Occupation Actress Spouse Lara Spotts (m. 2008) Role Actress | Name Maia Brewton Years active 1984–1993; 2002 | |
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Full Name Maia Luisa Brewton Children Rizzo Spotts, Calder Spotts Movies and TV shows Adventures in Babysitting, Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Back to the Future, Lime Street, A Family for Joe Similar People Keith Coogan, Lara Spotts, Anthony Rapp, Troy Slaten, Billy Jayne | ||
Maia brewton adventures in babysitting
Maia Luisa Brewton (born September 30, 1977) is an American former child actress who enjoyed success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. She is best known for her role as the Mighty Thor-obsessed child Sara Anderson in the 1987 film Adventures in Babysitting, and as Shelly the antagonistic sister of the title character on the early 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. 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 Skytrackers 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.
Personal life
Brewton was born in Los Angeles, California.
She graduated from Yale University (where she was a member of the Manuscript Society and Just Add Water) in 1998, and became an attorney.
Openly lesbian, she married Lara Spotts in 2008. The couple have twin boys, Rizzo and Calder.
Filmography
Actress
2015
Odd Mom Out (TV Series)
- Brooklandia (2015)
2002
Is This Your Mother? (Short)
1990
Parker Lewis Can't Lose (TV Series) as
Shelly Lewis
- The Last Supper (1993) - Shelly Lewis
- The Rocky Kohler Picture Show (1993) - Shelly Lewis
- Senior Jerry (1993) - Shelly Lewis
- Boys Night In (1993) - Shelly Lewis (credit only)
- A Night to Remember (1993) - Shelly Lewis
- Musso: A Wedding (1993) - Shelly Lewis
- The Bitch Is Back (1993) - Shelly Lewis
- Write or Die (1993) - Shelly Lewis
- The Love Bug (1993) - Shelly Lewis
- Educating Brad (1993) - Shelly Lewis
- An Unmarried Musso (1993) - Shelly Lewis
- Parker's Got a Brand New Car (1993) - Shelly Lewis
- Kohler Buys the Diner (1992) - Shelly Lewis
- Lewis and Son (1992) - Shelly Lewis
- Hungry Heart (1992) - Shelly Lewis
- Beauty and the Kube (1992) - Shelly Lewis
- Jerry's Journey (1992) - Shelly Lewis
- Love Is Hell (1992) - Shelly Lewis
- Summer of '92 (1992) - Shelly Lewis
- The Kiss (1992) - Shelly Lewis
- Cape Flamingo (1992) - Shelly Lewis
- Flamingo Graffiti (1992) - Shelly Lewis
- Home Alone with Annie (1992) - Shelly Lewis
- Money Talks (1992) - Shelly Lewis
- Geek Tragedy (1992) - Shelly Lewis
- When Jerry Met Shelly (1992) - Shelly Lewis
- Boy Meets Girl II (1992) - Shelly Lewis
- Glory Daze (1992) - Shelly Lewis
- Civil Wars (1992) - Shelly Lewis
- Goodbye Mr. Rips (1992) - Shelly Lewis
- Obscene and Not Heard (1991) - Shelly Lewis
- Tower of Power (1991) - Shelly Lewis
- Raging Kube (1991) - Shelly Lewis
- Boy Meets Girl (1991) - Shelly Lewis
- Love Handles (1991) - Shelly Lewis
- Rock 'n' Roles (1991) - Shelly Lewis
- The Parker Chronicles (1991) - Shelly Lewis
- Aging Gracefully (1991) - Shelly Lewis
- Fat Boy and Little Man (1991) - Shelly Lewis
- Stormy Mikey (1991) - Shelly Lewis (credit only)
- The Undergraduate (1991) - Shelly Lewis
- Future Shock (1991) - Shelly Lewis
- Full Mental Jacket (1991) - Shelly Lewis
- A Walk on the Dark Side (1991) - Shelly Lewis
- Father Knows Less (1991) - Shelly Lewis
- Parker Lewis Can't Win (1991) - Shelly Lewis
- My Fair Shelly (1991) - Shelly Lewis
- Teens from a Mall (1991) - Shelly Lewis
- King Kube (1991) - Shelly Lewis
- Against the Norm (1991) - Shelly Lewis
