Maxine Stuart, bandaged 'Twilight Zone' patient, soap actress, dies at 94
She was not on the list.
Maxine Stuart, an actress in film, TV and on stage whose decades-long career included a starring role in one of "The Twilight Zone's" most memorable episodes, has died at 94.
Her daughter, Chris Ann Maxwell, reported her June 6 death of natural causes in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Stuart started out as a New York theater actress, but became largely known through her television work and appearances in TV anthologies like "Zone." After appearing in the soap opera "The Edge of Night," she shifted to Los Angeles and appeared in the 1960 "Zone" episode "Eye of the Beholder." In that episode, she spent the entire time with her head wrapped in bandages. When her character was revealed at the end as a failed post-surgical patient, another actress gave a face to the patient.
Born Maxine Shlivek in 1918 in New Jersey, Stuart was first married to fellow actor Frank Maxwell, and later married Tony-winning writer David Shaw, who died in 2007.
Stuart's later years as an actress earned her a 1989 Emmy nomination for her guest role as piano teacher Mrs. Carples on "The Wonder Years," and she also appeared in episodes of "Murphy Brown," "NYPD Blue," Judging Amy" and "Chicago Hope." Her soap career didn't end with "Night"; she had runs on "Peyton Place," "General Hospital" and "The Young and the Restless."
"She epitomized what I wanted -- someone who brought a feistiness, a vitality and energy with her, who's gregarious and fun-loving," "Y&R" show creator William Bell told The Los Angeles Times in 1993.
Also in the Times, Stuart then noted: "When you're 20, you think, 'Oh, my God, if I ever get to be 30, I'll be so old.' But when you get to be this age, if you don't look in the mirror -- or see yourself on TV -- you don't know."
Actress (125 credits)
2003 Judging Amy (TV Series)
Jane
- Maxine Interrupted (2003) ... Jane
2002 Family Law (TV Series)
Angela Dell
- Ties That Bind (2002) ... Angela Dell
2000 Time Share
Ruth Farragher
1999 Providence (TV Series)
Willa / Willa, Teenager's Aunt
- Family Tree (1999) ... Willa
- Saint Syd (1999) ... Willa, Teenager's Aunt
1998 Nothing Sacred (TV Series)
Ellie
- Felix Culpa (1998) ... Ellie
1998 Cybill (TV Series)
Grandma Robbins
- Whose Wife Am I, Anyway? (1998) ... Grandma Robbins
1997 Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer (TV Mini Series)
Mrs. Gunther
- Episode #1.4 (1997) ... Mrs. Gunther
- Episode #1.3 (1997) ... Mrs. Gunther
- Episode #1.5 (1997) ... Mrs. Gunther
- Episode #1.2 (1997) ... Mrs. Gunther
- Episode #1.6 (1997) ... Mrs. Gunther
1997 Murder One (TV Series)
Mrs. Gunther
- Chapter Thirteen, Year Two (1997) ... Mrs. Gunther
1996-1997 Chicago Hope (TV Series)
Harriet Owens
- Love on the Rocks (1997) ... Harriet Owens
- Mother, May I? (1997) ... Harriet Owens
- A Time to Kill (1996) ... Harriet Owens
1993-1997 NYPD Blue (TV Series)
Edith Murphy / Catherine Kelly
- A Remington Original (1997) ... Edith Murphy
- From Hare to Eternity (1993) ... Catherine Kelly
1993-1996 The Young and the Restless (TV Series)
Margaret / Margaret Anderson / Margareth Anderson
- Episode #1.5929 (1996) ... Margaret
- Episode #1.5223 (1993) ... Margaret
- Episode #1.5222 (1993) ... Margaret
- Episode #1.5212 (1993) ... Margaret
