{{short description|American actress (1918-2013)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2017}} {{Infobox person | name = Maxine Stuart | image = Maxine Stuart.jpg | birth_name = Maxine Shlivek | birth_date = {{birth date|mf=y|1918|6|28}} | birth_place = Deal, New Jersey, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2013|6|6|1918|6|28|mf=y}} | death_place = Beverly Hills, California, U.S. | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1937–2003 | spouse = Alfred Gordon (1941–?) (divorced)<br>Frank Maxwell (1949–1963) (divorced) (1 child)<br>David Shaw (1974–2007) (his death) (2 children)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/18/arts/television/maxine-stuart-94-dies-acted-on-stage-film-and-tv.html|title=Maxine Stuart, 94, Dies; Acted on Stage, Film and TV (Published 2013)|first=Margalit|last=Fox|newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 17, 2013}}</ref> | children = 3 }}
'''Maxine Stuart''' (June 28, 1918 – June 6, 2013) was an American actress.
==Biography== Stuart was born in Deal, New Jersey as '''Maxine Shlivek''', and raised in Manhattan and Lawrence, Nassau County, New York.<ref>Fox, Margalit. [https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/18/arts/television/maxine-stuart-94-dies-acted-on-stage-film-and-tv.html "Maxine Stuart, 94, Dies; Acted on Stage, Film and TV"], ''The New York Times'', June 17, 2013. Accessed July 13, 2017. "Maxine Shlivek was born on June 28, 1918, in Deal, N.J., and reared in Lawrence, on Long Island, and Manhattan."</ref>
Stuart was a life member of The Actors Studio.<ref>{{cite book|first=David|last=Garfield|title=A Player's Place: The Story of The Actors Studio|url=https://archive.org/details/playersplacestor00garf|url-access=registration|year=1980|publisher=MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc.|location=New York|isbn=0-02-542650-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/playersplacestor00garf/page/280 280]|chapter=Appendix: Life Members of The Actors Studio as of January 1980}}</ref> Her Broadway credits include ''At War With the Army'' (1949), ''A Goose for the Gander'' (1945), ''Nine Girls'' (1943), ''Ring Two'' (1939), ''Sunup to Sundown'' (1938), and ''Western Waters'' (1937).<ref>{{cite web|title=Maxine Stuart|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/maxine-stuart-61393|website=Internet Broadway Database|publisher=The Broadway League|access-date=19 March 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180319022842/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/maxine-stuart-61393|archive-date=March 19, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
On television, she portrayed B.J. Clawson in ''Slattery's People'',{{r|etvs|page1=980}} Amanda Earp in ''The Rousters'',{{r|etvs|page1=912}} Ruth Burton in ''Room for One More'',{{r|etvs|page1=908-909}} Steve's grandmother in ''The Pursuit of Happiness'',{{r|etvs|page1=865}} Maureen in ''Norby'',{{r|etvs|page1=771}} Mrs. Jackson in ''Margie'',{{r|etvs|page1=655}} and Lenore in ''Hail to the Chief''.<ref name="etvs">{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010|date=2011|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|location=Jefferson, N.C.|isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7|page=425|edition=2nd}}</ref>
She also appeared in numerous other television series, including: Perry Mason Season4/Episode12 "The Case of the Resolute Reformer" as Grace Witt; ''The Donna Reed Show'', ''The Asphalt Jungle'', ''Stoney Burke'', ''The Outer Limits'', ''Mr. Novak'', ''The Partridge Family'', ''The Wonder Years'',<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2013-06-12 |title=PASSINGS: Maxine Stuart |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-passings-20130612-story.html |access-date=2026-05-07 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> ''Chicago Hope'', ''Judging Amy,''<ref name=":0" /> ''NYPD Blue'',<ref name=":0" /> ''The Twilight Zone'',<ref name=":0" /> and ''Trapper John, MD'', as well as the daytime dramas ''The Edge of Night'',<ref name=":0" /> and ''The Young and the Restless''.<ref name=":0" />
She appeared in TV movies such as ''Goodbye, Raggedy Ann'' (1971) and ''The Suicide Club'' (1974).{{Citation needed |date=January 2021}} She appeared in feature films such as ''The Prisoner of Second Avenue'' (1975), ''Private Benjamin'' (1980),{{Citation needed |date=January 2021}} ''Coast to Coast'' (1980),{{Citation needed |date=January 2021}} and ''Time Share'' (2000).{{Citation needed |date=January 2021}}
==Personal life== Stuart was married to actors Frank Maxwell<ref>{{cite book|last1=III|first1=Harris M. Lentz|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2013|date=2014|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786476657|page=361|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LQKhAwAAQBAJ&q=%22Maxine+Shlivek%22&pg=PA361|access-date=19 March 2018|language=en}}</ref> and later, David Shaw.<ref name="t">{{cite news|last1=Dawn|first1=Randee|title=Maxine Stuart, bandaged 'Twilight Zone' patient, soap actress, dies at 94|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/maxine-stuart-bandaged-twilight-zone-patient-soap-actress-dies-94-6C10306979|access-date=19 March 2018|work=Today|date=June 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319022032/https://www.today.com/popculture/maxine-stuart-bandaged-twilight-zone-patient-soap-actress-dies-94-6C10306979|archive-date=19 March 2018}}</ref> She was a friend of writer Helene Hanff and is mentioned in Hanff's book ''84, Charing Cross Road'' and is portrayed by Jean De Baer in the 1987 film of the same name.
