Maria Mayenzet

Maria Mayenzet is an American actress of stage and film, film director, film producer, and educator.

Life and career

Maria Mayenzet began her career as a stage actress, and in bit parts on television series. In 1978, she appeared on stage as Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night's Dream in the San Diego Shakespeare Festival at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego.[1] In 1979, Mayenzet appeared on stage as Isabelle in Measure for Measure with the Shakespeare Society of America at the Globe Playhouse in Los Angeles.[2]

In 1985, Mayenzet had a major role in her first feature film as a murder victim in the 1985 thriller Jagged Edge which starred Jeff Bridges and Glenn Close.[3][4][5] Mayenzet continued appearing on television sitcoms and dramas, and found a recurring role as a nun in the three-season long Vietnam War series, Tour of Duty. She also appeared in two episodes of the long-running Angela Lansbury mystery series Murder, She Wrote. She also cast as the lead in the daytime television special co-production between Televisa and Fox Television, Forever (1996), as an ex-convict seeking revenge.[6] Forever (1996) was successful in Russia.[6]

In 2016, the American Coast Theatre Company presented on stage, Life Without Parole, starring Mayenzet at the Edgemar Center for the Arts in Santa Monica, California.[7]

She is a faculty member in the Cinema Television and Radio Department at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, California,[8] teaching performance for television and film and video production.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

  1. ^ Harmetz, Aljean (August 9, 1978). "San Diego Theater Rising From the Ashes". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
  2. ^ O'Connor, J.; Goodland, K. (June 12, 2019). A Directory of Shakespeare in Performance 1970-1990: Volume 2, USA and Canada. Springer. p. 993. ISBN 978-1-349-60041-0.
  3. ^ a b "Glenn Close stars in drama 'Jagged Edge'". San Antonio Express-News. May 15, 1988. p. 239. Retrieved March 21, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Frissons garantis avec le film "A double tranchant"". La Tribune (in French). April 3, 1986. p. 15. Retrieved March 21, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Rich, Nathaniel (March 31, 2005). San Francisco Noir: The City in Film Noir from 1940 to the Present. New York Review of Books. p. 128. ISBN 978-1-892145-30-7.
  6. ^ a b c "Los remakes de "La Madrastra"". Teleserieschilenas.cl (in Spanish). January 7, 2013.
  7. ^ Kaan, Gil (October 29, 2016). "Review: A Raw Life Without Parole Vividly Depicts a Stacked Justice System". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
  8. ^ "People". Orange County Business Journal. November 2, 2008.
  9. ^ Chibnall, Steve (June 15, 2021). J. Lee Thompson. Manchester University Press. pp. 360–361. ISBN 978-1-5261-6286-1.
  10. ^ Martin, Mick; Porter, Marsha (2004). DVD & Video Guide 2005. Ballantine Books. p. 269. ISBN 978-0-345-44995-5.
  11. ^ "Tonight on TV". Saint John Times Globe. October 31, 1986. p. 47. Retrieved March 21, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Heston feels kinship to rancher torn by war". The Globe and Mail. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. September 26, 1987. p. 112 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "'Proud Men' is honorable little TV movie". Kalamazoo Gazette. October 1, 1987. p. 38. Retrieved March 21, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ Zuckerman, Faye (January 12, 1990). "TV Tonight: J.R. transforms into good guy for 1 show". Post-Bulletin. p. 14. Retrieved March 21, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
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