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Maude Eburne

Maude Eburne

Acting1875Bronte-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada

Biography

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Maude Eburne (born Maud Eburne Riggs, 10 November 1875 – 15 October 1960) was a Canadian character actress of stage and screen, known for playing eccentric roles. Eburne began her career in stock theater in Buffalo, New York. Her early theater work was in Ontario and New York City, debuting on Broadway to great acclaim as "Coddles" in the 1914 farce A Pair of Sixes. "When I first came to New York... I said I didn't want to be beautiful young girls or stately leading women, but wanted parts that had something queer in them, especially if there were dialect."

She continued to play mainly humorous domestic roles on stage, appearing in productions such as The Half Moon (1920), Lady Butterfly (1923), Three Cheers (1928) and Many a Slip (1930), before her first significant film role — and first sound film role — in The Bat Whispers (1930), director Roland West's sound remake of his 1926 silent feature The Bat.

Acting History

1949
The Lawton Story
as Henrietta
Arson, Inc.
as Grandma
1948
The Plunderers
as Old Dame at Wedding
Slippy McGee
as Mrs. Dexter
1945
Man from Oklahoma
as Grandma Lane
The Suspect
as Mrs. Packer
Hitchhike to Happiness
as Mrs. Randall
1944
Up in Arms
as Woman on Cable Car (uncredited)
The Princess and the Pirate
as Landlady of the 'Boar's Head Inn'
I'm from Arkansas
as Matilda Jenkins
The Town Went Wild
as Judge Bingle
Rosie the Riveter
as Granma Quill
Bowery to Broadway
as Mame Alda
1943
The Chance of a Lifetime
as Edna Counihan (Uncredited)
Reveille with Beverly
as Maggie (uncredited)
Lady Bodyguard
as Mother Hodges
1942
Dawn on the Great Divide
as Sarah Harkins
Henry Aldrich, Editor
as Mrs. Norris
Henry and Dizzy
as Martha Bradley
Almost Married
as Mrs. Clayton
1941
Melody for Three
as Mrs. Hastings
They Meet Again
as Mrs. Hastings
The Strawberry Blonde
as Mrs. Mulcahey's Friend (uncredited)
Glamour Boy
as Borax Betty
West Point Widow
as Mrs. Willits
Among the Living
as Mrs. Pickens
1940
Colorado
as Etta Mae
Remedy for Riches
as Mrs. Hastings
Li'l Abner
as Granny Scraggs
The Border Legion
as Hurricane Hattie McGuire
The Golden Fleecing
as Landlady (uncredited)
1939
Meet Dr. Christian
as Mrs. Hastings
My Wife's Relatives
as Widow Ella Jones
The Covered Trailer
as Widow Ella Jones
Sabotage
as Mrs. Hopkins
Mountain Rhythm
as Ma Hutchins
Convict's Code
as Mrs. Magruder
The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Landlady (uncredited)
Undercover Agent
as Mrs. Minnow
Exile Express
as Mrs. Smith
1938
Riders of the Black Hills
as Mrs. Peggy Garth
Vivacious Lady
as Wife of Man Shaving on Train (uncredited)
1937
When's Your Birthday?
as Mrs. Basscombe
Paradise Express
as Maggie Casey
Hollywood Cowboy
as Violet Butler
Champagne Waltz
as Mrs. Scribner
1936
Poppy
as Sarah Tucker
The Leavenworth Case
as Phoebe Leavenworth
Doughnuts and Society
as Belle Dugan
Man Hunt
as Mariah Hoggins
1935
Party Wire
as Clara West
Ruggles of Red Gap
as 'Ma' Pettingill
Don't Bet on Blondes
as Little Ellen Purdy
Maybe It's Love
as Landlady
Happiness C.O.D.
as Aunt Addie
1934
Lazy River
as Miss Minnie Lescalle
Here Comes the Navy
as Droopy's Mother
Return of the Terror
as Mrs. Elvery
1933
Shanghai Madness
as Mrs. Glissen
Fog
as Mrs. Jackson
Big Executive
as Coroner's Wife
The Vampire Bat
as Aunt Gussie Schnappmann
Havana Widows
as Mrs. Ryan, the Landlady
East of Fifth Avenue
as Mrs. Conway
My Lips Betray
as Mamma Watscheck
Ladies Must Love
as Mme. Fifi
1932
The Passionate Plumber
as Aunt Charlotte
Union Depot
as Passenger at Information Desk (uncredited)
The Woman from Monte Carlo
as Dowager Party Guest
Under Eighteen
as Mrs. McCarthy
Polly of the Circus
as Mrs. Jennings
The First Year
as Emily Livingston
Divorce In The Family
as Martha Jenkins
Panama Flo
as Sadie
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
as Mrs. Elizabeth Hardy
Robbers' Roost
as Aunt Ellen
1931
Stranger in Town
as Mrs. Petrick
Indiscreet
as Aunt Kate
The Guardsman
as "Mama"
Blonde Crazy
as Mrs. Snyder
Lonely Wives
as Mrs. Mantel
Bought!
as Mrs. Chauncey
1930
The Bat Whispers
as Lizzie Allen
1918
A Pair of Sixes
as Coddles

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
11/10/1875
Day of Death
10/15/1960
Place of Birth
Bronte-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada