Maxine was born in New England, USA and began her career in Summer Stock.
Shamletmarks her return to the King’s Head having appeared most recently in Torch Song Trilogyand One Touch Of Venus.
UK theatre credits include: Mourning Becomes Electra(National Theatre), Grapes And Raisins (Mill at Sonning), Dick Whittingtonand The Cemetery Club(Oldham Coliseum), Talking About Dianaand Sarah And The Sax(King’s Head), The American Clock (York Theatre Royal), Awake (Royal Court Upstairs) and Rumours(English Theatre of Frankfurt). In repertory Maxine’s credits also include The Apple Cart, All My Sons, The Matchmaker, Torch Song Trilogy, Prisoner Of Second Avenue, To Kill A Mockingbird and Come Back To The Five And Dime, Jimmy Dean.
Film and Television credits include The Good Night(due for release Autumn 2006), History Of The Future, Stone In The Road, Do Not Disturb, The House Of Elliot, The Return Of Sam McCloud, Crazy Like A Fox, Hells Bells, Little Shop Of Horrors, Five Girls Of Paris (French television), Goodbye My Love, Hale And Pace and Twilight Of The Gods.She played Monica Lewinsky (aged 55) in BBC2 spoof Clinton: His Struggle With Dirt.
For BBC radio Maxine’s credits include The Archers, Auntie Mame and Peyton Place.