Early life Born in
Rapid City, South Dakota, Maitland and her family moved to
Scottsdale, Arizona when she was seven. By age thirteen, she had already appeared in numerous community theatre and dinner theatre productions. She attended
Arizona State University, majoring in music and theatre. Maitland moved to Los Angeles in 1978 and worked in night clubs while taking acting classes at the Los Angeles Film Industry Workshop.
Career On television, Maitland has appeared in several made-for-television movies, and a supporting role in 1995 feature film ''
Mr. Holland's Opus''. She is active in a Los Angeles theater company, and currently does voiceover work, radio plays, and appears live with the
Santa Clarita Playhouse. ==Partial filmography==