American actress. Née Jessie McDermott. Born 5 February 1868, Rockland, Maine, USA. Daughter of Thomas Dermot (sea captain) and Adelaide Hall. Sister of Gertrude Elliott (actress). Married (1) Unknown, (2) Nat C Goodwin (actor), 1898 (div. 1908). Died 5 March 1940, Cannes, France.
On stage in America and England from 1890. Founded the Maxine Elliott Theatre on Thirty-Ninth Street in New York in 1908.