From 1987 to 1998, whilst running the internationally successful "Gold Blend couple" television advertisements for Nescafé (Taster's Choice in the United States) alongside actor Anthony Head, Maughan starred in episodes of "Inspector Morse", "Hannay", and "Murder She Wrote". In theatre, she played Billie Dawn in "Born Yesterday", Anne Daviot in "Adam Was a Gardener", Nora in "A Doll's House" at Chichester Festival Theatre, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Anna Howard Shaw in Paula Wagner's production of "Out of Our Father's House" in Hollywood's Fountainhead Theatre.