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

CREDITS
Stage Appearances
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
Television Appearances
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
Miniseries
Lavinia Mannon, "Mourning Becomes Electra," Great Performances, PBS, 1979
Mercy Otis Warren, LIBERTY! The American Revolution, PBS, 1997
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke, CBS, 1999
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
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
Specials
A Touch of the Poet, PBS, 1974
The Widowing of Mrs. Holyroyd, PBS, 1974
Mrs. Webb, Our Town, PBS, 1989
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
Other
Claudia Jennings, Life in a Day, [Canada], 1999
Radio Appearances
Radio performances include roles in Adolph and Eva and The Facein the Coffin.
RECORDINGS
Audio Books
Southern Cross, Putnam, 1998
Black Notice, Putnam, 1999
The Last Precinct, Putnam, 2000

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