MAXINE ELLIOTT

Photograph of Maxine Elliott as "Sylvia" in the "Two Gentlemen of Verona."

Maxine Elliott, was an American actress, born in 1868. She appeared on stage in New York and London beginning in 1895. After touring Australia with her husband, Nat Goodwin, she returned to America and appeared in a number of new plays. In 1908 Miss Elliott had her own theatre built in New York. Just before World War I Maxinne retired to England. In 1920 she returned to the American stage and became one of the great stars of the American theatre.

Maxine died in 1940.