Maxine Miller

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| birth_place = Minnedosa, Manitoba, Canada

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| years_active = 1952–2020

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Maxine Miller (born June 18, 1928{{Cite web |title=Maxine Miller » Christian Film World |url=https://www.christianfilmworld.com/celebrity/maxine-miller/ |access-date=September 25, 2021 |website=Christian Film World |language=en-US}}) is a Canadian actress who appeared in the first three seasons of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. In the 1980s, she voiced True Heart Bear in The Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation, and appeared on the animated series My Pet Monster.

Miller also guest starred in Showtime's The Chris Isaak Show and Dead Like Me, and had a role in CinéGroupe's Lion of Oz in 2000.

In 2010, she played the Wallace's neighbor Lesley McKane in the Christmas film Battle of the Bulbs.

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1971 \|Rip-Off \|Mrs. Duncan \|
1977 \|Outrageous! \|Peggy O'Brien \|
1985 \|Head Office \|Stedman's Secretary \|
1986 \|Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation \|True Heart Bear (voice) \|{{cite web \|title=Maxine Miller (visual voices guide) \|url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Maxine-Miller/ \|access-date=September 30, 2024 \|publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
1987 \|Mr. Nice Guy \|Lise's Mom \|
1988 \|Night Friend \|Housekeeper \|
1989 \|{{sortname\|The\|Dream Team\|The Dream Team (1989 film)}} \|Newald's Secretary \|
1991 \|Second Début \|(voice) \|Short film
1997 \|Lapitch the Little Shoemaker \|Additional Voices \|English Version
1998 \|Snowden: Raggedy Ann and Andy's Adventure \|Grandma (voice) \|
2000 \|Lion of Oz \|Seamstress (voice) \|
2007 \|Code Name: The Cleaner \|Old Lady \|
2008 \|{{sortname\|The\|Ambassador\|nolink=1}} \|Gypsy Rose \|Short film
2009 \|{{sortname\|The\|Shortcut\|nolink=1}} \|Grandma \|
2009 \|Dr. Dolittle Million Dollar Mutts \|Little Old Lady \|Video
2009 \|Love Happens \|Barbara \|
2010 \|Diary of a Wimpy Kid \|Elderly Woman \|
2013 \|Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters \|Parcel Store Customer \|
2013 \|Barbie & Her Sisters in A Pony Tale \|Madame Cheynet (voice) \|Direct-to-video
2014 \|The Timekeeper \|Mavis \|
2014 \|Hattie's Heist \| \|

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1971

|Rip-Off

|Mrs. Duncan

1977

|Outrageous!

|Peggy O'Brien

1985

|Head Office

|Stedman's Secretary

1986

|Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation

|True Heart Bear (voice)

|{{cite web |title=Maxine Miller (visual voices guide) |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Maxine-Miller/ |access-date=September 30, 2024 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.

1987

|Mr. Nice Guy

|Lise's Mom

1988

|Night Friend

|Housekeeper

1989

|{{sortname|The|Dream Team|The Dream Team (1989 film)}}

|Newald's Secretary

1991

|Second Début

|(voice)

|Short film

1997

|Lapitch the Little Shoemaker

|Additional Voices

|English Version

1998

|Snowden: Raggedy Ann and Andy's Adventure

|Grandma (voice)

2000

|Lion of Oz

|Seamstress (voice)

2007

|Code Name: The Cleaner

|Old Lady

2008

|{{sortname|The|Ambassador|nolink=1}}

|Gypsy Rose

|Short film

2009

|{{sortname|The|Shortcut|nolink=1}}

|Grandma

2009

|Dr. Dolittle Million Dollar Mutts

|Little Old Lady

|Video

2009

|Love Happens

|Barbara

2010

|Diary of a Wimpy Kid

|Elderly Woman

2013

|Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

|Parcel Store Customer

2013

|Barbie & Her Sisters in A Pony Tale

|Madame Cheynet (voice)

