Maxine Elliott Hicks

For the actress born in 1868, see Maxine Elliott.

Maxine Elliott Hicks (October 5, 1904 – January 10, 2000) was an American actress.

Maxine Elliott Hicks
Born	October 5, 1904 Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Died	January 10, 2000(2000-01-10) (aged 95) San Clemente, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1914–1994

Life and career

Maxine Elliott Hicks was born on October 5, 1904,^[1] in Denver, Colorado to George W. and Margaret Hicks. She began acting on the stage from the age of 5. As Maxine Hicks, she was a starlet of the silent film era, with over 200 credited and uncredited roles between 1914 and 1937.^{[citation needed]} Hicks's film debut was in The Crimson Dove (1917), although one source reported that she was an extra in a 1914 film.^[2] She appeared as Felice, the daughter of Ethel Barrymore's character in the 1917 version of The Eternal Mother, and the nemesis Susie May Squoggs in The Poor Little Rich Girl.

Hicks successfully made the transition from silents into talking pictures but left acting in 1937 when she and her mother got into a dispute with Jack Warner, the head of Warner Bros. studio.^{[citation needed]}

After a decades-long hiatus, she returned to acting in 1976 as Maxine Elliott, playing character parts in television shows such as All in the Family and had a recurring role in Just the Ten of Us. She also appeared in commercials and movies, including Defending Your Life.

Hicks was married to Frank Dodge from 1938 to 1948.^{[citation needed]}

Death

Hicks died at the age of 95 on January 10, 2000, in San Clemente, California. She was survived by three sons, seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.^[3][4] Her ashes are at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Hollywood Hills, California.^[1]

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Role	Note
1992	Beethoven	Old Woman
1991	The Linguini Incident	Old Woman
	Defending Your Life	Elderly Woman on Tram
1990	Nerds of a Feather	150-year-old woman
1989	Wicked Stepmother	Mathilda
1984	Hollywood Hot Tubs	Sylvia
1937	The Toast of New York	Mother	uncredited
1936	Ladies in Love	Girl in Audience	uncredited
	Private Number	Olga
1934	One Hour Late	Elsie Kelsey	uncredited
	The Old Fashioned Way	Waitress	uncredited
1929	Navy Blues	Girl in Sweatshop	uncredited
1925	Enticement	Olicw Merley
	The Thundering Herd	Sally Hudnall
1924	The Age of Innocence
	Lover's Lane	Simplicity
	Babbitt	Verona Babbitt
	Happiness
	Through the Dark
1923	Reno	Mattie Hake
	Woman-Proof
	The Midnight Alarm	Aggie
	East Side - West Side	Kit Lamson
1921	First Love	Speeder
	Nobody's Kid	Pinky Moore
1920	The Gilded Dream	Hicks
	The County Fair
	Double Speed
1919	The Right to Happiness	Undetermined Role
	An Innocent Adventuress
1918	Neighbors	Effie Harding
1917	The Poor Little Rich Girl	Susie May Squoggs
	The Crimson Dove	Minnie Zugg
	Mary Jane's Pa
	The Eternal Mother	Felice
	The Little Duchess	Sophia Dawson

Television

Year	TV Series	Role	Note
1994	Thunder Alley	Older Woman
	Frasier	Mrs. Grey
1991	Nurses	Mrs. Heston
	Growing Pains	Elderly Woman on Plane
	Quantum Leap	Edwine
1989	Growing Pains	Winnie
1988-1990	Just the Ten of Us	Sister Ethel	14 episodes
1987	Designing Women	Customer
1985	Diff'rent Strokes	Mrs. Gail
1983	Happy	Mrs. Fisher	TV movie
1981	It's a Living	Lady at Piano
1980	Hello, Larry	Mrs. Simpson
1979	The Jeffersons	Woman Picketer #1
1978	Rhoda	Erma
	CHiPs	Elderly Woman
1977	Phyllis	Abigail
1976	All in the Family	Mrs. Bradley

Short films

Year	Short Film	Role
1914	The Borrowed Finery	Dolly

References

1. Wilson, Scott (August 19, 2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. McFarland. p. 339. ISBN 978-1-4766-2599-7. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
2. Klepper, Robert K. (September 16, 2015). Silent Films, 1877-1996: A Critical Guide to 646 Movies. McFarland. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-4766-0484-8. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
3. Oliver, Myrna (21 January 2000). "Maxine Hicks; Career Spanned Silents, TV". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
4. "Maxine Elliott Hicks, silent screen actress, dies at 95". Journal Times.com (Associated Press). 22 January 2000. Retrieved 17 May 2015.

External links

• "Maxine Elliott Hicks; silent-screen actress". Reading Eagle. Associated Press. 2000-01-21.
• Maxine Elliott Hicks at IMDb
• Maxine E. Hicks at the Internet Broadway Database