Portrait of Maude Eburne

Maude Eburne

Acting

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.

Born: November 10, 1875

Place of Birth: Bronte-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada

Filmography

1949
Arson, Inc.

as Grandma

1949
The Lawton Story

as Henrietta

1948
The Plunderers

as Old Dame at Wedding

1948
Slippy McGee

as Mrs. Dexter

1945
Hitchhike to Happiness

as Mrs. Randall

1945
Man from Oklahoma

as Grandma Lane

1944
The Suspect

as Mrs. Packer

1944
The Town Went Wild

as Judge Bingle

1944
The Princess and the Pirate

as Landlady of the 'Boar's Head Inn'

1944
Bowery to Broadway

as Mame Alda

1944
I'm from Arkansas

as Matilda Jenkins

1944
Rosie the Riveter

as Granma Quill

1944
Up in Arms

as Woman on Cable Car (uncredited)

1943
The Chance of a Lifetime

as Edna Counihan (Uncredited)

1943
Reveille with Beverly

as Maggie (uncredited)

1943
Lady Bodyguard

as Mother Hodges

1942
Dawn on the Great Divide

as Sarah Harkins

1942
1942
Henry Aldrich, Editor

as Mrs. Norris

1942
Henry and Dizzy

as Martha Bradley

1942
Almost Married

as Mrs. Clayton

1941
Among the Living

as Mrs. Pickens

1941
Glamour Boy

as Borax Betty

1941
1941
They Meet Again

as Mrs. Hastings

1941
West Point Widow

as Mrs. Willits

1941
Melody for Three

as Mrs. Hastings

1941
The Strawberry Blonde

as Mrs. Mulcahey's Friend (uncredited)

1940
The Border Legion

as Hurricane Hattie McGuire

1940
Remedy for Riches

as Mrs. Hastings

1940
Li'l Abner

as Granny Scraggs

1940
Colorado

as Etta Mae

1940
The Golden Fleecing

as Landlady (uncredited)

1940
1940
1939
The Amazing Mr. Williams

as Landlady (uncredited)

1939
Meet Dr. Christian

as Mrs. Hastings

1939
The Covered Trailer

as Widow Ella Jones

1939
Sabotage

as Mrs. Hopkins

1939
Mountain Rhythm

as Ma Hutchins

1939
Exile Express

as Mrs. Smith

1939
My Wife's Relatives

as Widow Ella Jones

1939
Undercover Agent

as Mrs. Minnow

1939
Convict's Code

as Mrs. Magruder

1938
Riders of the Black Hills

as Mrs. Peggy Garth

1938
Vivacious Lady

as Wife of Man Shaving on Train (uncredited)

1937
1937
Hollywood Cowboy

as Violet Butler

1937
Paradise Express

as Maggie Casey

1937
When's Your Birthday?

as Mrs. Basscombe

1937
Champagne Waltz

as Mrs. Scribner

1936
1936
Poppy

as Sarah Tucker

1936
Doughnuts and Society

as Belle Dugan

1936
Man Hunt

as Mariah Hoggins

1936
The Leavenworth Case

as Phoebe Leavenworth

1935
Happiness C.O.D.

as Aunt Addie

1935
Don't Bet on Blondes

as Little Ellen Purdy

1935
Party Wire

as Clara West

1935
Ruggles of Red Gap

as 'Ma' Pettingill

1935
Maybe It's Love

as Landlady

1934
Here Comes the Navy

as Droopy's Mother

1934
Return of the Terror

as Mrs. Elvery

1934
Lazy River

as Miss Minnie Lescalle

1933
Havana Widows

as Mrs. Ryan, the Landlady

1933
Fog

as Mrs. Jackson

1933
My Lips Betray

as Mamma Watscheck

1933
Big Executive

as Coroner's Wife

1933
Ladies Must Love

as Mme. Fifi

1933
Shanghai Madness

as Mrs. Glissen

1933
1933
The Vampire Bat

as Aunt Gussie Schnappmann

1932
Robbers' Roost

as Aunt Ellen

1932
Divorce In The Family

as Martha Jenkins

1932
The First Year

as Emily Livingston

1932
The Trial of Vivienne Ware

as Mrs. Elizabeth Hardy

1932
Polly of the Circus

as Mrs. Jennings

1932
The Passionate Plumber

as Aunt Charlotte

1932
Panama Flo

as Sadie

1932
Union Depot

as Passenger at Information Desk (uncredited)

1932
The Woman from Monte Carlo

as Dowager Party Guest

1932
1932
Under Eighteen

as Mrs. McCarthy

1931
The Guardsman

as "Mama"

1931
Blonde Crazy

as Mrs. Snyder

1931
Bought!

as Mrs. Chauncey

1931
Stranger in Town

as Mrs. Petrick

1931
Indiscreet

as Aunt Kate

1931
Lonely Wives

as Mrs. Mantel

1930
The Bat Whispers

as Lizzie Allen

1918
A Pair of Sixes

as Coddles