- Episode #1.5211 (1993) ... Margaret
1995 The Pursuit of Happiness (TV Series)
Eleanor 'Gram' Rutledge
- The Transference (1995) ... Eleanor 'Gram' Rutledge
- Just a Dream (1995) ... Eleanor 'Gram' Rutledge
- Losing It (1995) ... Eleanor 'Gram' Rutledge
- New Guy in Town (1995) ... Eleanor 'Gram' Rutledge
- Wedding Dates (1995) ... Eleanor 'Gram' Rutledge
1993-1994 Hearts Afire (TV Series)
Velma Davis
- The Perfect Christmas (1994) ... Velma Davis
- Don't Say Nothin' Bad About My Baby (1994) ... Velma Davis
- Love in the Afternoon (1994) ... Velma Davis
- Blue Christmas (1993) ... Velma Davis
- The Great Depression (1993) ... Velma Davis
1994 The Haunting of Seacliff Inn (TV Movie)
Lorraine Adler
1993 Murphy Brown (TV Series)
Amy Shoemaker
- The Intern (1993) ... Amy Shoemaker
1990 Doctor Doctor (TV Series)
Olivia Judd
- Murder, He Wrote (1990) ... Olivia Judd
1989 Snoops (TV Series)
Charlotte Lowell
- Mr. Dennis' Neighborhood (1989) ... Charlotte Lowell
1989 The Wonder Years (TV Series)
Mrs. Carples
- Coda (1989) ... Mrs. Carples
1987 Like Father Like Son
Phyllis
1987 Hooperman (TV Series)
Estelle Metzler
- Hooperman (1987) ... Estelle Metzler
1987 L.A. Law (TV Series)
Ellen Pearl
- Prince Kuzak in a Can (1987) ... Ellen Pearl
1985 Hail to the Chief (TV Series)
Lenore
- Episode #1.7 (1985) ... Lenore
- Episode #1.6 (1985) ... Lenore
- Pilot (1985) ... Lenore
1985 A Reason to Live (TV Movie)
Fay Stewart
1984 Hill Street Blues (TV Series)
Mrs. Simmons
- Bangladesh Slowly (1984) ... Mrs. Simmons
1983-1984 The Rousters (TV Series)
Amanda Earp
- Wyatt Earp to the Rescue (1984) ... Amanda Earp
- This Town Ain't Big Enough for the Twelve of Us (1984) ... Amanda Earp
- Cold Streak (1984) ... Amanda Earp
- Snake Eyes (1984) ... Amanda Earp
- Slade vs. Slade (1984) ... Amanda Earp
1983 Carpool (TV Movie)
Ruth Grogan
1983 Cagney & Lacey (TV Series)
Rose
- A Cry for Help (1983) ... Rose
1977-1982 Quincy M.E. (TV Series)
Margo Hennessy / Judge Daley
- Dying for a Drink (1982) ... Margo Hennessy
- The Hero Syndrome (1977) ... Judge Daley
1982 The Rules of Marriage (TV Movie)
Ingrid Olsen
1981 Revenge of the Gray Gang (TV Movie)
Daisy 'Boots' Duffy
1980 Private Benjamin
Aunt Betty
1980 Coast to Coast
Sam Klinger
1979-1980 Trapper John, M.D. (TV Series)
Ms. Langley
- It's a Wise Surgeon (1980) ... Ms. Langley
- Strike! (1980) ... Ms. Langley
- The Shattered Image (1979) ... Ms. Langley
1979 The Associates (TV Series)
Mrs. Milestone
- The Deadly Serve (1979) ... Mrs. Milestone
1979 Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (TV Movie)
Gracie
1979 The Seeding of Sarah Burns (TV Movie)
Flora
1976-1979 Visions (TV Series)
June / Emily
- Ladies in Waiting (1979) ... June
- The War Widow (1976) ... Emily
1977 The San Pedro Beach Bums (TV Series)
Ginny
- A Bum Thanksgiving (1977) ... Ginny
1977 Kill Me If You Can (TV Movie)
Mrs. Asher
1977 Hunter (TV Series)
- Bluebird Is Back (1977)
1976-1977 Executive Suite (TV Series)
Marge Newberry
- Re: Aftermath of a Tragedy (1977) ... Marge Newberry
- Re: Passionate Journey (1977) ... Marge Newberry
- Re: The Rules of Seduction (1977) ... Marge Newberry
- Re: The Woman Inside (1977) ... Marge Newberry
- Re: Kin Less Than Kind (1977) ... Marge Newberry
1977 Fun with Dick and Jane
Charles' Secretary