|Direct-to-video

2014

|The Timekeeper

|Mavis

2014

|Hattie's Heist

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1954 \|Howdy Doody \|Princess Pan of the Forest \|TV series
1952–1957 \|Encounter \|Juliet / Ethel Clark \|2 episodes
1962 \|Playdate \|Gloria \|Episode: "The Gimmick"
1962–1963 \|Scarlett Hill \|Donna \|2 episodes
1968–1971 \|Mister Rogers' Neighborhood \|Nurse Miller \|TV series
1972 \|Norman Corwin Presents \| \|Episode: "Letters from an Only Child"
1975 \|{{sortname\|The\|Canary\|nolink=1}} \|Rita Keller \|Television film
1977 \|Write On \|Matilda Voyeur \|Television film
1982 \|{{sortname\|The\|Littlest Hobo}} \|Mrs. Johnson \|Episode: "Happy Birthday Mom"
1984 \|He's Fired, She's Hired \|Bergdorf's Saleslady \|Television film
1985 \|Hangin' In \| \|Episode: "The Dusty Queens"
1985 \|Night Heat \|Helen \|Episode: "Deadlock"
1987 \|My Pet Monster \|Additional Voices \|TV series
1987 \|Seeing Things \|Woman in Greenhouse \|Episode: "The Naked Eye"
1987 \|Anne of Avonlea \|Mrs. Albert Pringle \|Television film
1987 \|Friday the 13th: The Series \|Birdie \|Episode: "A Cup of Time"
1988 \|Diamonds \| \|Episode: "Family Plot"
1988 \|Night Heat \|Ellen \|2 episodes
1988 \|Double Standard \| \|Television film
1988 \|Starting from Scratch \|Miriam \|Episode: "Helen's Parents"
1988 \|War of the Worlds \|Matron #2 \|Episode: "The Good Samaritan"
1988–1995 \|Join In! \|Emmelina \|
1989 \|Babycakes \|Lingerie saleslady \|Television film
1989 \|Bridge to Silence \|Saleswoman \|Television film
1989 \|Small Sacrifices \|Verla Mae Wells \|Television film
1989 \|Babar \|Additional Voices \|TV series
1990 \|Mom P.I. \| \|Episode: "Blue Christmas"
1990 \|Sanity Clause \|Woman Shopper \|Television film
1990 \|Street Legal \|Mrs. Kafka \|Recurring role (4 episodes)
1991 \|Funky Fables \|Old Hag, Aladdin's Mother (voice) \|Episode: "Aladdin" (English Dub)
1991–1992 \|Scene of the Crime \|Various Characters \|TV series
1993 \|Street Justice \|Mrs. Tyler \|Episode: "Bitter Fruit"
1993 \|{{sortname\|The\|Commish}} \|Mrs. Sussman \|Episode: "All That Glitters"
1994 \|My Name Is Kate \|Doreen \|Television film
1994 \|This Can't Be Love \|Wilma \|Television film
1994 \|Party of Five \|Mrs. Kelleher \|Episode: "Pilot"
1994 \|{{sortname\|The\|Baby Huey Show}} \|Mama (voice) \|Recurring role (13 episodes)
1994 \|Hurricanes \|Additional Voices \|TV series
1995 \|Broken Trust \|Hillary Nash \|Television film
1995 \|Stories from My Childhood \|(voice) \|Episode: "The Snow Queen"
1995 \|{{sortname\|The\|Surrogate\|The Surrogate (1995 film)}} \|Mrs. Harris \|Television film
1996 \|{{sortname\|The\|Outer Limits\|The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)}} \|Helen \|Episode: "Paradise"
1997 \|{{sortname\|The\|Littlest Angel\|nolink=1}} \|Understanding Angel (voice) \|Video short
1997 \|Tales from the Far Side 2 \|(voice) \|Television film
1997–1999 \|Millennium \|Justine Miller \|Recurring role (5 episodes)
1998 \|Fat Dog Mendoza \|Lady Liberty (voice) \|
1999 \|{{sortname\|The\|Net\|The Net (U.S. TV series)}} \|Minnie Moscovich \|Episode: "In Dreams"
1999 \|Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century \|Additional Voices \|TV series
1999 \|Road Rage \|Mrs. Tate \|Television film
1999 \|Miracle on the 17th Green \|Velda Gibson \|Television film
2000 \|Caitlin's Way \|Frieda \|Episode: "Stray: Part 2"
2000 \|Seven Days \|Mrs. Claypool \|Episode: "Stairway to Heaven"
2000 \|First Wave \|Old Lady \|Episode: "Eyes of the Gua"
2000 \|What About Mimi? \|Additional Voices \|TV series
2000 \|{{sortname\|The\|New Adventures of Madeline}} \|Additional Voices \|TV series
2001 \|Alienators: Evolution Continues \|Additional Voices \|TV series
2001 \|So Weird \|Margaret \|Episode: "Grave Mistake"
2001 \|Ladies and the Champ \|Iris \|Television film
2001 \|{{sortname\|The\|Outer Limits\|The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)}} \|Mrs. Fitzgerald \|Episode: "Alien Shop"
2002 \|Glory Days \|Woman \|Episode: "Grim Ferrytale"
2002 \|Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action! \|(voice) \|2 episodes
2003 \|Dead Like Me \|Quinn Todd \|Episode: "A Cook"
2005 \|Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Mork & Mindy \|Elizabeth Kerr \|Television film
2005 \|Robson Arms \|Beatrice Dubois \|Recurring role (5 episodes)
2005 \|Masters of Horror \|Dog Lady \|Episode: "Deer Woman"
2006 \|Class of the Titans \|Stheno, Pleione, Demeter (voice) \|3 episodes
2006 \|Tom and Jerry Tales \|Green Witch (voice) \|Episode: "Which Witch"
2006 \|Smallville \|Mrs. McKnight \|Episode: "Fragile"
2006 \|Kyle XY \|Secretary \|Episode: "Memory Serves"
2007 \|Supernatural \|Attacked woman \|Episode: "Bedtime Stories"
2008 \|Reaper \|Mrs. Carmona \|Episode: "Hungry for Fame"
2009 \|Corner Gas \|Mrs. Carmichael \|Episode: "Reader Pride"
2009 \|Harper's Island \|Julia \|3 episodes
2010 \|Battle of the Bulbs \|Lesley McKane \|Television film
2011 \|InSecurity \|Granny \|Episode: "View to a Nursing Home"
2011 \|And Baby Will Fall \|Mrs. Bindel \|Television film
2012 \|Supernatural \|Sheila Tate \|Episode: "Hunteri Heroici"
2013 \|Psych \|Mrs. Lauderbach \|1 episode
2013 \|King & Maxwell \|Betty Camden \|1 episode
2014 \|Primary \|Mrs. Sweitzer (voice) \|1 episode
2015 \|Murder, She Baked: A Chocolate Chip Cookie Mystery \|Mrs. Pinter \|1 episode
2015 \|UnREAL \|Gran \|Episode: "Truth"
2017 \|Beyond \|Gladys \|Episode: "Last Action Herio"
2013–2018 \|Superbook \|Grandma, Rebekah (voice) \|2 episodes
2020 \|Molly of Denali \|Betsy Higginbottom (voice) \|Episode: "Puzzled"

