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Maisy Gibbons
First appearance	Running to Stand Still (episode 1.06)
Last appearance	The Ladies Who Lunch (episode 1.16)
Cause/Reason	Incarcerated
Information
Gender	Female
Age	40s
Occupation	Housewife former Prostitute
Relationships	Harold Gibbons (husband)
Children	A son and a daughter
Portrayed by	Sharon Lawrence
Created by	Marc Cherry

Maisy Gibbons was the name of a fictional character on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. The character was played by actress, Sharon Lawrence.

A married mother who was found to be selling sex to various men around the neighborhood, including Rex Van De Kamp. Maisy first appears on episode 6, Running to Stand Still where she enters Desperate Housewives originally as part of the Scavo storyline. She was the head of the Little Red Riding Hood Play at Barcliff Academy. Lynette decided to help out with the play making her entrance into the parenting community of the new school. The two squared off immediately, arguing over political correctness of the play. Maisy ends up putting Lynette down and puts her in her place. Midway through the episode Lynette uses her business skills and unites the entire mom-clique to join her and go against Maisy and her ideas. Lynette gets put on costuming, and finds it difficult to have enough time to work. Lynette meets a fellow mom and is told about ADD meds. She decides to start taking them herself along with her new friend. This is the moment Lynette gets hooked. Lynette finally tells Maisy off, gaining the respect of the mom-clique and becoming one of the head members.

Maisy disappears until episode 10, Come Back to Me where she enters into the Van De Kamp storyline. It is revealed that she is the neighborhood prostitute of Fairview. She sleeps with Rex Van De Kamp to fulfill his needs of "domination". Shortly after, Rex suffers a heart attack due to his sexual excitement. Maisy takes him to the hospital, and leaves her signature for Bree to find. Bree tracks Maisy down and talks about the affair. Bree then returns to Rex only to tell him off and proceed to a divorce attorney. Maisy reappears in episode 16, The Ladies Who Lunch where she is arrested for solicitation. She is taken outside by undercover detectives and police where she is shamed of her prostitute-like attire.

Maisy then runs across the south side of Oak Street only to be hauled off by two detectives (one holding her arms the other holding her legs) to Eagle State Women's Correctional Facility (Fairview). Bree tries to bribe Maisy to erase Rex from her black book of "customers." The plan fails and Maisy strikes back at Bree by releasing the original black book. This caused the Van De Kamp family to receive harsh criticism and alienation from other groups.