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Maxine Elliott was born in Maine and made her stage debut in 1889. In 1895 she joined the New
York City company of Augustin Daly and appeared in two Shakespeare plays: The Two Gentlemen
of Verona and A Midsummer Night's Dream. In London with Daly in 1895 she again played in Two
Gentlemen and she took the part of Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream. She left Daly's company in 1896 and toured Australia for a few years. She played Portia in The Merchant of Venice in 1901 and then in 1908 opened her own theatre--The Maxine Elliott Theatre--in New York City where she both managed and acted in a number of leading parts. She also appeared in two films, one in 1917 and the other in 1919. |