Maxine Doyle
{{short description|American actress}}
{{For|the choreographer of the British theater group|Punchdrunk}}
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| caption = Maxine Doyle in New Movie Magazine in 1934
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1915|01|01}}
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1973|05|07|1915|01|01}}
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| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 1933-1973
| spouse = William Witney
(m.1938-1973; her death)
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Maxine Doyle (January 1, 1915 – May 7, 1973) was an American film actress who appeared in almost 40 films between 1933 and 1946. Today's audiences may know Maxine Doyle from her appearance in the Leon Errol musical short Service with a Smile (1934), one of the first films in full Technicolor, which was restored and revived by Warner Bros.
Early years
Doyle had a sister, Adalaide, who was an actress known professionally as Eve March.{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=Scott |title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. |date=August 19, 2016 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-2599-7 |page=476 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Maxine+Doyle%22+actress&pg=PA476 |access-date=July 6, 2024 |language=en}}
Career
By 1928, the 13-year-old Maxine Doyle was singing on radio station KYA in San Francisco, California. A contemporary newspaper article described her as "the sweetheart of KYA".{{cite news |title=Arion Trio Will Play Tonight on NBC Hour |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22202305/oakland_tribune/ |work=Oakland Tribune |date=January 24, 1928 |location=California, Oakland |page=18|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = July 25, 2018}} {{Open access}}
She was a featured player at Warner Bros., in such films as Babbitt (1934) with Aline MacMahon and Guy Kibbee, and 6 Day Bike Rider (1934) with Joe E. Brown.
She retired from the screen until 1943, when Witney needed an actress to play a minor role in his serial G-Men vs. the Black Dragon. Doyle played a nurse (and received high billing). This reactivated her career, and she continued to play incidental roles in Republic films for the next few years. Her last film was the serial Daughter of Don Q, released in 1946.
Personal life and Death
Doyle married William Witney, a film director,{{cite book |last1=Mayer |first1=Geoff |title=Encyclopedia of American Film Serials |date=February 23, 2017 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-7762-3 |page=291 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3CYSDgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Maxine+Doyle%22+actress&pg=PA291 |access-date=July 6, 2024 |language=en}} in Las Vegas, Nevada, on April 5, 1938. They eloped there after having planned to be married in Los Angeles the following weekend.{{cite news |title=Honeymoon Begun |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-evening-citizen-news/150784061/ |access-date=July 6, 2024 |work=Los Angeles Evening Citizen News |date=April 6, 1938 |page=11|via = Newspapers.com }} Known privately as Maxine Doyle Witney, she died at age 58 from complications from cancer.Wagner, Laura. "And Don't Call Me Max", Films of the Golden Age. October 2017
Filmography
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | Footlight Parade | Chorus Girl | Uncredited |
| 1934 | Fashions of 1934 | Chorus Girl | Uncredited |
| 1934 | She Made Her Bed | Flapper | Uncredited |
| 1934 | The Key | Pauline O'Connor | |
| 1934 | Service with a Smile | Girl in Auto | Short |
| 1934 | Good Morning, Eve! | Queen Gwinevere | Short |
| 1934 | Dames | Chorus Girl | Uncredited |
| 1934 | Kansas City Princess | Silent Outdoor Girl of America | Uncredited |
| 1934 | Student Tour | Ann Lippincott - Ethelred's Niece | |
| 1934 | 6 Day Bike Rider | Phyllis Jenkins | |
| 1934 | Babbitt | Verona Babbitt | |
| 1935 | The Mystery Man | Anne Ogilvie | |
| 1935 | Born to Gamble | Cora Strickland | |
| 1935 | Condemned to Live | Marguerite Mane | |
| 1936 | It's Up to You | Mary Kane | |
| 1936 | Taming the Wild | June Bolton | |
| 1936 | Rio Grande Romance | Joan Williams | |
| 1936 | Fury Below | ||
| 1936 | Lucky Fugitives | Aline McLain | |
| 1936 | Round-Up Time in Texas | Gwen Barkley | |
| 1936 | Put on the Spot | Joan Williams | (archive footage) |
| 1937 | Round-Up Time in Texas | Gwen Barkley | |
| 1937 | Come On, Cowboys | Ellen Reed | |
| 1937 | Thanks for Listening | Toots, Homer's Intended | |
| 1937 | S.O.S. Coast Guard | Jean Norman | |
| 1943 | G-Men vs. the Black Dragon | Marie | Serial, [Ch. 8] |
| 1943 | Shantytown | Secretary | Uncredited |
| 1943 | Chatterbox | Dude Ranch Guest | Uncredited |
| 1943 | Song of Texas | Cowgirl | Uncredited |
| 1943 | Overland Mail Robbery | Mrs. Bradley | Uncredited |
| 1943 | Mystery Broadcast | Telephone Operator | Uncredited |
| 1943 | Raiders of Sunset Pass | Sally Meehan | |
| 1944 | Beneath Western Skies | Mrs. Davis | Uncredited |
| 1944 | The Lady and the Monster | Receptionist | Uncredited |
| 1944 | Man from Frisco | Woman | Uncredited |
| 1944 | Sing, Neighbor, Sing | Maxine | |
| 1944 | San Fernando Valley | Cowgirl | Uncredited |
| 1944 | End of the Road | Florist | Uncredited |
| 1944 | Firebrands of Arizona | Newspaper Reporter | Uncredited |
| 1946 | Daughter of Don Q | Knockout Nellie | Serial, Uncredited, (final film role) |
References
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External links
{{commons category|Maxine Doyle}}
- {{IMDb name|0236445}}
- [http://williamwitney.com/maxinedoyle.html Maxine Doyle's web page]
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Category:Actresses from Los Angeles
Category:American film actresses
Category:Deaths from cancer in California
Category:Actresses from San Francisco
Category:Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)
Category:20th-century American actresses
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