- Jerry's First Date (1991) - Shelly Lewis
- Citizen Kube (1991) - Shelly Lewis
- The Human Grace (1991) - Shelly Lewis
- Splendor in the Class (1991) - Shelly Lewis
- Jerry: Portrait of a Video Junkie (1991) - Shelly Lewis
- Heather the Class (1991) - Shelly Lewis
- Rent-A-Kube (1990) - Shelly Lewis
- Teacher, Teacher (1990) - Shelly Lewis
- Science Fair (1990) - Shelly Lewis
- Radio Free Flamingo (1990) - Shelly Lewis
- Deja Dudes (1990) - Shelly Lewis
- Musso & Frank (1990) - Shelly Lewis
- Saving Grace (1990) - Shelly Lewis
- Love's a Beast (1990) - Shelly Lewis
- G.A.G. Dance (1990) - Shelly Lewis
- Close But No Guitar (1990) - Shelly Lewis
- Parker Lewis Must Lose (1990) - Shelly Lewis
- Power Play (1990) - Shelly Lewis
- Operation Kubiac (1990) - Shelly Lewis
- Pilot (1990) - Shelly Lewis
1990
Sky Trackers (TV Movie) as
Ali Barnes
1990
A Family for Joe (TV Series) as
Holly Bankston
- A Family for Joe (1990) - Holly Bankston
1990
Island Son (TV Series) as
Haley Clark
- Viruses (1990) - Haley Clark
1990
The Wonder Years (TV Series) as
Linda Sloan
- Don't You Know Anything About Women? (1990) - Linda Sloan
1989
Free Spirit (TV Series) as
Didi
- Hallowinnie (1989) - Didi
1989
21 Jump Street (TV Series) as
Maureen Maroney
- Woolly Bullies (1989) - Maureen Maroney
1989
Duet (TV Series) as
Young Linda Hartley
- Sister of the Year (1989) - Young Linda Hartley
1988
My Sister Sam (TV Series)
- A Day in the Lives (1988)
1988
The Big Five (TV Movie) as
Melinda 'Scotty' Scott
1987
Dolly (TV Series) as
Young Dolly Parton
- A Down Home Country Christmas (1987) - Young Dolly Parton
1987
Adventures in Babysitting as
Sara
1987
Highway to Heaven (TV Series) as
Robin
- A Mother and a Daughter (1987) - Robin
1985
Lime Street (TV Series) as
Margaret Ann Culver
- The Three Million Dollar Spirit (1986) - Margaret Ann Culver
- Treasure Hunt (1986) - Margaret Ann Culver
- Swiss Watch and Wait (1986) - Margaret Ann Culver
- Old Pilots Never Die (1985) - Margaret Ann Culver
- Diamonds Aren't Forever (1985) - Margaret Ann Culver
- The Wayward Train (1985) - Margaret Ann Culver
- The Mystery of Flight 401 (1985) - Margaret Ann Culver
- Pilot (1985) - Margaret Ann Culver
1986
The Deliberate Stranger (TV Mini Series) as
Jenny Richter
- Part 2 (1986) - Jenny Richter
- Part 1 (1986) - Jenny Richter
1985
Back to the Future as
Sally Baines
1985
Brothers (TV Series) as
Kit Montgomery
- Donald's Old Flame (1985) - Kit Montgomery
1985
Trapper John, M.D. (TV Series) as
Megan Hughes
- All the King's Horses- (1985) - Megan Hughes
1985
This Wife for Hire (TV Movie) as
Amy Harper
1984
Matt Houston (TV Series) as
Young C.J. / Slim's Girl
- Death Trap (1985) - Young C.J.
- On the Run (1984) - Slim's Girl
1984
Blue Thunder (TV Series) as
Kathy
- The Godchild (1984) - Kathy
Soundtrack
1992
Parker Lewis Can't Lose (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- When Jerry Met Shelly (1992) - (performer: "If I Only Had a Brain" - uncredited)
1987
Adventures in Babysitting (performer: "Babysitting Blues")
Thanks
2009
The History of Coolness: A Look Back at 'Parker Lewis Can't Lose' (Video documentary short) (special thanks)
Self
2009
The History of Coolness: A Look Back at 'Parker Lewis Can't Lose' (Video documentary short) as
Self
Archive Footage
1991
The Wonder Years (TV Series) as
Linda Sloan
- The Wonder Years (1991) - Linda Sloan
1990
21 Jump Street (TV Series) as
Maureen Maroney
- Back from the Future (1990) - Maureen Maroney (uncredited)
References
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