2000 | The Dinosaur Hunter · as Adult Julia |
| 1999 | |
| 1999 | Twice in a Lifetime · as Eloise Hawke / Eileen KotterOn Plex |
| 1999 | Water Damage · as Dr. Winston |
| 1999 | Life in a Day · as Carla Jennings |
| 1999 | Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke · as Myra |
| 1999 | Shadow Lake · as Louise Garvey |
| 1998 | Last Night · as Mrs. Wheeler |
| 1998 | |
| 1997 | The Postman · as Irene March |
| 1997 | Liberty! The American Revolution · as Mercy Otis Warren |
| 1997 | Fall · as Joan AltermanOn Plex |
| 1997 | When Innocence Is Lost · as Cynthia Adams |
| 1996 | Mistrial · as Judge Friel |
| 1996 | We the Jury · as Lydia Bosco |
| 1995 | Dead Man Walking · as Lucille Poncelet |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits (1995) · as Mrs. Reynolds |
| 1993 | Philadelphia · as Judge Tate |
| 1990 | Law & Order · as Teresa Brewster |
| 1987 | The Ten-Year Lunch · as Dorothy Parker (voice) |
| 1986 | Psycho III · as Tracy Venable |
| 1985 | The Equalizer · as Justice Lindsey Smith |
| 1983 | The Hitchhiker · as Marybeth |
| 1983 | Special Bulletin · as Diane Silverman |
| 1982 | St. Elsewhere · as Cat Lady |
| 1982 | The Tale of the Frog Prince · as Queen Beatrice / Griselda |
| 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre · as Queen Beatrice / Griselda |
| 1982 | Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal · as Mary Belinski |
| 1981 | Today's FBI · as Phyllis Slater |
| 1980 | Popeye · as Nana Oyl |
| 1980 | The Changeling · as Eva LingstromOn Plex |
| 1979 | Rich Kids · as Barbara Peterfreund |
| 1978 | Mourning Becomes Electra · as Lavinia Mannon |
| 1971 | Great Performances · as Clara |
| 1970 | All My Children · as Judith Allen |
| 1964 | |
| 1960 | BBC Sunday-Night Play · as Carolyn Claybourne |
| 1957 | Emergency-Ward 10 · as Nurse Merritt |
| 1996 | Theater Talk · as Self |