Maia Brewton

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Maia Brewton
Born
Maia Luisa Brewton
Education Brentwood School
Occupation(s)Actress, attorney
Years active1984–present
SpouseLara Spotts
Children2

Maia Luisa Brewtonis an American actress who enjoyed success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. She is best known for her roles as the Mighty Thor-obsessed Sara Anderson in the 1987 film Adventures in Babysitting , and as Shelly Lewis, the antagonistic sister of the title character on the Fox Network show Parker Lewis Can't Lose , from 1990 to 1993.

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Acting career

In 1985, she appeared in Back to the Future as Sally Baines, the younger sister of Marty McFly's mother Lorraine Baines. She then played Margaret Ann Culver in the short-lived 1985 television series Lime Street , starring Robert Wagner and Samantha Smith. After her role in Adventures in Babysitting, she played one of the children in the 1990 TV movie with Robert Mitchum which was the basis for the series A Family for Joe , and co-starred in the 1990 TV movie Sky Trackers with Pamela Sue Martin. This was followed by her run on Parker Lewis Can't Lose.

Her other television credits during the late 1980s include appearances on 21 Jump Street , Highway to Heaven , Trapper John, M.D. and The Wonder Years . She has also acted in various theatre productions, most notably at the City Garage Theatre in Santa Monica, California. [1]

Personal life

She married Lara Spotts in 2008. [2] The couple has twin boys. [3]

Partial filmography

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References

  1. ↑ "City Garage Theatre: Past Productions". Citygarage.org. Archived from the original on February 10, 2009. Retrieved February 15, 2011.
  2. ↑ Lee, Nick (December 21, 2021). "Whatever Happened To Maia Brewton? (2021 Update)". Ned Hardy. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Favorite Child Stars: Where Are They Now? - Wednesday, Jul 29, 2009 - mReplay Livedash TV Transcript - Livedash - Search what is being mentioned across national TV". Ark LiveDash. E!. July 29, 2009. Archived from the original on March 29, 2012. Retrieved August 10, 2014.


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