1976 Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (TV Series)
Secretary
- Chapter II (1976) ... Secretary
1975 Medical Story (TV Series)
- Us Against the World (1975)
1975 Doctors' Hospital (TV Series)
Scotty
- Vital Signs (1975) ... Scotty
- Come at Last to Love (1975) ... Scotty
1975 One of Our Own (TV Movie)
Scotty
1975 The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Belle
1974 Amy Prentiss (TV Series)
Whitman's Secretary
- Baptism of Fire (1974) ... Whitman's Secretary
1974 The Bob Newhart Show (TV Series)
Mrs. Chaney
- Dr. Ryan's Express (1974) ... Mrs. Chaney
1974 The New Land (TV Series)
- The Word Is: Mortal (1974)
1974 Fools, Females and Fun (TV Movie)
Miss Bickley
1974 The Underground Man (TV Movie)
Librarian
1974 The Wide World of Mystery (TV Series) Suicide Club (TV Movie)
1974 Tell Me Where It Hurts (TV Movie)
1974 The Stranger Who Looks Like Me (TV Movie)
Mrs. Weiner
1972-1974 The Partridge Family (TV Series)
Miss Halstead / Gloria Hoffsteader / Mrs. Damion
- Miss Partridge, Teacher (1974) ... Miss Halstead
- For Sale by Owner (1972) ... Gloria Hoffsteader
- I Am Curious Partridge (1972) ... Mrs. Damion
1972-1974 Cannon (TV Series)
Irene / Etta, Poker Player
- Where's Jennifer? (1974) ... Irene
- Nobody Beats the House (1972) ... Etta, Poker Player
1974 Hawkins (TV Series)
Mrs. Constantine
- Murder on the Thirteenth Floor (1974) ... Mrs. Constantine
1973 The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series)
Nurse Evans
- Most Feared in the Jungle (1973) ... Nurse Evans
1973 Barnaby Jones (TV Series)
Ida
- The Black Art of Dying (1973) ... Ida
1966-1972 The F.B.I. (TV Series)
Mrs. Stone / Mrs. Peabody / Mrs. Gennaro
- The Wizard (1972)
- The Inside Man (1969) ... Mrs. Stone
- Caesar's Wife (1969) ... Mrs. Peabody
- Collision Course (1966) ... Mrs. Gennaro
1971 The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (TV Series)
Ellen Morley
- Justice Is a Sometime Thing (1971) ... Ellen Morley
1971 Love, American Style (TV Series) (segment "Love and the Sweet Sixteen")
- Love and the Married Bachelor/Love and the Sweet Sixteen/Love and the Vacation/Love and the Well-Groomed Bride (1971) ... (segment "Love and the Sweet Sixteen")
1971 Goodbye, Raggedy Ann (TV Movie)
Clerk
1971 Making It
Miss Schneider
1971 Travis Logan, D.A. (TV Movie)
1970 Room 222 (TV Series)
Parent
- The Valediction (1970) ... Parent
1970 Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came
Zelda
1969 Bracken's World (TV Series)
Inez
- Package Deal (1969) ... Inez
1969 The Lost Man
Miss Harrison
1969 Winning
Miss Redburne's Mother (uncredited)
1968 Judd for the Defense (TV Series)
Myra Jenkins
- A Swim with Sharks (1968) ... Myra Jenkins
1968 General Hospital (TV Series)
Mrs. Dawson
- Episode dated 18 December 1968 (1968) ... Mrs. Dawson
1964-1968 Peyton Place (TV Series)
Mrs. Hewitt
- Episode #4.36 (1968) ... Mrs. Hewitt (uncredited)
- Episode #4.28 (1967) ... Mrs. Hewitt
- Episode #2.146 (1966) ... Mrs. Hewitt (uncredited)
- Episode #2.137 (1966) ... Mrs. Hewitt
- Episode #1.35 (1965) ... Mrs. Hewitt (uncredited)
1967 Get Smart (TV Series)
Nurse #1
- A Man Called Smart: Part 2 (1967) ... Nurse #1
1967 Love on a Rooftop (TV Series)
Mrs. Gorman
- The Sell Out (1967) ... Mrs. Gorman
1966 That Girl (TV Series)
Manager
- Phantom of the Horse Opera (1966) ... Manager