==Death== Maxine Stuart died June 6, 2013, at her Beverly Hills, California home of natural causes at the age of 94.<ref>{{cite web|last=Noland|first=Claire|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-maxine-stuart-actress-dies-94-20130611,0,5247989.story|title=Maxine Stuart, veteran actress of stage, film and TV, dies at 94 |work=Los Angeles Times|date=June 11, 2013|access-date=July 4, 2013}}</ref>
==Recognition== For her role in ''The Wonder Years'' in 1989, Stuart was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series.<ref>{{cite web|title=("Maxine Stuart" search results)|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominations/award-search?search_api_views_fulltext=Maxine+Stuart&submit=Search&field_celebrity_details_field_display_name=&field_show_details_field_nominee_show_nr_title=&field_show_details_field_network=All&field_show_details_field_production_company=All&field_nominations_year=1949-01-01+00%3A00%3A00&field_nominations_year_1=2018-01-01+00%3A00%3A00&field_award_category=All|website=Emmy Awards Database|publisher=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences|access-date=19 March 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180319021527/http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominations/award-search?search_api_views_fulltext=Maxine+Stuart&submit=Search&field_celebrity_details_field_display_name=&field_show_details_field_nominee_show_nr_title=&field_show_details_field_network=All&field_show_details_field_production_company=All&field_nominations_year=1949-01-01+00:00:00&field_nominations_year_1=2018-01-01+00:00:00&field_award_category=All|archive-date=March 19, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1959 |''Career'' |Television Agent |Uncredited |- |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 |''{{sortname|The|Lost Man}}'' |Miss Harrison | |- |1970 |''Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came'' |Zelda |also known as ''War Games, Old Soldiers Never'' |- |1971 |''Making It'' |Miss Schneider | |- |1975 |''{{sortname|The|Prisoner of Second Avenue}}'' |Belle | |- |1977 |''Fun with Dick and Jane'' |Charles' Secretary | |- |1980 |''Coast to Coast'' |Sam Klinger | |- |1980 |''Private Benjamin'' |Aunt Betty | |- |1987 |''Like Father Like Son'' |Phyllis, Hammonds' Housekeeper | |- |2000 |''Time Share'' |Ruth Farragher | |- |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1946 |''Sorry, Wrong Number'' | |TV Movie |- |1946 |''NBC Television Theatre'' | |Season 1 Episode 2: "Mr. and Mrs. North" |- |1950 |''Starlight Theatre'' | |Season 1 Episode 6: "The Song the Soldiers Sang" |- |1950–1951 |''Lux Video Theatre'' |Millie / Marcia / Girl |3 episodes |- |1950–1954 |''Robert Montgomery Presents'' |Josie Trent |3 episodes |- |1951 |''Inside Detective'' | |Season 2 Episode 42: "The Knife & the Number" |- |1951–1953 |''{{sortname|The|Philco Television Playhouse}}'' | |5 episodes |- |1952 |''{{sortname|The|Web|The Web (1950 TV series)}}'' | |Season 2 Episode 23: "Friends of the Devil" |- |1952–1953 |''Goodyear Television Playhouse'' | |2 episodes |- |1953 |''Follow Your Heart'' | |Series regular |- |1954 |''Colonel