Maude Eburne
2 credits on HibingeTV
Canadian-born American actress, born in 1875. She appeared in The Bat Whispers (1930) as Lizzie Allen, a role that marked her return to film after a decade-long absence. Her distinctive voice and comedic flair made her a popular character actress in early sound films, and she appeared in nine features in 1931 alone. She continued working until her retirement in 1951. She died in 1960.
Acted In
Mystery, Crime
A 1930 pre-Code mystery film directed by Roland West and produced by Joseph M. Schenck for United Artists. Based on the 1920 play The Bat by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood, the film follows the mysterious criminal known as "The Bat" who terrorizes the occupants of a lonely country mansion. Notable as one of the first widescreen films, West shot the picture in both standard 35mm and an experimental 65mm format requiring two cameramen. The film stars Chester Morris, Una Merkel, and Grayce Hampton, and is widely cited as an inspiration for Bob Kane's Batman. Long thought lost, a nitrate print was discovered at the Mary Pickford Estate in 1987 and restored by UCLA. The film is in the public domain.
Mystery · Crime · Thriller
The Bat Whispers
1930 - as Lizzie Allen
Crime, Drama
A Monogram crime picture directed by Howard Bretherton. Russell Gleason plays a railway postal clerk whose mail routes keep turning up phony sweepstakes tickets, and when the service can't crack the counterfeiting ring from the outside he goes in undercover — straight into a gang that doesn't hesitate to kill. Shirley Deane plays the reporter who both helps and nearly exposes him, and J.M. Kerrigan co-stars. Brisk poverty-row melodrama with a postal-inspector hook that was timely in an era when mail-fraud rackets were front-page news. The film entered the public domain after its copyright was not renewed.
Crime · Drama
Undercover Agent
1939 - as Mrs. Minnow