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1954

|Howdy Doody

|Princess Pan of the Forest

|TV series

1952–1957

|Encounter

|Juliet / Ethel Clark

|2 episodes

1962

|Playdate

|Gloria

|Episode: "The Gimmick"

1962–1963

|Scarlett Hill

|Donna

|2 episodes

1968–1971

|Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

|Nurse Miller

|TV series

1972

|Norman Corwin Presents

|Episode: "Letters from an Only Child"

1975

|{{sortname|The|Canary|nolink=1}}

|Rita Keller

|Television film

1977

|Write On

|Matilda Voyeur

|Television film

1982

|{{sortname|The|Littlest Hobo}}

|Mrs. Johnson

|Episode: "Happy Birthday Mom"

1984

|He's Fired, She's Hired

|Bergdorf's Saleslady

|Television film

1985

|Hangin' In

|Episode: "The Dusty Queens"

1985

|Night Heat

|Helen

|Episode: "Deadlock"

1987

|My Pet Monster

|Additional Voices

|TV series

1987

|Seeing Things

|Woman in Greenhouse

|Episode: "The Naked Eye"

1987

|Anne of Avonlea

|Mrs. Albert Pringle

|Television film

1987

|Friday the 13th: The Series

|Birdie

|Episode: "A Cup of Time"

1988

|Diamonds

|Episode: "Family Plot"

1988

|Night Heat

|Ellen

|2 episodes

1988

|Double Standard

|Television film

1988

|Starting from Scratch

|Miriam

|Episode: "Helen's Parents"

1988

|War of the Worlds

|Matron #2

|Episode: "The Good Samaritan"

1988–1995

|Join In!

|Emmelina

1989

|Babycakes

|Lingerie saleslady

|Television film

1989

|Bridge to Silence

|Saleswoman

|Television film

1989

|Small Sacrifices

|Verla Mae Wells

|Television film

1989

|Babar

|Additional Voices

|TV series

1990

|Mom P.I.

|Episode: "Blue Christmas"

1990

|Sanity Clause

|Woman Shopper

|Television film

1990

|Street Legal

|Mrs. Kafka

|Recurring role (4 episodes)

1991

|Funky Fables

|Old Hag, Aladdin's Mother (voice)

|Episode: "Aladdin" (English Dub)

1991–1992

|Scene of the Crime

|Various Characters

|TV series

1993

|Street Justice

|Mrs. Tyler

|Episode: "Bitter Fruit"

1993

|{{sortname|The|Commish}}

|Mrs. Sussman

|Episode: "All That Glitters"