1966 Please Don't Eat the Daisies (TV Series)
Mrs. Cunningham
- A-Hunting We Will Go (1966) ... Mrs. Cunningham
1965 The Young Marrieds (TV Series)
Martha Coleman
- Episode #1.293 (1965) ... Martha Coleman
- Episode #1.285 (1965) ... Martha Coleman
- Episode #1.283 (1965) ... Martha Coleman
- Episode #1.263 (1965) ... Martha Coleman
- Episode #1.259 (1965) ... Martha Coleman
1960-1965 The Donna Reed Show (TV Series)
Helena Whitcomb / Ellen Cruikshank
- Trees (1965) ... Helena Whitcomb
- Never Marry a Doctor (1960) ... Ellen Cruikshank
1964-1965 Slattery's People (TV Series)
B.J. Clawson / B. J. Clawson
- Question: When Do We Hang the Good Samaritan? (1965) ... B.J. Clawson
- Question: What Did You Do All Day, Mr. Slattery? (1965) ... B.J. Clawson
- Question: Do the Ignorant Sleep in Pure White Beds? (1964) ... B. J. Clawson
- Question: What Is Truth? (1964) ... B.J. Clawson
1964 Dear Heart
Rita
1964 The Fugitive (TV Series)
Nurse Proctor / Mrs. Gaines
- Escape into Black (1964) ... Nurse Proctor
- Where the Action Is (1964) ... Mrs. Gaines
1964 Kitten with a Whip
Peggy
1963-1964 Mr. Novak (TV Series)
Miss Gardner / Angie
- Moonlighting (1964) ... Miss Gardner
- A Thousand Voices (1963) ... Angie
1962-1964 Dr. Kildare (TV Series)
Nurse Mary Ayers / Nurse Lucy Hyde / Admitting Nurse
- Night of the Beast (1964) ... Nurse Mary Ayers
- The Backslider (1963) ... Nurse Mary Ayers
- A Game for Three (1963) ... Nurse Lucy Hyde
- The Gift of the Koodjanuk (1963) ... Admitting Nurse
- Breakdown (1962) ... Nurse Mary Ayers
1962-1964 The Eleventh Hour (TV Series)
Mrs. Henderson / Eunice Sanders
- Does My Mother Have to Know?: Part 2 (1964) ... Mrs. Henderson
- Does My Mother Have to Know?: Part 1 (1964) ... Mrs. Henderson
- Of Roses and Nightingales and Other Lovely Things (1962) ... Eunice Sanders
1963 Arrest and Trial (TV Series)
May Curtis
- Inquest Into a Bleeding Heart (1963) ... May Curtis
1963 The Outer Limits (TV Series)
Mrs. McCluskey
- The Man Who Was Never Born (1963) ... Mrs. McCluskey
1963 Stoney Burke (TV Series)
Hilda Pollard
- Gold-Plated Maverick (1963) ... Hilda Pollard
1962 Days of Wine and Roses
Dottie
1962 The Lloyd Bridges Show (TV Series)
Miss Elliott
- My Child Is Yet a Stranger (1962) ... Miss Elliott
1962 Room for One More (TV Series)
Ruth Burton
- Son of a Boss (1962) ... Ruth Burton
- Ribbins and Beaus (1962) ... Ruth Burton
- Bonjour, Rose Family (1962) ... Ruth Burton
- Happiness Is Just a State of Mind (1962) ... Ruth Burton
- Out at Home (1962) ... Ruth Burton
1962 Kraft Mystery Theater (TV Series)
Jane
- In Close Pursuit (1962) ... Jane
1962 Target: The Corruptors! (TV Series)
Sheila Murray
- The Organizers: Part 2 (1962) ... Sheila Murray
- The Organizers: Part 1 (1962) ... Sheila Murray
1962 Checkmate (TV Series)
Dianne Cartwright
- Rendezvous in Washington (1962) ... Dianne Cartwright
1962 Hazel (TV Series)
Louise
- Hazel's Secret Wish (1962) ... Louise
1961 The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (TV Series)
Mrs. Bean
- The Second Most Beautiful Girl in the World (1961) ... Mrs. Bean
1961 The Asphalt Jungle (TV Series)
Helen Gordon
- The Friendly Gesture (1961) ... Helen Gordon
1961 The Law and Mr. Jones (TV Series)
Mary Cole
- The End Justifies the End (1961) ... Mary Cole
1960-1961 The DuPont Show with June Allyson (TV Series)
