Margery Maude

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title: "Margery Maude" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1889-births", "1979-deaths", "actresses-from-london", "english-film-actresses", "english-stage-actresses", "english-television-actresses", "english-expatriate-actresses-in-the-united-states", "actors-from-the-london-borough-of-merton", "20th-century-english-actresses", "people-from-wimbledon,-london"] description: "English-American actress" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margery_Maude" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary English-American actress ::

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Field	Value
name	Margery Maude
image	Margery Maude Burden 1.jpg
caption	Maude in 1916
birth_name	Margery Kathleen Maude
birth_date
birth_place	Wimbledon, London, U.K.
death_date
death_place	Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
occupation	Actress
years_active	1913–1965
spouse
children	3
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| name = Margery Maude | image = Margery Maude Burden 1.jpg | caption = Maude in 1916 | birth_name = Margery Kathleen Maude | birth_date = | birth_place = Wimbledon, London, U.K. | death_date = | death_place = Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | resting_place = | occupation = Actress | notable_works = | years_active = 1913–1965 | spouse = | children = 3 | relatives =

Margery Kathleen Maude (29 April 1889 – 7 August 1979) was an English actress of stage, screen and television.

Early life

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Margery Maude was born in Wimbledon, London, the elder daughter of the actors Cyril and Winifred (née Emery) Maude.

Career

Maude appeared on Broadway between 1913 and 1965. She received the following commendation for her performance in a production of Rip van Winkle, opposite her father in the title role in 1911. Her mother also had a role in the play.Miss Margery Maude played her part with peculiar sweetness. She is a charming little actress, dainty, earnest and unaffected. Miss Winifred Emery had only a small part, but a telling one. She gave a touching rendering of an old lady in whose soul the bitterness of time was powerless to destroy the sweetness, and many eyes were moist while she was on stage.

Personal life

She married Joseph Warren Burden on 23 July 1917 in New York City; the couple had three children: Joseph Jr. (1918–1944), Winifred and Pamela.

Death

Margery Maude died on 7 August 1979, at her home near Cleveland, Ohio, aged 90.

Filmography

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1949	Kraft Television Theatre		2 episodes
1952	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Mrs. Russell Sage	Episode: "Constitution Island"
1954	The Colgate Comedy Hour	herself	1 episodes
1955	You're Never Too Young	Mrs. Ella Brennan
1956	The Birds and the Bees	Mrs. Hamilton
1957	Williamsburg: The Story of a Patriot	Madam Fry	Short
1964	The Defenders	Augusta Sloan	Episode: "The Man Who", (final appearance)
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References

References

1. ''The Playgoer and Society Illustrated'', vol. V, new series, no. 25, London, October 1911, p. 29)
2. [https://aspace.libraries.psu.edu/repositories/3/resources/4252 Maude Family Theatrical Papers, 1898-1960], RBM 6049. Penn State University Libraries, Gift of Pamela Maude Burden Milholland, 2006.
3. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19790810&id=gU1SAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UXwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6128,1066389&hl=en "Actress Margery Maude Burden"]. ''St. Petersburg Times'', Obituaries, 9 August 1979.

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