Olivia Maxwell Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography
Olivia Maxwell
Acting
Biography
Olivia Anne Maxwell is the daughter of a talented painter Lydia from Slovakia. Ron Maxwell her father directed " Gettysburg " and the cult hit film " Little Darlings ." Olivia grew up in New York City attending The Hewitt School after her parents custody battle and long enduring divorce. Her brother is successful chess player Jonathan Maxwell of " Blitz Theory." Jonathan is the youngest player to ever write the most advanced book on chess blitz . Olivia graduated Berkshire School in 1990 as a four year student excelling in X- country running , skiing and track and field . Olivia was a trifecta and won the MVP award in all three sports in each consecutive year. Olivia went on to Bennington College and Marymount Manhattan University. She lost interest in school and was a set production assistant on fathers film " Gettysburg." She was cast as Taneytown girl and is famous for having the only female line in the film . Olivia lived in LA as an actress but was disenchanted with the " scene ." She moved to Shepherdstown , WVA in 1998 and learned to play the guitar and write songs. In 2002 Frank Murray heard a demo she recorded with Terry Tucker in Shepherdstown and signed her. Frank Murray was famous as the manager for discovering " The Pogues." Olivia Maxwell and Frank Murray had a Romantic relationship which ensued after their day in Woodstock NY in the recording studio with Levon Helm whom played on " Sara James," a song Olivia wrote about a ghost she felt during her time on the battlefields she would visit as a child with her father and brother trekking through civil war battlefields. She would release her E.P. " Paso Robles " in 2013 produced by Eric Ambel and Frank Murray her manager at that time.
Filmography Movies
Acting
Curse of the Macbeths
In their unrelenting quest for power, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth engage in murder and mayhem to attain the Crown and keep it, in this modern-day version of Shakespeare's famous story. Drink a cup of evil - blood will have blood.
Gettysburg
In the summer of 1863, General Robert E. Lee leads the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia into Gettysburg, Pennsylvania with the goal of marching through to Washington, D.C. The Union Army of the Potomac, under the command of General George G. Meade, forms a defensive position to confront the rebel forces in what will prove to be the decisive battle of the American Civil War.
Little Darlings
Two 15-year-old girls from different sides of the tracks compete to see who will be first to lose their virginity while at camp.
Macbeth Unhinged
This is a modern interpretation of the bard's tragedy, set in the claustrophobic confines of a stretch limousine which prowls the streets of a contemporary landscape as its agoraphobic passengers struggle for existential meaning in a dog eat dog world where only the fit survive, and tragedy unfolds.
Kidco
A boy who lives at a country club where his father works decides to make some extra money by selling composted horse manure as fertilizer, and has his three sisters (two of which are older) join him in the enterprise. As their sales increase, they draw increased scrutiny from the IRS and state tax board, as well as the large scale competitor who seeks to put them out of business at any cost.
Irish Whiskey
Laws of Deception
A law student is seduced by a beautiful woman he doesn't know, and after a one night stand with her, his roommate warns him to be careful because he suspects she may have other motives. Years later, she returns and hires him as her lawyer to defend against a charge of murdering her husband. A web of intrigue ensues as the lawyer begins his hunt to find the killer and also confront the demons of his past.