Maeve McGuire (born July 24, 1937) is an American
actress
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek ...
, known for her role as "Nicole Travis Drake" on the
soap opera
A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored ...
''
The Edge of Night
''The Edge of Night'' is an American television mystery crime drama series and soap opera, created by Irving Vendig and produced by Procter & Gamble Productions.
It debuted on CBS on April 2, 1956, and ran as a live broadcast on that networ ...
'',
which she played from 1968 to 1974 and from 1975 to 1977. Nicole originally started off as a schemer but as her popularity increased, her character became one of the show's major heroines in a romance with attorney Adam Drake (
Donald May
Donald Adam May (February 22, 1929 – January 28, 2022) was an American actor who was known for his roles in '' Colt .45'' (1957–1960) and ''The Edge of Night''.
Early years
May was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Leontine Frances (T ...
). When she first left the show, the character was presumed dead, but after a year's hiatus, returned. During that time, the character of Adam was brutally murdered and Nicole was paired with handsome new doctor Miles Cavanaugh (
Joel Crothers
Joel Anthony Crothers (January 28, 1941 – November 6, 1985) was an American actor. His credits primarily included stage and television work, including a number of soap opera roles, the best known being Miles Cavanaugh on ''The Edge of Night'', ...
). She was then replaced by actress
Jayne Bentzen, almost twenty years her junior.
Between her two stints on ''The Edge of Night'', she played Maude Lassiter Palmer on the short-lived nighttime show ''
Beacon Hill''.
[
McGuire was also well known for playing the role of Elena DePoulignac (Cecile's sophisticated mother) on '' Another World''][ from 1981 to 1983,][ and has appeared on other daytime programs, including '']Search for Tomorrow
''Search for Tomorrow'' is an American television soap opera. It began its run on CBS on September 3, 1951, and concluded on NBC, 35 years later, on December 26, 1986.
Set in the fictional town of Henderson in an unspecified state, the show focu ...
,''[ on which she appeared with William Prince, the actor who had originated the role of her father Ben Travis, and ]Ann Flood
Ann Flood (born Maryanne Elizabeth Ott; November 12, 1932 – October 7, 2022) was an American actress, best known for her role as journalist and author Nancy Pollock Karr in the soap opera ''The Edge of Night'', a role she began in 1962. Floo ...
who played her friend Nancy Karr on ''The Edge of Night.'' McGuire took over the part of Kate McCleary, a matriarchal role which had earlier been played by the older Jo Henderson.
She later played Judith Sheffield, the socialite mother of a gay teen played by Ben Jorgensen
Ben Jorgensen is an American musician, singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best-known as the lead singer and the guitarist of the rock band Armor for Sleep.
Early life and education
Jorgensen grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey, and is of German ...
, on the soap opera ''All My Children
''All My Children'' (often shortened to ''AMC'') is an American television soap opera that aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from January 5, 1970, to September 23, 2011, and on The Online Network (TOLN) from April 29 to September 2, 20 ...
''. On ''One Life to Live
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'', she played the short-term role of Beverly Crane, an old friend of Sloane Carpenter's (Roy Thinnes
Roy Thinnes (born April 6, 1938) is an American television and film actor best known for his portrayal of lonely hero David Vincent in the ABC 1967–68 television series ''The Invaders''.
He starred in the 1969 British science fiction film ''J ...
) who agreed to pretend to be having an affair with him after he found out he was dying so he wouldn't make his new wife Victoria Lord suffer watching him die.
She also filled in for Eileen Fulton
Eileen Fulton (born Margaret Elizabeth McLarty; September 13, 1933) is an American actress. She is known for her television role as Lisa Grimaldi, Lisa on the CBS soap opera ''As the World Turns'', a role that she played almost continuously for 5 ...
as Lisa on '' As the World Turns
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'' a number of times during the early 1990s and also played Selena, a madame, on ''Guiding Light
''Guiding Light'' (known as ''The Guiding Light'' before 1975) is an American radio and television soap opera. It is listed in ''Guinness World Records'' as the third longest-running drama in television in American history. ''Guiding Light'' a ...
'' for a brief time in 1993.
She has appeared on stage as M'Lynn in off-Broadway's ''Steel Magnolias
''Steel Magnolias'' is a 1989 American comedy-drama film directed by Herbert Ross and starring Academy Award winner Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis and Julia Roberts. The picture is a film adaptation ...
'', as Irene Livingston in the Jewish Repertory Theatre's ''Light Up the Sky'', and on Broadway in ''Cyrano de Bergerac
Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac ( , ; 6 March 1619 – 28 July 1655) was a French novelist, playwright, epistolarian, and duelist.
A bold and innovative author, his work was part of the libertine literature of the first half of the 17th cen ...
'' (Cassandace), ''The Miser
''The Miser'' (french: L'Avare; ; also known by the longer name ''L'Avare ou L'École du Mensonge,'' meaning The Miser, or the School for Lies) is a five-act comedy in prose by the French playwright Molière. It was first performed on September 9 ...
'' (Marianne), ''Mixed Emotions'' (understudying the character Christine Millman) and '' Garden District'' (understudying the characters Mrs. Venable, Miss Foxhill and Grace).
References
External links
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1937 births
Living people
American soap opera actresses
21st-century American women
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