Maxine Alton (born Belle Trompeter) was an American screenwriter,
playwright, talent agent, and actress from Willis, Kansas. She was
also credited as Maxie Alton early in her career.Maxine was born in
Willis, Kansas, to photographer John Trompter and his wife, Rose Lee
Williams. She was educated at the Sacred Heart Convent in Saint
Joseph, Missouri, and attended Washington University in St. Louis. She
developed an interest in the arts at an early age, and performed in
opera productions in Missouri in her teens.She later attended the Arts
Student League in New York City, where she studied drawing. While
looking for ideas for a theater's poster competition as a student, she
visited an NYC theater and met a producer who suggested she give
acting a try. From there, she appeared in plays and vaudeville
sketches all over the country during the s.She was working as a play
broker by the early s, securing the American rights to works by
Parisian composer Andre de Croisset, among other projects. She was
also in charge of a stable of actors she represented as an agent.
playwright, talent agent, and actress from Willis, Kansas. She was
also credited as Maxie Alton early in her career.Maxine was born in
Willis, Kansas, to photographer John Trompter and his wife, Rose Lee
Williams. She was educated at the Sacred Heart Convent in Saint
Joseph, Missouri, and attended Washington University in St. Louis. She
developed an interest in the arts at an early age, and performed in
opera productions in Missouri in her teens.She later attended the Arts
Student League in New York City, where she studied drawing. While
looking for ideas for a theater's poster competition as a student, she
visited an NYC theater and met a producer who suggested she give
acting a try. From there, she appeared in plays and vaudeville
sketches all over the country during the s.She was working as a play
broker by the early s, securing the American rights to works by
Parisian composer Andre de Croisset, among other projects. She was
also in charge of a stable of actors she represented as an agent.
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