{{Short description|Canadian actress (1875–1960)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Maude Eburne | image = MaudeEburne1914.tif | alt = | caption = Eburne in ''Theatre Magazine'', 1914 | birth_name = Maud Eburne Riggs | birth_date = {{birth date|1875|11|10}} | birth_place = Bronte-on-the-Lake, [[Ontario]], Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|1960|10|15|1875|11|10}} | death_place = [[Hollywood, California]], U.S. | nationality = | other_names = | occupation = | alma_mater = | spouse = {{marriage|Eugene J. Hall|1905|1932|end=died}} | children = 1 | years_active = 1915-1951 }} '''Maude Eburne''' (born '''Maud Eburne Riggs''', November 10, 1875 – October 15, 1960) was a Canadian [[character actress]] of [[Theatre|stage]] and [[Film|screen]], known for playing eccentric roles.
== Early years == Eburne was born the daughter of John and Mary Riggs,<ref name="ahf">{{cite book|last1=Nissen|first1=Axel|title=Accustomed to Her Face: Thirty-Five Character Actresses of Golden Age Hollywood|date=2016|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786497324|pages=31–37|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U9PIDAAAQBAJ&q=%22Maude+Eburne%22&pg=PA31|accessdate=August 1, 2017|language=en}}</ref> in [[Bronte, Ontario|Bronte-on-the-Lake, Ontario]]. She studied elocution in [[Toronto]].
The death of Eburne's father in 1901 was a catalyst for her entry into acting as a profession. She said that he would not have approved a stage career for her and added, "If my father knew I was on the stage, he would not rest in peace."<ref name=ahf/>
== Career == [[File:Doughnuts and Society lobby card 2.jpg|thumb|Lobby card with [[Louise Fazenda]] and Maude Eburne (right) in ''[[Doughnuts and Society]]'' (1936)]] Eburne began her career in [[Repertory theatre|stock theater]] in Buffalo, New York.<ref name="eg">{{cite news |last1= Coons |first1= Robbin |title= Hollywood Notebook |url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12776373/the_emporia_gazette/ |work= The Emporia Gazette |date= May 2, 1932 |location= Kansas, Emporia |page=2 |via= [[Newspapers.com]] |accessdate= August 1, 2017}} {{Open access}}</ref> Her early theater work was in [[Ontario]]{{Citation needed|date=August 2017}} and [[New York City]], debuting on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] to great acclaim as "Coddles" in the 1914 [[farce]] ''[[A Pair of Sixes (play)|A Pair of Sixes]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title= Coddles Awakes at Last to Find Herself Famous; After Thirteen Years of Watchful Waiting, Maude Eburne Comes into Her Own. |work= The New York Times |date= March 29, 1914 |url= https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=990CE1DB153FE233A2575AC2A9659C946596D6CF|accessdate= February 2, 2008}}</ref> "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."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=5-AxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA171 "Tumbling Into Fame"] ''Theatre Magazine'' (October 1914): 171-172.</ref>
She continued to play mainly humorous [[Domestic worker|domestic]] roles on stage, appearing in productions such as ''The Half Moon'' (1920), ''Lady Butterfly'' (1923), ''Three Cheers'' (1928) and ''Many a Slip'' (1930),<ref>{{cite web|title=Maude Eburne|work=Northern Stars|publisher=Screenarts Incorporated|url=http://www.northernstars.ca/actorsdef/eburne.html|accessdate=February 3, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070202170229/http://www.northernstars.ca/actorsdef/eburne.html|archive-date=February 2, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> before her first significant film role — and first sound film role —<ref name=ahf/> in ''[[The Bat Whispers]]'' (1930), director [[Roland West]]'s [[Sound film|sound]] remake of his 1926 [[silent film|silent feature]] ''[[The Bat (1926 film)|The Bat]]''.
