Roberta Maxwell

Roberta Maxwell

Born 1941-06-17 (age 85) Toronto, Canada
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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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Known For

Brokeback Mountain
Brokeback Mountain

2005

as Jack's Mother

Philadelphia
Philadelphia

1993

as Judge Tate

The Postman
The Postman

1997

as Irene March

Popeye
Popeye

1980

as Nana Oyl

Dead Man Walking
Dead Man Walking

1995

as Lucille Poncelet

Hungry Hearts
Hungry Hearts

2015

as Anna

The Changeling
The Changeling

1980

as Eva Lingstrom

Last Night
Last Night

1998

as Mrs. Wheeler

Psycho III
Psycho III

1986

as Tracy Venable

Percy
Percy

2020

as Louise Schmeiser

Mistrial
Mistrial

1996

as Judge Friel

Rich Kids
Rich Kids

1979

as Barbara Peterfreund

What Makes a Family
What Makes a Family

2001

as Claire

Fall
Fall

1997

as Joan Alterman

Our Town
Our Town

1989

as Mrs. Webb

Vinegar Hill
Vinegar Hill

2005

as Ellen's Mother

Full Disclosure
Full Disclosure

2001

as Sarah Archer

Gracie's Choice
Gracie's Choice

2004

as Judge

We the Jury
We the Jury

1996

as Lydia Bosco

The Killing Floor
The Killing Floor

2007

as Ms. Alimet