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
1942
Vivacious Lady
1938
Ruggles of Red Gap
1935
The Princess and the Pirate
1944
The Warrior's Husband
1933
You Belong to Me
1941
Ladies They Talk About
1933
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939
There's One Born Every Minute
1942
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
1932
The Boogie Man Will Get You
1942
Return of the Terror
1934

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
100
1949
Arson, Inc.
as Grandma
1949
The Lawton Story
as Henrietta
1948
Slippy McGee
as Mrs. Dexter
1948
The Plunderers
as Old Dame at Wedding
1945
Hitchhike to Happiness
as Mrs. Randall
1945
The Suspect
as Mrs. Packer
1945
Man from Oklahoma
as Grandma Lane
1944
The Princess and the Pirate
as Landlady of the 'Boar's Head Inn'
1944
I'm from Arkansas
as Matilda Jenkins
1944
Up in Arms
as Woman on Cable Car (uncredited)
1944
The Town Went Wild
as Judge Bingle
1944
Rosie the Riveter
as Granma Quill
1944
Bowery to Broadway
as Mame Alda
1943
Reveille with Beverly
as Maggie (uncredited)
1943
The Chance of a Lifetime
as Edna Counihan (Uncredited)
1943
Lady Bodyguard
as Mother Hodges
1942
To Be or Not to Be
as Anna
1942
The Boogie Man Will Get You
as Amelia Jones
1942
Almost Married
as Mrs. Clayton
1942
Henry and Dizzy
as Martha Bradley
1942
Henry Aldrich, Editor
as Mrs. Norris
1942
Dawn on the Great Divide
as Sarah Harkins
1942
There's One Born Every Minute
as Agatha
1941
You Belong to Me
as Ella
1941
They Meet Again
as Mrs. Hastings
1941
Among the Living
as Mrs. Pickens
1941
West Point Widow
as Mrs. Willits
1941
Glamour Boy
as Borax Betty
1941
Melody for Three
as Mrs. Hastings
1941
The Strawberry Blonde
as Mrs. Mulcahey's Friend (uncredited)
1940
Li'l Abner
as Granny Scraggs
1940
The Border Legion
as Hurricane Hattie McGuire
1940
Remedy for Riches
as Mrs. Hastings
1940
Colorado
as Etta Mae
1940
The Courageous Dr. Christian
as Mrs. Hastings
1940
Dr. Christian Meets the Women
as Mrs. Hastings
1940
The Golden Fleecing
as Landlady (uncredited)
1939
My Wife's Relatives
as Widow Ella Jones
1939
The Covered Trailer
as Widow Ella Jones
1939
Convict's Code
as Mrs. Magruder
1939
Undercover Agent
as Mrs. Minnow
1939
Exile Express
as Mrs. Smith
1939
Meet Dr. Christian
as Mrs. Hastings
1939
The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Landlady (uncredited)
1939
Sabotage
as Mrs. Hopkins
1939
Mountain Rhythm
as Ma Hutchins
1938
Vivacious Lady
as Wife of Man Shaving on Train (uncredited)
1938
Riders of the Black Hills
as Mrs. Peggy Garth
1937
Hollywood Cowboy
as Violet Butler
1937
When's Your Birthday?
as Mrs. Basscombe
1937
Paradise Express
as Maggie Casey
1937
Fight for Your Lady
as Nadya
1937
Live, Love and Learn
as Mrs. Crump
1937
Champagne Waltz
as Mrs. Scribner
1936
Poppy
as Sarah Tucker
1936
The Leavenworth Case
as Phoebe Leavenworth
1936
Doughnuts and Society
as Belle Dugan
1936
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
as Maggie Devlin
1936
Man Hunt
as Mariah Hoggins
1935
Maybe It's Love
as Landlady
1935
Happiness C.O.D.
as Aunt Addie
1935
Party Wire
as Clara West
1935
Ruggles of Red Gap
as 'Ma' Pettingill
1935
Don't Bet on Blondes
as Little Ellen Purdy
1934
Return of the Terror
as Mrs. Elvery
1934
Here Comes the Navy
as Droopy's Mother
1934
Lazy River
as Miss Minnie Lescalle
1934
When Strangers Meet
as Nell Peck
1933
The Vampire Bat
as Aunt Gussie Schnappmann
1933
Shanghai Madness
as Mrs. Glissen
1933
Havana Widows
as Mrs. Ryan, the Landlady
1933
The Warrior's Husband
as Buria
1933
My Lips Betray
as Mamma Watscheck
1933
Ladies They Talk About
as Aunt Maggie
1933
Fog
as Mrs. Jackson
1933
Big Executive
as Coroner's Wife
1933
Ladies Must Love
as Mme. Fifi
1933
East of Fifth Avenue
as Mrs. Conway
1932
Under Eighteen
as Mrs. McCarthy
1932
Polly of the Circus
as Mrs. Jennings
1932
The Woman from Monte Carlo
as Dowager Party Guest
1932
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
as Mrs. Elizabeth Hardy
1932
Divorce In The Family
as Martha Jenkins
1932
Panama Flo
as Sadie
1932
The First Year
as Emily Livingston
1932
Robbers' Roost
as Aunt Ellen
1932
This Reckless Age
as Rhoda
1932
The Passionate Plumber
as Aunt Charlotte
1932
Union Depot
as Passenger at Information Desk (uncredited)
1932
Plumber in Love
1931
Blonde Crazy
as Mrs. Snyder
1931
Indiscreet
as Aunt Kate
1931
Bought!
as Mrs. Chauncey
1931
Stranger in Town
as Mrs. Petrick
1931
The Guardsman
as "Mama"
1931
Local Boy Makes Good
as Maid
1931
Lonely Wives
as Mrs. Mantel
1931
The Man in Possession
as Esther
1930
The Bat Whispers
as Lizzie Allen
1918
A Pair of Sixes
as Coddles