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Jan Maxwell
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Maxwell in 2010
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Born
| Janice Elaine Maxwell
[1]
(
1956-11-20
)
November 20, 1956
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Died
| February 11, 2018
(2018-02-11)
(aged 61)
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Alma mater
| Moorhead State University
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Occupation
| Actress
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Years active
| 1989?2016
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Spouse
| Robert Emmet Lunney
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Awards
| Drama Desk Award
(2005, 2010)
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Janice Elaine Maxwell
(November 20, 1956 – February 11, 2018) was an
American
stage and television
actress
. She was a five-time
Tony Award
nominee and two-time
Drama Desk Award
winner (2005, 2010). She was born in
Fargo
,
North Dakota
.
Maxwell was known for her performance in the musical
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
(2005) and
Follies
(2012). Her other
Broadway
credits include,
Dancing at Lughnasa
(1992),
A Doll's House
(1997),
The Sound of Music
(1998) and
The Dinner Party
(2001).
In television, Maxwell starred in
The Divide
(2014),
The Good Wife
(2014), and
Gossip Girl
(2009?2011). From 1994 to 2003, she appeared in four episodes of the
NBC
drama
Law & Order
, each time as a different character.
Maxwell died of
leptomeningeal carcinomatosis
complicated from
breast cancer
in
New York City
on February 11, 2018 at the age of 61.
[2]
[3]
- ↑
Gates, Anita (12 February 2018).
"Jan Maxwell, Celebrated Stage Actress, Is Dead at 61"
.
The New York Times
.
- ↑
McPhee, Ryan.
"Jan Maxwell, a Five-Time Tony Award Nominee, Dies at 61"
Playbill, February 11, 2018
- ↑
"Jan Maxwell Dies at 61"
broadwayworld.com, February 11, 2018
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