Her father Garrett Woodside Davenport was born in Missouri, and moved to Mexico to work as an airline pilot for
Mexicana de Aviación. Her mother Angelina Sotomayor was born in
Guadalajara. Maxine is their only daughter. She has several siblings from her parents' prior marriages: her older sister Alma Guzmán, who was married to the actor
Joaquín Cordero; her brother Garret, who died in a car accident; and an older sister, who died prior to Woodside's birth. Woodside was married to Fernando Iriarte, with whom she had two sons: Alejandro Iriarte and Fernando Iriarte; After her divorce she had a 55-year relationship with Roger A. Madero. == Radio and television ==