Beth Maitland

Beth Maitland (born May 12, 1958) is an American actress who is best known for her portrayal of Traci Abbott in the CBS Daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless from 1982^[1] to 1996 and since 2001 on a recurring basis. She also stars as Gloria on The Grove: The Series created by Crystal Chappell.

Beth Maitland
Born	(1958-05-12) May 12, 1958 (age 67) Rapid City, South Dakota, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1982–present
Spouse	Christopher Banninger ​ ​ (m. 1989; div. 2018)​
Children	1 daughter
Awards	Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series 1985 The Young and the Restless

Biography

Early life

Born in Rapid City, South Dakota, Maitland and her family moved to Scottsdale, Arizona when she was seven. By age thirteen, she had already appeared in numerous community theatre and dinner theatre productions. She attended Arizona State University, majoring in music and theatre. Maitland moved to Los Angeles in 1978 and worked in night clubs while taking acting classes at the Los Angeles Film Industry Workshop.

Career

On television, Maitland has appeared in several made-for-television movies, and a supporting role in 1995 feature film Mr. Holland's Opus. She is active in a Los Angeles theater company, and currently does voiceover work, radio plays, and appears live with the Santa Clarita Playhouse.^{[citation needed]}

Partial filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982–1996; 1999; 2001–present	The Young and the Restless	Traci Abbott Connelly
1987	Plaza Suite		TV movie
1991	$100,000 Pyramid	Herself
1995	Mr. Holland's Opus	Deaf School Principal
2007	The Bold and the Beautiful	Traci Abbott Connelly	1 episode (March 20, 2007)
2013	The Grove	Gloria	TV movie
2017	Criminal Minds	Eleanor Parsons	Episode: "Surface Tension"
2019	Number 2	Renae	Short film

Awards and nominations

• Won, Daytime Emmy Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role in a Daytime Drama Series (1985)^[2]
• Nominated, Soap Opera Digest Award Outstanding Young Leading Actress on a Daytime Serial (1986)
• Nominated, Daytime Emmy Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role in a drama series, 2019^[3][4]