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

Blonde Crazy

Party Wire

Ruggles of Red Gap

There's One Born Every Minute

Acting

1942

To Be or Not to Be

as

Anna

1942

The Boogie Man Will Get You

as

Amelia Jones

1944

The Princess and the Pirate

as

Landlady of the 'Boar's Head Inn'

1940

Li'l Abner

as

Granny Scraggs

1942

Almost Married

as

Mrs. Clayton

1939

My Wife's Relatives

as

Widow Ella Jones

1939

The Covered Trailer

as

Widow Ella Jones

1945

Hitchhike to Happiness

as

Mrs. Randall

1936

Poppy

as

Sarah Tucker

1931

Blonde Crazy

as

Mrs. Snyder

1933

The Vampire Bat

as

Aunt Gussie Schnappmann

1933

Shanghai Madness

as

Mrs. Glissen

1934

Return of the Terror

as

Mrs. Elvery

1948

Slippy McGee

as

Mrs. Dexter

1940

The Border Legion

as

Hurricane Hattie McGuire

1949

Arson, Inc.

as

Grandma

1931

Indiscreet

as

Aunt Kate

1932

Under Eighteen

as

Mrs. McCarthy

1941

You Belong to Me

as

Ella

1939

Convict's Code

as

Mrs. Magruder

1931

Bought!

as

Mrs. Chauncey

1936

The Leavenworth Case

as

Phoebe Leavenworth

1941

They Meet Again

as

Mrs. Hastings

1935

Maybe It's Love

as

Landlady

1931

Stranger in Town

as

Mrs. Petrick

1932

Polly of the Circus

as

Mrs. Jennings

1935

Happiness C.O.D.

as

Aunt Addie

1940

Remedy for Riches

as

Mrs. Hastings

1938

Vivacious Lady

as

Nagging Wife of Man Shaving on Train (uncredited)

1939

Undercover Agent

as

Mrs. Minnow

1937

Hollywood Cowboy

as

Violet Butler

1933

Havana Widows

as

Mrs. Ryan, the Landlady

1937

When's Your Birthday?

as

Mrs. Basscombe

1937

Paradise Express

as

Maggie Casey

1937

Fight for Your Lady

as

Nadya

1941

Among the Living

as

Mrs. Pickens

1932

The Woman from Monte Carlo

as

Dowager Party Guest

1933

The Warrior's Husband

as

Buria

1939

Exile Express

as

Mrs. Smith

1944

I'm from Arkansas

as

Matilda Jenkins

1935

Party Wire

as

Clara West

1945

The Suspect

as

Mrs. Packer

1931

The Guardsman

as

"Mama"

1934

Here Comes the Navy

as

Droopy's Mother

1936

Doughnuts and Society

as

Belle Dugan

1937

Live, Love and Learn

as

Mrs. Crump

1931

Local Boy Makes Good

as

Maid

1930

The Bat Whispers

as

Lizzie Allen

1932

The Trial of Vivienne Ware

as

Mrs. Elizabeth Hardy

1939

Meet Dr. Christian

as

Mrs. Hastings

1933

My Lips Betray

as

Mamma Watscheck

1934

Lazy River

as

Miss Minnie Lescalle

1939

The Amazing Mr. Williams

as

Landlady (uncredited)

1936

Valiant Is the Word for Carrie

as

Maggie Devlin

1944

Up in Arms

as

Woman on Cable Car (uncredited)

1942

Henry and Dizzy

as

Martha Bradley

1932

Divorce In The Family

as

Martha Jenkins

1933

Ladies They Talk About

as

Aunt Maggie

1945

Man from Oklahoma

as

Grandma Lane

1936

Man Hunt

as

Mariah Hoggins

1949

The Lawton Story

as

Henrietta

1944

The Town Went Wild

as

Judge Bingle

1938

Riders of the Black Hills

as

Mrs. Peggy Garth

1944

Rosie the Riveter

as

Granma Quill

1931

Lonely Wives

as

Mrs. Mantel

1940

Colorado

as

Etta Mae

1942

Henry Aldrich, Editor

as

Mrs. Norris

1937

Champagne Waltz

as

Mrs. Scribner

1944

Bowery to Broadway

as

Mame Alda

1931

The Man in Possession

as

Esther

1940

The Courageous Dr. Christian

as

Mrs. Hastings

1940

Dr. Christian Meets the Women

as

Mrs. Hastings

1940

The Golden Fleecing

as

Landlady (uncredited)

1932

Panama Flo

as

Sadie

1932

The First Year

as

Emily Livingston

1943

Reveille with Beverly

as

Maggie (uncredited)

1939

Sabotage

as

Mrs. Hopkins

1942

Dawn on the Great Divide

as

Sarah Harkins

1948

The Plunderers

as

Old Dame at Wedding

1943

The Chance of a Lifetime

as

Edna Counihan (Uncredited)

1935

Ruggles of Red Gap

as

'Ma' Pettingill

1942

There's One Born Every Minute

as

Agatha

1943

Lady Bodyguard

as

Mother Hodges

1932

Robbers' Roost

as

Aunt Ellen

1941

West Point Widow

as

Mrs. Willits

1933

Fog

as

Mrs. Jackson

1932

This Reckless Age

as

Rhoda

1932

The Passionate Plumber

as

Aunt Charlotte

1933

Big Executive

as

Coroner's Wife

1932

Union Depot

as

Passenger at Information Desk (uncredited)

1935

Don't Bet on Blondes

as

Little Ellen Purdy

1939

Mountain Rhythm

as

Ma Hutchins

1941

Glamour Boy

as

Borax Betty

1918

A Pair of Sixes

as

Coddles

Production

Crew

Directing