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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1875-11-10 (149 years old)

Place of Birth

Bronte-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada

Maude Eburne

Biography:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

Known For

Acting

1949

Arson, Inc. as Grandma
The Lawton Story as Henrietta

1948

Slippy McGee as Mrs. Dexter
The Plunderers as Old Dame at Wedding

1945

Hitchhike to Happiness as Mrs. Randall
The Suspect as Mrs. Packer
Man from Oklahoma as Grandma Lane

1944

The Princess and the Pirate as Landlady of the 'Boar's Head Inn'
I'm from Arkansas as Matilda Jenkins
Up in Arms as Woman on Cable Car (uncredited)
The Town Went Wild as Judge Bingle
Rosie the Riveter as Granma Quill
Bowery to Broadway as Mame Alda

1943

Reveille with Beverly as Maggie (uncredited)
The Chance of a Lifetime as Edna Counihan (Uncredited)
Lady Bodyguard as Mother Hodges

1942

Almost Married as Mrs. Clayton
Henry and Dizzy as Martha Bradley
Henry Aldrich, Editor as Mrs. Norris
Dawn on the Great Divide as Sarah Harkins

1941

They Meet Again as Mrs. Hastings
Among the Living as Mrs. Pickens
West Point Widow as Mrs. Willits
Glamour Boy as Borax Betty

1940

Li'l Abner as Granny Scraggs
The Border Legion as Hurricane Hattie McGuire
Remedy for Riches as Mrs. Hastings
Colorado as Etta Mae
The Golden Fleecing as Landlady (uncredited)

1939

My Wife's Relatives as Widow Ella Jones
The Covered Trailer as Widow Ella Jones
Convict's Code as Mrs. Magruder
Undercover Agent as Mrs. Minnow
Exile Express as Mrs. Smith
Meet Dr. Christian as Mrs. Hastings
The Amazing Mr. Williams as Landlady (uncredited)
Sabotage as Mrs. Hopkins
Mountain Rhythm as Ma Hutchins

1938

Vivacious Lady as Nagging Wife of Man Shaving on Train (uncredited)
Riders of the Black Hills as Mrs. Peggy Garth

1937

Hollywood Cowboy as Violet Butler
When's Your Birthday? as Mrs. Basscombe
Paradise Express as Maggie Casey
Live, Love and Learn as Mrs. Crump
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

Maybe It's Love as Landlady
Happiness C.O.D. as Aunt Addie
Party Wire as Clara West
Ruggles of Red Gap as 'Ma' Pettingill
Don't Bet on Blondes as Little Ellen Purdy

1934

Return of the Terror as Mrs. Elvery
Here Comes the Navy as Droopy's Mother
Lazy River as Miss Minnie Lescalle

1933

The Vampire Bat as Aunt Gussie Schnappmann
Shanghai Madness as Mrs. Glissen
Havana Widows as Mrs. Ryan, the Landlady
My Lips Betray as Mamma Watscheck
Ladies They Talk About as Aunt Maggie
Fog as Mrs. Jackson
Big Executive as Coroner's Wife

1932

Under Eighteen as Mrs. McCarthy
Polly of the Circus as Mrs. Jennings
The Woman from Monte Carlo as Dowager Party Guest
The Trial of Vivienne Ware as Mrs. Elizabeth Hardy
Divorce In The Family as Martha Jenkins
Panama Flo as Sadie
The First Year as Emily Livingston
Robbers' Roost as Aunt Ellen
The Passionate Plumber as Aunt Charlotte
Union Depot as Passenger at Information Desk (uncredited)

1931

Blonde Crazy as Mrs. Snyder
Indiscreet as Aunt Kate
Bought! as Mrs. Chauncey
Stranger in Town as Mrs. Petrick
The Guardsman as "Mama"
Lonely Wives as Mrs. Mantel

1930

The Bat Whispers as Lizzie Allen

1918

A Pair of Sixes as Coddles