Editing Maxine Elliott (section)

{{short description|American actress and businesswoman}}
{{for|the actress born in 1904|Maxine Elliott Hicks}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox person
|image      = Maxine Elliott, 1905.jpg
|caption    = Maxine Elliott, circa 1905, by [[Burr McIntosh]]
|birth_name = Jessie Dermott
|birth_date = {{birth date|1868|2|5}}
|birth_place= [[Rockland, Maine]], U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|1940|3|5|1868|2|5}}
|death_place= [[Cannes]], France
|relations= [[Gertrude Elliott]] (sister)
|occupation = {{ublist|class=nowrap |Film and stage actress |Businesswoman}}
|signature = Signature of Maxine Elliott.png
}}
'''Maxine Elliott''' (February 5, 1868 – March 5, 1940) also known as '''Little Jessie''', '''Dettie''' or by her birth name '''Jessie Dermott''',{{sfn|Lovell|2016|loc=Chapter 1}} was an American actress and businesswoman. She managed her own theater and experimented with [[silent films]] in the 1910s. Immensely popular, she was rumored to have intimate relationships with highly notable people such as King [[Edward VII]] and [[J.P. Morgan]]. During [[World War I]], she was active on the cause of the [[Commission for Relief in Belgium|Belgian relief]].