- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJessie C. Dermott
- Quit acting career during World War I, to outfit & staff a barge as a floating hospital, to nurse wounded soldiers in France. Boyfriends as a young actress included Baseball Hall of Famer John Montgomery Ward & heavyweight champ/actor Gentleman James J. Corbett. Elliott was named as co-respondent in Ward's divorce from famed actress Helen Dauvray. For her beauty & unusual violet eyes, Maxine Elliott has been compared to Elizabeth Taylor. For many years, there was a Maxine Elliott Theatre on Broadway.
She met husband Nat C. Goodwin, the leading comic actor of his era, en route to Australia in 1896. Goodwin was a dedicated baseball fan/gambler, and the stage idol of George M. Cohan.
- IMDb mini biography by: David Stevens
- SpousesNat C. Goodwin(1898 - c. 1908) (divorced)George McDermott(1896 - c. 1898) (divorced)
- Sister of screen actress Gertrude Elliot
- Stage actress.
- Sister-in-law of actor Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson.
- I hate the stage. I always did.
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