==Personal life== Eugene J. Hall married Eburne "in about 1905". They had a daughter, Marion Birdseye Hall, in 1907.<ref name=ahf/> He died in 1932.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U9PIDAAAQBAJ&q=maude+eburne+actress+spouse&pg=PA33|title=Accustomed to Her Face: Thirty-Five Character Actresses of Golden Age Hollywood|first=Axel|last=Nissen|date=August 12, 2016|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786497324|via=Google Books}}</ref>
Eburne retired in 1951.
==Death== Eburne died on October 15, 1960, in Hollywood, California,<ref name=ahf/> at age 84.
== Partial filmography ==
Eburne's more than 100 films include: {{div col|colwidth=22em}} * ''[[A Pair of Sixes (film)|A Pair of Sixes]]'' (1918) * ''[[Lonely Wives]]'' (1931) * ''[[The Man in Possession]]'' (1931) * ''[[Bought!]]'' (1931) * ''[[The Guardsman]]'' (1931) * ''[[Her Majesty, Love]]'' (1931) * ''[[This Reckless Age]]'' (1932) * ''[[Panama Flo]]'' (1932) * ''[[The Passionate Plumber]]'' (1932) * ''[[Polly of the Circus (1932 film)|Polly of the Circus]]'' (1932) * ''[[Faithless (1932 film)|Faithless]]'' (1932) * ''[[Robbers' Roost (1933 film)|Robbers' Roost]]'' (1933) * ''[[The Vampire Bat]]'' (1933) * ''[[East of Fifth Avenue]]'' (1933) * ''[[Ladies They Talk About]]'' (1933) * ''[[Ladies Must Love]]'' (1933) * ''[[Fog (1933 film)|Fog]]'' (1933) * ''[[Shanghai Madness]]'' (1933) * ''[[Lazy River (film)|Lazy River]]'' (1934) * ''[[Love Birds (1934 film)|Love Birds]]'' (1934) * ''[[Ruggles of Red Gap]]'' (1935) * ''[[Happiness C.O.D.]]'' (1935) * ''[[The Leavenworth Case (film)|The Leavenworth Case]]'' (1936) * ''[[Doughnuts and Society]]'' (1936) * ''[[Poppy (1936 film)|Poppy]]'' (1936) * ''[[Hollywood Cowboy]]'' (1937) * ''[[Champagne Waltz]]'' (1937) * ''[[Convict's Code]]'' (1939) * ''[[Undercover Agent]]'' (1939) * ''[[Exile Express]]'' (1939) * ''[[Mountain Rhythm (1939 film)|Mountain Rhythm]]'' (1939) * ''[[The Covered Trailer]]'' (1939) * ''[[Dr. Christian Meets the Women]]'' (1940) * ''[[Colorado (1940 film)|Colorado]]'' (1940) * ''[[Remedy for Riches]]'' (1940) * ''[[The Border Legion (1940 film)|The Border Legion]]'' (1940) * ''[[Melody for Three]]'' (1941) * ''[[West Point Widow]]'' (1941) * ''[[Among the Living (film)|Among the Living]]'' (1941) * ''[[To Be or Not to Be (1942 film)|To Be or Not to Be]]'' (1942) * ''[[Almost Married (1942 film)|Almost Married]]'' (1942) * ''[[Henry and Dizzy]]'' (1942) * ''[[The Boogie Man Will Get You]]'' (1942) (uncredited) * ''[[Lady Bodyguard]]'' (1943) * ''[[The Man from Oklahoma]]'' (1945) * ''[[Hitchhike to Happiness]]'' (1945) * ''[[Mother Wore Tights]]'' (1947) {{div col end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==Sources== * {{cite web|last=Erickson|first=Hal|title=Maude Eburne: Biography|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/21078/Maude-Eburne/biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519222358/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/21078/Maude-Eburne/biography|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 19, 2011|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|author-link=Hal Erickson (author)|date=2011|accessdate=February 2, 2008}}
==External links== {{commons category|Maude Eburne}} * {{IBDB name}} * {{IMDb name|0248291}}
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