Roberta Maxwell (Actor)

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(1942 - ) Age 82

Roberta Maxwell was the youngest apprentice actress at the Stratford, Ontario Canada, Shakespearean Festival. She has extensive Broadway experience.

 

 

 

 

 

She appeared in the following 47 episodes of Radio Mystery Theater
Date Episode Title Plot
01/02/1975 0195 The Reluctant Killer A professional football player becomes disillusioned with the brutality of the game and leaves. But his wife and her mother accuse him of domestic violence and send him to prison. He comes back to avenge the injustice.
01/09/1975 0200 Berenice A young man falls in love with his young sister-in-law while his wife lies on her deathbed. The last distressing smile of his wife taunts him day and night, and he goes crazy when he sees the same smile on his new beloved.
01/12/1975 0203 The Cask of Amontillado A young lady is forced to sleep with her husband's greedy and lecherous backer to avert a fiancial disaster. In order to avenge this dishonor, the man extends an irresistible invitation to him.
01/24/1975 0211 The Flowers of Death Dionysus, a god in Greek mythology appears in modern times and charms a young lady living in a suburb. Her husband brings his boss home so he can evaluate them for a promotion. Apart from this, the neighborhood is buzzing about her special talent with flowers.
02/17/1975 0224 The Death Wish A young man asks his friend's son over to visit with him and his family. But the boy turns out to possess wicked powers.
02/28/1975 0231 An Identical Murder Two identical twin brothers are in love with the same woman, but she cares for just one. One brother dies in an accident, and she is doubtful as to which one of the brothers it was.
03/14/1975 0239 The Cezar Curse A man visits a Spanish aristocratic family and falls in love with a woman whose picture hangs on the wall. The woman was wicked in life but it bothers him little as he falls for her daughter who bears an evil curse.
04/25/1975 0263 Till Death Do Us Join Set in old Prussia, this is a truly Gothic tale of romance between an art student and his professor's niece. Fate intervenes when her hand is sold off in marriage with a local wealthy man. But one life isn't enough for eternal lovers, is it?
07/22/1975 0313 The Poisoned Pen When a group of people suddenly perish under after getting a strange missive, the thing that ties their circumstances together is that they each ridiculed a two-bit actress.
01/06/1977 0578 The Man from Ultra Solo Nakeela, an interstellar traveller who cannot know love, accidentally ruins the mind of the great Jeffrey Hale, a talented but fragile young artist. Can he help the young genius regain his sanity in time?
03/14/1977 0616 Look Backward Sometimes A tennis pro plans to flee to Europe after fighting with her husband. Enroute, the plane crashes and she finds that her judge of character serves her well as she and the survivors struggle to survive.
04/12/1977 0633 Man-Sized in Marble Americans on an extended working holiday find that one of them is a part of local prophecy and legend. The woman is linked to a blasphemous act in a cursed church.
04/29/1977 0643 Wuthering Heights The prodigal son returns to the family homestead bent on siezing control from the relatives that treated him poorly as a youth.
05/26/1977 0654 The Countess A French countess recounts her brief attraction to a Spanish prisoner of war and her marriage to a brutal French dignitary.
07/05/1977 0677 Hexed A newlywed is sure that her husband's manservant is trying to put a hex on her because he resents her upsetting the household. She tries to convince her husband to sell their Carribean plantation and move. He wants to stay and solve the mystery.
07/21/1977 0686 Rendezvous with Death A football player with incurable cancer goes mountain climbing and meets a mysterious woman. She provides him love and comfort, but no one else knows she exists.
12/28/1977 0760 The Missouri Kid Based on a real-life incident, this is the true tale of the investigation of the murder of a Pinkerton detective by his brother and another detective as they strive to bring the responsible bank robbers to court.
02/17/1978 0784 The Church of Hell A nasty surprise awaits a couple as they return from their blissful holiday to find their tenant and caretaker killed by supernatural forces. They must fight the forces of Satan to save their home and hearth.
06/12/1978 0849 Alias Mr. Aladdin A scheming woman and her incapable paramour repeatedly attempt to find out her deceased husband's money stash as his best friend tries to impede them.
06/30/1978 0857 The Good Times Express A snow storm in the middle of June forces a tradesman to abandon his flight and catch a train. But he finds himself amid weird fellow travellers journeying to strange places.
12/27/1978 0936 No Way Out An elderly man becomes obsessed with the number 2172 when it repeatedly appears in random patterns during the course of his life. Despite the protests of his nephew's girlfriend of the figure's significance in numerology, his nephew brushes his theories aside.
01/26/1979 0950 The Dominant Personality After their wedding, a city waitress moves to the wilderness to live with her loner husband. A series of murders take place on the nearby property and all clues point to her man.
04/11/1979 0970 The Charnel House To discover the truth about her father's death, a young woman becomes a staff member in the rest home in which he resided. There she uncovers a horrifying and gruesome secret.
05/28/1979 0983 The Outsider After missing his train stop, a man finds himself in a cursed town stuck in 1949; and the townsfolk see him as the messiah who will set them free.
07/30/1979 1001 Relax and Enjoy It An anti-capitalist Latvian faction kidnaps a wealthy businessman in order to gain $10 million in ransom money. In order to liberate himself from their grasp, he must outwit the revolutionaries and turn them against one another.
