Maeve McGuire (born July 24, 1937) is an American actress, known for her role as Nicole Travis Drake on the soap opera The Edge of Night,[2] 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).
During that time, the character of Adam was brutally murdered and Nicole was paired with handsome new doctor Miles Cavanaugh (Joel Crothers).
[1] McGuire was also well known for playing the role of Elena DePoulignac (Cecile's sophisticated mother) on Another World[2] from 1981 to 1983,[1] and has appeared on other daytime programs, including Search for Tomorrow,[1] on which she appeared with William Prince, the actor who had originated the role of her father Ben Travis, and Ann Flood who played her friend Nancy Karr on The Edge of Night.
She has appeared on stage as M'Lynn in off-Broadway's Steel Magnolias, as Irene Livingston in the Jewish Repertory Theatre's Light Up the Sky, and on Broadway in Cyrano de Bergerac (Cassandace), The Miser (Marianne), Mixed Emotions (understudying the character Christine Millman) and Garden District (understudying the characters Mrs. Venable, Miss Foxhill and Grace).