Beatrice Maude
{{Short description|American actress and theatrical director (1892–1984)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Beatrice Maude
| image = BeatriceMaude1920.jpg
| alt = Beatrice Maude, from a 1920 publication.
| caption = Beatrice Maude, from a 1920 publication.
| birth_name =
| birth_date = July 22, 1892
| birth_place = California, U.S.
| death_date = October 14, 1984 (aged 92)
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| other_names =
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1916–1956
| known_for =
| notable_works =
| parents = Maud Madison
}}
Beatrice Maude (July 22, 1892 – October 14, 1984) was an American actress and theatrical director.
Early life
Beatrice Maude was born in California. Her mother and grandmother were both actresses; her mother Maud Madison was also a dancer.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30733828/maud_madison_1924/|title=Julie Reinhardt at Rest, as Broadway Still Forgets|date=September 3, 1924|work=Daily News|access-date=April 19, 2019|page=64|via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news|title=Miss Maud Madison|date=October 9, 1953|work=The New York Times|page=27|via=Newspapers.com}}
Career
Broadway appearances by Beatrice Maude included roles in The Happy Ending (1916), Seventeen (1918),{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N9Zz6k_k6TYC&q=%22Beatrice+Maude%22+actress&pg=PA3|title=Seventeen|last=Stange|first=Hugh Stanislaus|date=1918|publisher=Samuel French, Inc.|isbn=9780573615313|pages=3|language=en}} Jonathan Makes a Wish (1918), A Night in Avignon (1919), George Washington (1920), in which she played Betsy Ross,{{Cite news|title=Pageantry And Beauty In Life Of Washington|last=Allen|first=Kelcey|date=March 2, 1920|work=Women's Wear|page=12|via=ProQuest}} The Married Woman (1921-1922),{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30755444/beatrice_maude_1921/|title='The Married Woman' is Talky, and of Uncommon Dullness|last=Reamer|first=Lawrence|date=December 26, 1921|work=New York Herald|access-date=April 19, 2019|page=13|via=Newspapers.com}} The World We Live In (1922-1923), in which she played a butterfly,{{Cite news|title=Beatrice Maude Testifies To The Power Of Dress|last=O'Wynn|first=Peggy|date=December 6, 1922|work=Women's Wear|page=2|via=ProQuest}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30754845/beatrice_maude_1922/|title=Czecho Comedy Full of Bugs|last=Mantle|first=Burns|date=November 2, 1922|work=Daily News|access-date=April 19, 2019|page=48|via=Newspapers.com}} Try It With Alice (1924),{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GzeiySJZXF4C&q=%22Beatrice+Maude%22+actress&pg=PA481|title=Broadway Plays and Musicals: Descriptions and Essential Facts of More Than 14,000 Shows through 2007|last=Hischak|first=Thomas S.|date=2009-04-22|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786453092|pages=220, 287, 481|language=en}} The Buccaneer (1925),{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30755267/beatrice_maude_1928/|title=Beatrice Maude Saved from Drowning, Conn.|date=August 9, 1928|work=The Courier-News|access-date=April 19, 2019|page=11|via=Newspapers.com}} Tragic 18 (1926),{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30755201/beatrice_maude_1926/|title='Tragic 18' A Drama of Youth and Chorus|last=Mantle|first=Burns|date=October 11, 1926|work=Daily News|access-date=April 19, 2019|page=39|via=Newspapers.com}} The Light of Asia (1928), Mourning Becomes Electra (1932), The Show Off (1932), and Dodsworth (1934-1935). She also played both Ophelia and Juliet in Walter Hampden's repertory company in 1920.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=heY9ARRDqdQC&q=%22Beatrice+Maude%22+actress&pg=PA155|title=Walter Hampden: Dean of the American Theatre|last=Smith|first=Geddeth|date=2008|publisher=Associated University Presse|isbn=9780838641668|pages=155–158, 229|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30755130/beatrice_maude_1920/|title=Youngest of Fair Juliets|last=Burr|first=Kate|date=July 14, 1920|work=The Buffalo Times|access-date=April 19, 2019|page=2|via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30755316/beatrice_maude_1920/|title=Beatrice Maude, at 21, Achieves her Ambition to Play with Hampden|date=April 15, 1920|work=The Washington Herald|access-date=April 19, 2019|page=7|via=Newspapers.com}}
In 1928, Maude ran a summer stock company in Stamford, Connecticut, and hired actor Robert Montgomery.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30754674/beatrice_maude_1940/|title=Beatrice Maude Predicted Stardom for Bob Montgomery|date=December 29, 1940|work=The Tampa Tribune|access-date=April 19, 2019|page=31|via=Newspapers.com}} In 1932{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30756342/beatrice_maude_1932/|title=Arden to Have Summer Theatre|date=June 9, 1932|work=The Morning News|access-date=April 19, 2019|page=10|via=Newspapers.com}} and 1933,{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30755998/beatrice_maude_1933/|title=Arden Players to Give Series of Ten Plays|date=May 25, 1933|work=The Morning News|access-date=April 19, 2019|page=7|via=Newspapers.com}} she was executive director of the Robin Hood Theatre in Arden, Delaware.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30754960/beatrice_maude_1932/|title=Select Cast Will Present Pleasing Play|date=July 27, 1932|work=The Morning News|access-date=April 19, 2019|page=7|via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30755058/beatrice_maude_1932/|title=Beatrice Maude Ready to Open Arden Season|date=June 25, 1932|work=The Morning News|access-date=April 19, 2019|page=7|via=Newspapers.com}} She was co-manager of the Cape May Playhouse in 1935.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30755512/beatrice_maude_1935/|title=Miss Beatrice Maude Now at Cape May|date=July 9, 1935|work=The Morning News|access-date=April 19, 2019|page=7|via=Newspapers.com}}
Maude acted in films, including The Final Judgment (1915, silent), Dodsworth (1936),{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30756498/beatrice_maude_1936/|title=Huston Called Sissy by Old Trouper Pal|date=June 25, 1936|work=Oakland Tribune|access-date=April 19, 2019|page=27|via=Newspapers.com}} Arkansas Judge (1941), Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941), Born to Kill (1947), Lawless Code (1949), Slaves of Babylon (1953), Women's Prison (1955), and Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956). On television, she played small roles on Your Favorite Story (1954), I Married Joan (1955), and I Led 3 Lives (1955).
Personal life
Maude died in Los Angeles in 1984, aged 92 years. Her mother's papers including letters to Beatrice, are archived in the New York Public Library's Jerome Robbins Dance Division.{{Cite web|url=http://archives.nypl.org/dan/19729|title=archives.nypl.org -- Maud Madison papers|website=archives.nypl.org|access-date=2019-04-19}}
References
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Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:American theatre directors
Category:American women theatre directors
Category:American film actresses
Category:American stage actresses