Roberta Maxwell

Roberta Maxwell is an actress who has had a long and historic international career. Her Off Broadway credits include:A WHISTLE IN THE DARK (1969 OBIE Award), SLAG (1971 Drama Desk Award), ASHES (1977 OBIE Award),LYDIE BREEZE (1982), OUR TOWN (1989), SUMMER AND SMOKE (1996), THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN (1998), JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK (2000), THE CARPETBAGGER’S CHILDREN (2002), RICHARD III (2004 & 2007), THE MADRAS HOUSE (2007), WOMEN BEWARE WOMEN (2009), TOP SECRET: THE BATTLE FOR THE PENTAGON PAPERS (2010), THE CHERRY ORCHARD (2011), THREE SISTERS (2011), IVANOV (2012), THE MISER (2012), THE FILM SOCIETY (2013), HELLMAN V. MCCARTHY (2014), and THE GABRIELS: ELECTION YEAR IN THE LIFE OF ONE FAMILY (2016).

Born in Toronto, Canada in 1942, Maxwell got her acting start playing a blackbird in kindergarten. Growing up and moving from school to school she developed the ability to perform and entertain her class. When she was 13, she landed a television role opposite Robert Goulet and began her professional acting career. She would go on to train and perform with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, eventually making her way to New York with many places and performances in between. Maxwell’s selected Broadway credits include: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Othello, Equus, Our Town, and Summer and Smoke. Her selected films credits include: Popeye, Dead Man Walking, Brokeback Mountain, and Hungry Hearts.

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