Maxine Audley appeared in more than 20 films, her first appearance being in the 1948 adaptation of Anna Karenina. She then appeared in The Prince and the Showgirl, A King in New York (1957), The Vikings, Dunkirk (1958) and Our Man in Havana in 1959. The following year, she created arguably her most famous film role, Mrs. Stephens in Peeping Tom. Her other films include The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960) as Ada Leverson, The Battle of the Villa Fiorita (1965), Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (1967), House of Cards (1968), Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed, Sinful Davey, The Looking Glass War (1969) and Running Scared (1972). Her television appearances included International Detective and Danger Man (1960); "The Edgar Wallace Mysteries" and "The Man From the Carlton Tower" (1961) ; The Adventures of Black Beauty (1972); and the television miniseries adaptations of Zastrozzi: A Romance (1986) and A Ghost in Monte Carlo (1990).