Maxine Stuart

Actress

"Live television was a little bit like you were on a sleigh on a snow hill and somebody pushed you and you went down. It really felt like that because you did the whole play and there was no stopping, you just did it. Bang, and you went! It was frightening and exhilarating. It was great."

About This Interview

Maxine Stuart was interviewed for nearly one hour in Beverly Hills, CA. Stuart talked about her formative years in theater and her appearances in "live" television on early dramatic productions for NBC, including an experimental show in 1939. She spoke in detail about her noteworthy appearance, as the woman wrapped in bandages, in the classic Twilight Zone episode "Eye of the Beholder." She talked about working with Jack Lemmon in the feature film Days of Wine and Roses. Additionally, she spoke briefly about her work in several filmed television series such as Slattery's People, for which she was a regular, and The Wonder Years , for which she received a guest actress Emmy nomination. B-roll consisted of a program and a still photo from Stuart's early theater career. The interview was conducted by Gary Rutkowski on August 31, 2004.

Highlights

Interview

Shows

People

Douglas Heyes
- Actress Maxine Stuart on working with director Douglas Heyes on The Twilight Zone: "Eye of the Beholder"
  Clip begins at: 26:31, Duration: 00m 41s

Topics

Pop Culture > Classic TV series episodes > Drama
- Actress Maxine Stuart on [SPOILER ALERT!] The Twilight Zone: "Eye of the Beholder" and the irony in the show's casting, considering the show's message about conformity
  Clip begins at: 22:38, Duration: 02m 19s

Professions

Performers > Actress
- Actress Maxine Stuart on performing under bandages, her face entirely obscured, for the classic Twilight Zone episode "Eye of the Beholder"
  Clip begins at: 24:58, Duration: 01m 32s

Submitted by Russ on Thu, 2012-03-22 20:35.

Yes, she is adorable and her inability to reply to the question of how she'd want to be remembered shows the humility that actors today do not posess.

Submitted by dnsmithnc on Tue, 2011-07-05 00:38.

@naeema that was Donna Douglas. Maxine Stuart provided only the voice.

Submitted by funkietops on Thu, 2011-03-10 15:45.

I loved her character Louise on the Hazel episode#18 of the 1st season and the comment she makes about a Mrs Forbes-Craigie and a Brookeline Burke !!!

Submitted by TeddGCM on Sun, 2011-01-09 14:22.

Eye of the Beholder was my all time favorite Twilight Zone episode.

Submitted by NYRADFilms on Mon, 2011-01-03 21:54.

@elmolewis1 She was the one in the bandages. The one whose voice we hear throughout. The lady at the end was played by model/actress Donna Douglas, better known as Ellie May Clampett from "The Beverly Hillbillies."

Submitted by earlymusicus on Mon, 2010-10-11 03:19.

She was Helene Hanff's best friend. Wouldn't it have been great if Helene had still been around to be in this interview? Wow. They knew the theatre when it was the theatre - when one of the biggest events in NYC was any new Broadway show.

Submitted by irishgeal1 on Thu, 2010-09-23 15:12.

a class lady, not like the arrogant false type of today.

Submitted by elmolewis1 on Tue, 2010-09-14 22:27.

Was she the woman wrapped in the bandages? Because the the episode "Eye of the Beholder" they used two different woman. ONe wrapped in bandages and the one at the end after the bandages were removed.

Submitted by devosooner on Mon, 2010-08-16 04:12.

looks like she had a left side stroke?

Submitted by xoSushi on Fri, 2010-08-06 20:39.

Ahhh, she's adorable!

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