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Maude George

{{short description|American actress}}

{{for|the American singer, arts administrator, and music critic|Maude Roberts George}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Maude George

| image = Maude George by Freulich.jpg

| caption = Maude George, early 1920s

| birth_date = {{birth date|1888|8|15}}

| birth_place = Riverside, California, US

| death_date = {{death date and age|1963|10|10|1888|8|15}}

| death_place = Sepulveda, California, US

| yearsactive = 1915–1929

| occupation = Actress

| relatives = Grace George (aunt)

}}

Maude George (August 15, 1888 – October 10, 1963) was an American actress of the silent era.

Biography

Born in Riverside, California,{{cite news |title=Daughter of the west appears in 'Foolish Wives' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63350827/maude-george/ |access-date=November 16, 2020 |work=Calgary Herald |date=January 14, 1922 |location=Canada, Alberta, Calgary |page=8|via = Newspapers.com}} in 1888, Maude George is remembered primarily as a regular of director Eric von Stroheim's stock company of actors appearing in four of von Stroheim's lengthy films in the 1920s. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1915 and 1929. She also wrote the scenario for the 1917 film The Fighting Gringo which starred Harry Carey.

George's career began on the legitimate stage and worked with Nat Goodwin in a troupe that toured the United States. George, a niece of actress Grace George, died in 1963 in Sepulveda, California at age 75.Lowe, Denise (2005), [https://books.google.com/books?id=OEpuzKjbka8C&dq=1888+%22maude+george%22&pg=PA232 An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films, 1895-1930], p. 232, accessed June 29, 2012

Partial filmography

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Category:1888 births

Category:1963 deaths

Category:American film actresses

Category:American silent film actresses

Category:Actresses from Riverside, California

Category:Actresses from California

Category:20th-century American actresses

Category:American stage actresses