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

To Be or Not to Be

as Anna

Ruggles of Red Gap

as 'Ma' Pettingill

The Vampire Bat

as Aunt Gussie Schnappmann

The Suspect

as Mrs. Packer

Vivacious Lady

as Nagging Wife of Man Shaving on Train (uncredited)

Blonde Crazy

as Mrs. Snyder

Ladies They Talk About

as Aunt Maggie

The Boogie Man Will Get You

as Amelia Jones

Among the Living

as Mrs. Pickens

The Bat Whispers

as Lizzie Allen