1994

|My Name Is Kate

|Doreen

|Television film

1994

|This Can't Be Love

|Wilma

|Television film

1994

|Party of Five

|Mrs. Kelleher

|Episode: "Pilot"

1994

|{{sortname|The|Baby Huey Show}}

|Mama (voice)

|Recurring role (13 episodes)

1994

|Hurricanes

|Additional Voices

|TV series

1995

|Broken Trust

|Hillary Nash

|Television film

1995

|Stories from My Childhood

|(voice)

|Episode: "The Snow Queen"

1995

|{{sortname|The|Surrogate|The Surrogate (1995 film)}}

|Mrs. Harris

|Television film

1996

|{{sortname|The|Outer Limits|The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)}}

|Helen

|Episode: "Paradise"

1997

|{{sortname|The|Littlest Angel|nolink=1}}

|Understanding Angel (voice)

|Video short

1997

|Tales from the Far Side 2

|(voice)

|Television film

1997–1999

|Millennium

|Justine Miller

|Recurring role (5 episodes)

1998

|Fat Dog Mendoza

|Lady Liberty (voice)

1999

|{{sortname|The|Net|The Net (U.S. TV series)}}

|Minnie Moscovich

|Episode: "In Dreams"

1999

|Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century

|Additional Voices

|TV series

1999

|Road Rage

|Mrs. Tate

|Television film

1999

|Miracle on the 17th Green

|Velda Gibson

|Television film

2000

|Caitlin's Way

|Frieda

|Episode: "Stray: Part 2"

2000

|Seven Days

|Mrs. Claypool

|Episode: "Stairway to Heaven"

2000

|First Wave

|Old Lady

|Episode: "Eyes of the Gua"

2000

|What About Mimi?

|Additional Voices

|TV series

2000

|{{sortname|The|New Adventures of Madeline}}

|Additional Voices

|TV series

2001

|Alienators: Evolution Continues

|Additional Voices

|TV series

2001

|So Weird

|Margaret

|Episode: "Grave Mistake"

2001

|Ladies and the Champ

|Iris

|Television film

2001

|{{sortname|The|Outer Limits|The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)}}

|Mrs. Fitzgerald

|Episode: "Alien Shop"

2002

|Glory Days

|Woman

|Episode: "Grim Ferrytale"

2002

|Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action!

|(voice)

|2 episodes

2003

|Dead Like Me

|Quinn Todd

|Episode: "A Cook"

2005

|Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Mork & Mindy

|Elizabeth Kerr

|Television film

2005

|Robson Arms

|Beatrice Dubois

|Recurring role (5 episodes)

2005

|Masters of Horror

|Dog Lady

|Episode: "Deer Woman"

2006

|Class of the Titans

|Stheno, Pleione, Demeter (voice)

|3 episodes

2006

|Tom and Jerry Tales

|Green Witch (voice)

|Episode: "Which Witch"

2006

|Smallville

|Mrs. McKnight

|Episode: "Fragile"

2006

|Kyle XY

|Secretary

|Episode: "Memory Serves"

2007

|Supernatural

|Attacked woman

|Episode: "Bedtime Stories"

2008

|Reaper

|Mrs. Carmona

|Episode: "Hungry for Fame"

2009

|Corner Gas

|Mrs. Carmichael

|Episode: "Reader Pride"

2009

|Harper's Island

|Julia

|3 episodes

2010

|Battle of the Bulbs

|Lesley McKane

|Television film

2011

|InSecurity

|Granny

|Episode: "View to a Nursing Home"

2011

|And Baby Will Fall

|Mrs. Bindel

|Television film

2012

|Supernatural

|Sheila Tate

|Episode: "Hunteri Heroici"

2013

|Psych

|Mrs. Lauderbach

|1 episode

2013

|King & Maxwell

|Betty Camden

|1 episode

2014

|Primary

|Mrs. Sweitzer (voice)

|1 episode

2015

|Murder, She Baked: A Chocolate Chip Cookie Mystery

|Mrs. Pinter

|1 episode

2015

|UnREAL

|Gran

|Episode: "Truth"

2017

|Beyond

|Gladys

|Episode: "Last Action Herio"

2013–2018

|Superbook

|Grandma, Rebekah (voice)

|2 episodes

2020

|Molly of Denali

|Betsy Higginbottom (voice)

|Episode: "Puzzled"

References

External links

{{IMDb name|0588948|Maxine Miller}}
[http://www.cinemorgue.com/maxinemiller.html Screenshot of Miller's character from a Dead Like Me episode]

Category:1928 births

Category:Living people

Category:Canadian film actresses

Category:Canadian television actresses

Category:Canadian voice actresses