Maxwell Beverley Sheffield was the male lead fictional character in the long-running television sitcom, The Nanny. He was played by actor Charles Shaughnessy who was born in 1955 in Great Britain.
Maxwell is a Broadway theatrical producer of some success, although his main rival was Andrew Lloyd Webber. It has always irritated him that he had turned down producing the shows Tommy , Hair, and especially Cats, which is the show that Webber had made...
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Maxwell Beverley Sheffield was the male lead fictional character in the long-running television sitcom, The Nanny. He was played by actor Charles Shaughnessy who was born in 1955 in Great Britain.
Maxwell is a Broadway theatrical producer of some success, although his main rival was Andrew Lloyd Webber. It has always irritated him that he had turned down producing the shows Tommy , Hair, and especially Cats, which is the show that Webber had made a fortune from.
His wife Sara had died some years before the start of the show ("a drunk and a Chevy took my world away," as Maxwell recalled in one episode). Maxwell worked closely with his business partner, C. C. Babcock (who has her eyes set on becoming the next Mrs. Sheffield) for almost 20 years.
Maxwell has three children, Maggie, Brighton, and Gracie. However, his busy schedule does not allow him much time to spend with them, so he had to find a nanny; enter Fran Fine. He is overprotective of Maggie, not wanting her to date.
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