Maude Eburne
ActingAlso Known As
Maud Eburne Riggs
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.
Movies
(100 total)
To Be or Not to Be
as Anna
Ruggles of Red Gap
as 'Ma' Pettingill
The Vampire Bat
as Aunt Gussie Schnappmann
The Strawberry Blonde
as Mrs. Mulcahey's Friend (uncredited)
Vivacious Lady
as Wife of Man Shaving on Train (uncredited)
The Suspect
as Mrs. Packer
Blonde Crazy
as Mrs. Snyder
Ladies They Talk About
as Aunt Maggie
The Bat Whispers
as Lizzie Allen
The Boogie Man Will Get You
as Amelia Jones
Among the Living
as Mrs. Pickens
The Princess and the Pirate
as Landlady of the 'Boar's Head Inn'
Here Comes the Navy
as Droopy's Mother
Union Depot
as Passenger at Information Desk (uncredited)
You Belong to Me
as Ella
Li'l Abner
as Granny Scraggs
Under Eighteen
as Mrs. McCarthy
Indiscreet
as Aunt Kate
The Guardsman
as "Mama"
The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Landlady (uncredited)