12/05/1979 1036 Appointment at Sarajevo The sordid past of Archduke Ferdinand and 1914 attempt on his life are narrated by a doctor in this recounting of the history of World War I.
04/16/1980 1077 The Face in the Coffin In a visit to the funeral home to pay their respects to a deceased family member, a young couple unwittingly discover the body of a federal judge in charge of a huge trial for a suspect in an organized crime case. Soon, they are pursued by the felons and must take flight.
05/05/1980 1082 The Inner Eye In an attempt to save his life, a young woman uses the power of post-cognition to follow the actions of her itinerant lover after she calls ends their relationship.
05/26/1980 1088 Phantom World Two British castaways sentenced to hang for treason find love, and a deranged Frenchman on a remote island!
05/28/1980 1089 The Bluff In a high stakes game of blind man's bluff, a retired police detective uses himself as bait to lure out the man who blinded him to exact revenge for ruining his life.
06/11/1980 1093 Legacy of Guilt After moving an antique piece down from the attic, a pregnant woman becomes plagued with ghostly visits. Soon, the spectre reveals a horrifying tale about the house's previous owner's and implores the woman to help her recover her lost child.
02/09/1981 1157 Transplant When a local surgeon performs open heart surgery on their husbands, a group of wives are disturbed by the changes in they begin to manifest. Problems crop up when they look into the mystery.
04/22/1981 1188 The Terrifying Gift After wandering into the den of a fortune teller, she is surprised by the woman's claims that she is her long lost granddaughter. With her dying breath the mystic gives her the ability to predict the future. She soon comes to realize that the gift comes with a heavy price.
05/25/1981 1202 The Innocent Face After falling head-over-heels in love with a smooth-talking professional con man after moving to California, a plain Jane from Arkansas unknowingly smuggles diamonds across the border for him.
06/10/1981 1209 Second Look at Murder The death of Lizzie Borden becomes the main focus of a Boston journalist's attentions as she seeks to recreate the events around them.
06/17/1981 1212 The Final Step In order to avenge her family, a holocaust survivor stalks the doctor responsible for their deaths in a concentration camp in Auschwitz.
07/20/1981 1223 The Eye of the Idol After losing his wealth as well as his lover after suffering terribly bad luck, a compulsive gambler receives a secret charm from his guardian angel. With the Eye of the Idol, the man is graced with an impressive winning streak but is disturbed by the hollowness of his victories.
07/27/1981 1226 The Silver Medal A woman revisits the icy slope where she lost her husband years before during their honeymoon.
08/05/1981 1230 The Orphaned Heart A drunk-driving accident causes a woman to lose the use of her limbs. Her fiance is guilt-stricken and decides to push through with their wedding. Determined to set things right, his paraplegic wife concocts the perfect plan to set him free from their sham marriage.
08/10/1981 1232 Hostage to Terror In order to ensure the safety of her husband, a woman must smuggle a bomb into Israel in cooperation with the terrorists that took them hostage.
09/14/1981 1242 Flower of Evil A mail-order-bride learns is met by a father and son tandem. When it is revealed that she is to be married to the grizzled old prospector instead of his strapping young son, chaos ensues.
10/16/1981 1251 J'Accuse After being accused of treason, a French officer is exiled to Devil 's Island despite his professed innocence. An ambitious reporter exposes the story and spearheads a national campaign to liberate him.
11/06/1981 1257 The Rescue A Jewish fugitive escapes Vichy France in a beat-up aircraft together with a crippled flight instructor.
06/14/1982 1338 The Woman Who Wanted to Live A young blonde witnesses the escape of a convicted felon from a maximum-security prison and the brutal slaying of a guard. When the killer attempts to silence her, she manages to convince him to take her along as a companion instead.
06/25/1982 1343 Don't Kill Me In order to marry her husband's wealthy compatriot, a woman allows her elderly husband to die from sickness. The man comes back to haunt her.
07/05/1982 1347 The Romance of Mary Oates After finally finding the man of her dreams, a 40-year old spinster discovers that she has gotten more than she bargained for in her new lover.
07/27/1982 1355 Adolph and Eva The beautiful Eva Braun recounts the last days in her life with the feared and hated Adolf Hitler.


4 Responses to Maxwell Roberta

Ms. Maxwell is a true gem! I have been privileged to see her off and on Broadway as well as at the Stratford Festival in Stratford, Ontario, Canada several times. She is one of those truly humble people who you love to watch because this craft comes so easily to her. Check out the Canadian movie "Scar Tissue" (about Alzheimer's Disease) which she made with her CBSRMT "buddy" Paul Hecht. I show it to my Psychology classes to clearly illustrate the disease.

Lori

Roberta Maxwell has a Beautiful, Wonderful Voice and is a Great Radio Actress! She is in some of my favorite CBS Radio Mystery Theater Episodes, Such as "Man Sized Marble", and "The Innocent Face" and "Silver Medal" and "The Woman who Wanted to Live" and "Cezar Curse" and "Romance of Mary Oates"- You are Great, Roberta Maxwell!!!

Melanie

I almost feel guilty for saying something negative. That said, although I agree that her voice is quite pleasant, I'm just not impressed with her acting. I can’t even put my finger on it. I’ve listened to several of her performances and each time I find her underwhelming.

Anastasia

I like her. I think she's great as an actress.

Greg


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