Roberta Maxwell

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1941-06-17 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

Toronto, Canada

Roberta Maxwell

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 Mor...

Acting

1995

Dead Man Walking

as Lucille Poncelet

1980

Popeye

as Nana Oyl

1993

Philadelphia

as Judge Tate

1986

Psycho III

as Tracy Venable

2007

The Killing Floor

as Ms. Alimet

1997

The Postman

as Irene March

1980

The Changeling

as Eva Lingstrom

1997

Fall

as Joan Alterman

1998

Last Night

as Mrs. Wheeler

2000

The Dinosaur Hunter

as Adult Julia

1983

Special Bulletin

as Diane Silverman

2006

1979

Rich Kids

as Barbara Peterfreund

1979

1997

When Innocence Is Lost

as Cynthia Adams

2015

1974

A Touch of the Poet

as Sara Melody

2001

Full Disclosure

as Sarah Archer

1999

Shadow Lake

as Louise Garvey

1989

Our Town

as Mrs. Webb

2006

1996

Mistrial

as Judge Friel

1983

As You Like It

as Rosalind

2016

Unearthing

as Mary Hart

1999

Water Damage

as Dr. Winston

1982

The Tale of the Frog Prince

as Queen Beatrice / Griselda

1982

1999

Life in a Day

as Carla Jennings

2015

2005

Brokeback Mountain

as Jack's Mother

2014

What We Have

as Rosemary

2020

Percy

as Louise Schmeiser

2004

1987

The Ten-Year Lunch

as Dorothy Parker (voice)

2001

2005

Vinegar Hill

as Ellen's Mother

2017

Gwendolyn Green

as Gwendolyn Green

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