Maude Eburne
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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.
Acting
Movie
To Be or Not to Be
as Anna
1942
Movie
Ruggles of Red Gap
as 'Ma' Pettingill
1935
Movie
The Vampire Bat
as Aunt Gussie Schnappmann
1933
Movie
Vivacious Lady
as Wife of Man Shaving on Train (uncredited)
1938
Movie
The Strawberry Blonde
as Mrs. Mulcahey's Friend (uncredited)
1941
Movie
The Suspect
as Mrs. Packer
1945
Movie
Blonde Crazy
as Mrs. Snyder
1931
Movie
Ladies They Talk About
as Aunt Maggie
1933
Movie
The Bat Whispers
as Lizzie Allen
1930
Movie
The Boogie Man Will Get You
as Amelia Jones
1942
Movie
Among the Living
as Mrs. Pickens
1941
Movie
The Princess and the Pirate
as Landlady of the 'Boar's Head Inn'
1944
Movie
Here Comes the Navy
as Droopy's Mother
1934
Movie
Union Depot
as Passenger at Information Desk (uncredited)
1932
Movie
You Belong to Me
as Ella
1941
Movie
Li'l Abner
as Granny Scraggs
1940
Movie
Under Eighteen
as Mrs. McCarthy
1932
Movie
Indiscreet
as Aunt Kate
1931
Movie
The Guardsman
as "Mama"
1931
Movie
The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Landlady (uncredited)
1939
Movie
Up in Arms
as Woman on Cable Car (uncredited)
1944
Movie
The Passionate Plumber
as Aunt Charlotte
1932
Movie
Arson, Inc.
as Grandma
1949
Movie
Polly of the Circus
as Mrs. Jennings
1932