voice actress and read several audio books, including Mary Higgins Clark's Two Little Girls in Blue and No Place Like Home. Maxwell starred as a "scheming Senator" in the CBS TV series BrainDead alongside Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Tveit and Tony Shalhoub, which aired from June to September 2016. Personal life and death Maxwell was married to actor and playwright Robert Emmet Lunney, and they had a son William "Will" Maxwell-Lunney. Maxwell died on February 11, 2018, from leptomeningeal carcinomatosis complicated from breast cancer at her Manhattan apartment at the age of 61. Awards and nominations Stage References External links Career listing at American Theatre Wing 1956 births 2018 deaths Deaths from cancer in New York (state) Deaths from breast cancer American stage actresses American television actresses American musical theatre actresses American women singers Drama Desk Award winners Actresses from North Dakota People from West Fargo, North Dakota Minnesota State University Moorhead alumni 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses University of Utah alumni