Maria Mayenzet

Maria Mayenzet
Born
United States
Occupationsactress of stage and film, film director, film producer, educator

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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