[4] During the 1930s, she worked as an usher in Fort Wayne, Indiana at the Rialto Theater located at 2616 South Calhoun Street.

[8][9][10][11] Among the radio programs in which she appeared were Beat the Band,[12] Kraft Music Hall and The Abbott and Costello Show.

[3] She appeared in several Dr. Kildare films with Van Johnson - Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case (1943); Three Men in White (1944); and Between Two Women (1945).

[7] Some of her other film roles included Lost in a Harem (1944) with Abbott and Costello; Champion (1949) with Kirk Douglas; The Lemon Drop Kid (1951) with Bob Hope; New York Confidential (1955) with Broderick Crawford; and Rock-A-Bye Baby (1958) with Jerry Lewis.

[7] The popular Christmas song "Silver Bells" made its debut in The Lemon Drop Kid, sung by Maxwell and Hope.

[15] Maxwell met and became friends with Frank Sinatra when they crossed paths, both of them in separate nationally renowned big bands in the late 1930s.

[citation needed] During the 1950s, Maxwell became good friends with fellow actor Rock Hudson.

[7] Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, and Jack Benny were honorary pallbearers at her funeral.