Maxine Stuart

Maxine Stuart (June 28, 1918 – June 6, 2013) was an American actress.

Stuart was born in Deal, New Jersey as Maxine Shlivek, and raised in Manhattan and Lawrence, Nassau County, New York.

Stuart was a life member of The Actors Studio. 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).

On television, she portrayed B.J. Clawson in Slattery's People, Amanda Earp in The Rousters, Ruth Burton in Room for One More, Steve's grandmother in The Pursuit of Happiness, Maureen in Norby, Mrs. Jackson in Margie, and Lenore in Hail to the Chief.

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, Chicago Hope, Judging Amy, NYPD Blue, The Twilight Zone, and Trapper John, M.D., as well as the daytime dramas The Edge of Night, and The Young and the Restless.

She appeared in TV movies such as Goodbye, Raggedy Ann (1971) and The Suicide Club (1974).^{[citation needed]} She appeared in feature films such as The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975), Private Benjamin (1980),^{[citation needed]} Coast to Coast (1980),^{[citation needed]} and Time Share (2000).^{[citation needed]}

Stuart was married to actors Frank Maxwell and later, David Shaw. 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.

Maxine Stuart died June 6, 2013, at her Beverly Hills, California home of natural causes at the age of 94.

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.