Maxine Stuart

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