Introduction
Maude Eburne (10 November 1875 – 15 October 1960) was a Canadian character actress of stage and screen, known for playing eccentric roles.
Maude was born in Bronte-on-the-Lake, Ontario and studied elocution in Toronto. 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.
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 in The Bat Whispers (1930), director Roland West's sound remake of his 1926 silent feature The Bat.
She retired in 1951 and died on 15 October 1960, in Hollywood, California, aged 84.
Partial filmography
Eburne's more than 100 films include:
- The Man in Possession (1931)
- Bought! (1931)
- The Guardsman (1931)
- Her Majesty, Love (1931)
- This Reckless Age (1932)
- The Passionate Plumber (1932)
- Polly of the Circus (1932)
- The Vampire Bat (1933)
- Ladies They Talk About (1933)
- Fog (1933)
- Love Birds (1934)
- Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
- Hollywood Cowboy (1937)
- Exile Express (1939)
- Dr. Christian Meets the Women (1940)
- Among the Living (1941)
- Almost Married (1942)
- The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)
- To Be or Not to Be (1942)
- Hitchhike to Happiness (1945)