Humphrey Flack'' | |Season 1 Episode 31: "King Hakmir Khan" |- |1954–1955 |''Modern Romances'' | |6 episodes |- |1954–1958 |''Armstrong Circle Theatre'' |Sue Hornmeyer / Mrs. Broggi / Anne |4 episodes |- |1955 |''Studio One'' |Marie Cameron |Season 7 Episode 34: "A Picture in the Paper" |- |1955 |''Kraft Television Theatre'' | |Season 2 Episode 40: "Death Is a Spanish Dancer" |- |1955 |''Norby'' |Maureen |Series regular |- |1955–1957 |''{{sortname|The|Big Story|The Big Story (radio and TV series)}}'' |Mae / Elaine Manners |2 episodes |- |1956 |''General Electric Theater'' |Alice |Season 4 Episode 27: "Easter Gift" |- |1956–1957 |''{{sortname|The|Edge of Night}}'' |Grace O'Keefe |4 episodes |- |1957–1958 |''True Story'' | |2 episodes |- |1959 |''Playhouse 90'' | |Season 3 Episode 21: "The Ding-A-Ling Girl" |- |1960 |''Johnny Staccato'' |Velma Dean |Season 1 Episode 21: "The List of Death" |- |1960 |''Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse'' |Sharley Wynn |Season 2 Episode 14: "The Man in the Funny Suit" |- |1960 |''Bachelor Father'' |Adelaide Mitchell |Season 3 Episode 31: "Bentley and the Travel Agent" |- |1960 |''Adventures in Paradise'' |Harriet Flanders |Season 2 Episode 4: "Away from It All" |- |1960 |''{{sortname|The|Twilight Zone|The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)}}'' |Janet Tyler (under bandages) |Episode: "''Eye of the Beholder''" |- |1960 |''Wanted: Dead or Alive'' |Jane Koster |Season 3 Episode 12: "The Choice" |- |1960–1961 |''{{sortname|The|DuPont Show with June Allyson}}'' |Marion Carter / Agnes McCutcheon |2 episodes |- |1960–1965 |''{{sortname|The|Donna Reed Show}}'' |Ellen Cruikshank / Helena Whitcomb |2 episodes |- |1961 |''Perry Mason'' |Grace Witt |Season 4 Episode 14: "The Case of the Resolute Reformer" |- |1961 |''{{sortname|The|Law and Mr. Jones}}'' |Mary Cole |Season 1 Episode 17: "The End Justifies the End" |- |1961 |''{{sortname|The|Asphalt Jungle|The Asphalt Jungle (TV series)}}'' |Helen Gordon |Season 1 Episode 3: "The Friendly Gesture" |- |1961 |''{{sortname|The|Many Loves of Dobie Gillis}}'' |Mrs. Bean |Season 3 Episode 9: "The Second Most Beautiful Girl in the World" |- |1962 |''Hazel'' |Louise |Season 1 Episode 18: "Hazel's Secret Wish" |- |1962 |''Checkmate'' |Dianne Cartwright |Season 2 Episode 30: "Rendezvous in Washington" |- |1962 |''Target: The Corruptors!'' |Sheila Murray |2 episodes |- |1962 |''Kraft Mystery Theater'' |Jane |Season 2 Episode 1: "In Close Pursuit" |- |1962 |''Room for One More'' |Ruth Burton |Series regular |- |1962 |''{{sortname|The|Lloyd Bridges Show}}'' |Miss Elliott |Season 1 Episode 3: "My Child Is Yet a Stranger" |- |1962–1964 |''{{sortname|The|Eleventh Hour|The Eleventh Hour (1962 TV series)}}'' |Eunice Sanders / Mrs. Henderson |3 episodes |- |1962–1964 |''Dr. Kildare'' |Nurse Mary Ayers / Admitting Nurse / Nurse Lucy Hyde |7 episodes |- |1963 |''Stoney Burke'' |Hilda Pollard |Season 1 Episode 14: "Gold-Plated Maverick" |- |1963 |''{{sortname|The|Outer Limits|The Outer Limits (1963 TV series)}}'' |Mrs. McCluskey |Episode: "''The Man Who Was Never Born''" |- |1963 |''Arrest and Trial'' |May Curtis |Season 1 