Agnes McCutcheon / Marion Carter
- The Guilty Heart (1961) ... Agnes McCutcheon
- The Dance Man (1960) ... Marion Carter
1961 Perry Mason (TV Series)
Grace Witt
- The Case of the Resolute Reformer (1961) ... Grace Witt
1960 Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV Series)
Jane Koster
- The Choice (1960) ... Jane Koster
1960 The Twilight Zone (TV Series)
Janet Tyler (under bandages)
- Eye of the Beholder (1960) ... Janet Tyler (under bandages)
1960 Adventures in Paradise (TV Series)
Harriet Flanders
- Away from It All (1960) ... Harriet Flanders
1960 Bachelor Father (TV Series)
Adelaide Mitchell
- Bentley and the Travel Agent (1960) ... Adelaide Mitchell
1960 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV Series)
Sharley Wynn
- The Man in the Funny Suit (1960) ... Sharley Wynn
1960 Johnny Staccato (TV Series)
Velma Dean
- The List of Death (1960) ... Velma Dean
1959 Career
Television Agent (uncredited)
1959 Playhouse 90 (TV Series)
- The Ding-A-Ling Girl (1959)
1954-1958 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV Series)
Anne / Mrs. Broggi / Sue Hornmeyer
- The Trusted Thief (1958)
- Divorcees Anonymous (1957) ... Anne
- The Town That Refused to Die (1955) ... Mrs. Broggi
- The Beautiful Wife (1954) ... Sue Hornmeyer
1956-1957 The Edge of Night (TV Series)
Grace O'Keefe
- Episode #1.254 (1957) ... Grace O'Keefe (credit only)
- Episode #1.249 (1957) ... Grace O'Keefe (credit only)
- Episode #1.2 (1956) ... Grace O'Keefe
- Episode #1.1 (1956) ... Grace O'Keefe
1955-1957 The Big Story (TV Series)
Elaine Manners / Mae
- Checkmate (1957) ... Elaine Manners
- Kenneth H. Alstead of the Tucson Daily Citizen (1955) ... Mae
1956 General Electric Theater (TV Series)
Alice
- Easter Gift (1956) ... Alice
1955 Norby (TV Series)
Maureen
- The Quiet War (1955) ... Maureen
- The Boss and the Lady (1955) ... Maureen
- Dorcus' Dilemma (1955) ... Maureen
- Episode #1.9 (1955) ... Maureen
- Episode #1.11 (1955) ... Maureen
1955 Modern Romances (TV Series)
- Episode dated 21 October 1955 (1955)
- Episode dated 20 October 1955 (1955)
- Episode dated 19 October 1955 (1955)
- Episode dated 18 October 1955 (1955)
- Episode dated 17 October 1955 (1955)
1955 Ponds Theater (TV Series)
- Death Is a Spanish Dancer (1955)
1955 Studio One (TV Series)
Marie Cameron
- A Picture in the Paper (1955) ... Marie Cameron
1950-1954 Robert Montgomery Presents (TV Series)
Josie Trent
- Richard Said No (1954)
- The Woman Who Hated Children (1953)
- The Awful Truth (1950) ... Josie Trent
1953 Follow Your Heart (TV Series)
- Episode #1.111 (1953)
- Episode #1.110 (1953)
- Episode #1.109 (1953)
- Episode #1.108 (1953)
- Episode #1.106 (1953)
1951-1953 The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series)
- The Glorification of Al Toolum (1953)
- A Little Something in Reserve (1953)
- Marcia Akers (1951)
- The Fast Dollar (1951)
- The Lost Diplomat (1951)
1952-1953 Goodyear Playhouse (TV Series)
- Nothing to Sneeze At (1953)
- Tour of Duty (1952)
1950-1951 Lux Video Theatre (TV Series)
Girl / Marcia / Millie
- No Will of His Own (1951) ... Girl
- Not Guilty - Of Much (1951) ... Marcia
- Mine to Have (1950) ... Millie
1946 NBC Television Theatre (TV Series)
- Mr. and Mrs. North (1946)
1946 Sorry, Wrong Number (TV Movie)
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