Episode 9: "Inquest Into a Bleeding Heart" |- |1963–1964 |''Mr. Novak'' |Angie / Miss Gardner |2 episodes |- |1964 |''{{sortname|The|Fugitive|The Fugitive (1963 TV series)}}'' |Mrs. Gaines / Nurse Proctor |2 episodes |- |1964–1965 |''Slattery's People'' |B.J. Clawson |6 episodes |- |1964–1968 |''Peyton Place'' |Mrs. Hewitt |6 episodes |- |1965 |''{{sortname|The|Young Marrieds}}'' |Martha Coleman |16 episodes (Recurring role) |- |1966 |''Please Don't Eat the Daisies'' |Mrs. Cunningham |Season 2 Episode 3: "A-Hunting We Will Go" |- |1966 |''That Girl'' |Manager |Season 1 Episode 14: "Phantom of the Horse Opera" |- |1966–1972 |''{{sortname|The|F.B.I.|The F.B.I. (TV series)}}'' |Mrs. Gennaro / Mrs. Peabody / Mrs. Stone / Bank Employee |4 episodes |- |1967 |''Love on a Rooftop'' |Mrs. Gorman |Season 1 Episode 25: "The Sell Out" |- |1967 |''Get Smart'' |Nurse #1 |Season 2 Episode 29: "A Man Called Smart: Part 2" |- |1968 |''General Hospital'' |Mrs. Dawson |Episode dated 18 December |- |1968 |''Judd for the Defense'' |Myra Jenkins |Season 2 Episode 12: "A Swim with Sharks" |- |1969 |''Bracken's World'' |Inez |Season 1 Episode 10: "Package Deal" |- |1970 |''Room 222'' |Parent |Season 2 Episode 11: "The Valediction" |- |1971 |''Travis Logan, D.A.'' | |TV Movie |- |1971 |''Goodbye, Raggedy Ann'' |Clerk |TV Movie |- |1971 |''Love, American Style'' | |Season 3 Episode 8: "segment: Love and the Sweet Sixteen" |- |1971 |''{{sortname|The|Bold Ones: The Lawyers}}'' |Ellen Morley |Season 3 Episode 6: "Justice Is a Sometime Thing" |- |1972–1974 |''Cannon'' |Etta, Poker Player / Irene |2 episodes |- |1972–1974 |''{{sortname|The|Partridge Family}}'' |Mrs. Damion / Gloria Hoffsteader / Miss Halstead |3 episodes |- |1973 |''{{sortname|The|Wide World of Mystery|nolink=1}}'' |Mrs. Higbee |Season 1 Episode 5: "Suicide Club" |- |1973 |''Barnaby Jones'' |Ida |Season 2 Episode 10: "The Black Art of Dying" |- |1973 |''{{sortname|The|Streets of San Francisco}}'' |Nurse Evans |Season 2 Episode 14: "Most Feared in the Jungle" |- |1974 |''Firehouse'' |Gladys |Season 1 Episode 2: "Sentenced to Burn" |- |1974 |''Hawkins'' |Mrs. Constantine |Season 1 Episode 6: "Murder on the Thirteenth Floor" |- |1974 |''{{sortname|The|Stranger Who Looks Like Me}}'' |Mrs. Weiner |TV Movie |- |1974 |''Tell Me Where It Hurts'' | |TV Movie |- |1974 |''{{sortname|The|Underground Man|The Underground Man (1974 film)}}'' |Librarian |TV Movie |- |1974 |''Fools, Females and Fun'' |Miss Bickley |TV Movie |- |1974 |''{{sortname|The|New Land|The New Land (TV series)}}'' | |Season 1 Episode 4: "The Word Is: Mortal" |- |1974 |''{{sortname|The|Bob Newhart Show}}'' |Mrs. Chaney |Season 3 Episode 7: "Dr. Ryan's Express" |- |1974 |''Amy Prentiss'' |Whitman's Secretary |Season 1 Episode 1: "Baptism of Fire" |- |1975 |''One of Our Own'' |Scotty |TV Movie |- |1975 |''Doctors' Hospital'' |Scotty |2 episodes |- |1975 |''Medical Story'' | |Season 1 Episode 9: "Us Against the World" |- |1976 |''Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II'' |Secretary |Season 1 Episode 2: "Chapter II" |- |1976–1977 |''Executive Suite'' |Marge Newberry |Series regular |- |1976–1979 |''Visions'' |Emily / June |2 episodes |- |1977 |''Hunter'' | |Season 1 Episode 1: "Bluebird Is Back" |- |1977 |''Kill Me If You Can'' |Mrs. Asher |TV Movie |- |1977 |''{{sortname|The|San Pedro Beach Bums}}'' |Ginny |Season 1 Episode 8: "A Bum Thanksgiving" |- |1977–1982 |''Quincy M.E.'' |Judge Daley / Margo Hennessy |2 episodes |- |1979 |''{{sortname|The|Seeding of Sarah Burns|nolink=1}}'' |Flora |TV Movie |- |1979 |''Breaking Up Is Hard to Do'' |Gracie |TV Movie |- |1979 |''{{sortname|The|Associates|The Associates (American TV series)}}'' |Mrs. Milestone |Season 1 Episode 6: "The Deadly Serve" |- |1979–1980 |''Trapper John, M.D.'' |Ms. Langley |3 episodes |- |1981 |''Revenge of the Gray Gang'' |Daisy 'Boots' Duffy |TV Movie |- |1982 |''{{sortname|The|Rules of Marriage|nolink=1}}'' |Ingrid Olsen |TV Movie |- |1982 |''{{sortname|The|Devlin Connection}}'' | |Season 1 Episode 9: "Arsenic and Old Caviar" |- |1983 |''Cagney & Lacey'' |Rose |Season 2 Episode 21: "A Cry for Help" |- |1983 |''Carpool'' |Ruth Grogan |TV Movie |- |1983–1984 |''{{sortname|The|Rousters}}'' |Amanda Earp |Series regular |- |1984 |''Hill Street Blues'' |Mrs. Simmons |Season 5 Episode 5: "Bangladesh Slowly" |- |1985 |''A Reason to Live'' |Fay Stewart |TV Movie |- |1985 |''Hail to the Chief'' |Lenore |4 episodes |- |1987 |''L.A. Law'' |Ellen Pearl |Season 1 Episode 13: "Prince Kuzak in a Can" |- |1987 |''Hooperman'' |Estelle Metzler |Season 1 Episode 1: "Hooperman" |- |1989 |''{{sortname|The|Wonder Years}}'' |Mrs. Carples |Season 2 Episode 7: "Coda" |- |1989 |''Snoops'' |Charlotte Lowell |Season 1 Episode 4: "Mr. Dennis's Neighborhood" |- |1990 |''Doctor Doctor'' |Olivia Judd |Season 3 Episode 2: "Murder, He Wrote" |- |1993 |''Murphy Brown'' |Amy Shoemaker |Season 5 Episode 16: "The Intern" |- |1993–1994 |''Hearts Afire'' |Velma Davis |8 episodes |- |1993–1996 |''{{sortname|The|Young and the Restless}}'' |Margaret Anderson |22 episodes |- |1993–1997 |''NYPD Blue'' |Catherine Kelly / Edith Murphy |2 episodes |- |1994 |''{{sortname|The|Haunting of Seacliff Inn}}'' |Lorraine Adler |TV Movie |- |1995 |''{{sortname|The|Pursuit of Happiness|The Pursuit of Happiness (1995 TV series)}}'' |Eleanor 'Gram' Rutledge |Series regular |- |1996–1997 |''Chicago Hope'' |Harriet Owens |3 episodes |- |1997 |''Murder One'' |Mrs. Gunther |Season 2 Episode 13: "Chapter Thirteen, Year Two" |- |1997 |''Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer'' |Mrs. Gunther |Miniseries<br>6 episodes |- |1998 |''Cybill'' |Grandma Robbins |Season 4 Episode 18: "Whose Wife Am I, Anyway?" |- |1998 |''Nothing Sacred'' |Ellie |Season 1 Episode 20: "Felix Culpa" |- |1999 |''Providence'' |Willa, Teenager's Aunt |2 episodes |- |2002 |''Family Law'' |Angela Dell |Season 3 Episode 20: "Ties That Bind" |- |2003 |''Judging Amy'' |Jane |Season 4 Episode 15: "Maxine Interrupted" |- |}
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0835798}} * {{TV Guide person|3030414543}} * {{IBDB name|61393}} * [http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/maxine-stuart 2004 Stuart's video interview with Archive of American Television]
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