6 Best Maude Eburne Movies

By Vlad Zakh · July 29, 2026

Maude Eburne brought comically blunt, no-nonsense energy to Hollywood and frequently played eccentric aunts and gruff landladies across dozens of films. Ruggles of Red Gap throws an English butler into the American West, Vivacious Lady tests a professor’s whirlwind marriage, The Princess and the Pirate helps a princess dodge a pirate, and The Suspect makes a gentle shopkeeper the suspect in his wife’s death. Blonde Crazy and The Bat Whispers round out the list.

The Suspect (1945)

TMDB ★ 6.8

Maude Eburne features in this thriller about a gentle shopkeeper trapped in a miserable marriage who is suspected of murder after his wife's death.

Directed by Robert Siodmak · 1h 25m

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Princess and the Pirate (1944)

TMDB ★ 6.9

Maude Eburne features in this comedy about a travelling entertainer who helps a runaway princess evade a ruthless pirate.

Directed by David Butler · 1h 34m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Vivacious Lady (1938)

TMDB ★ 7.0

Maude Eburne features in this comedy about a professor's whirlwind marriage to a nightclub singer that must survive meeting his stern father.

Directed by George Stevens · 1h 30m · Rated NR

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Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)

TMDB ★ 7.1

An English butler won in a poker game must adjust to life serving a boisterous American family in the Wild West.

Directed by Leo McCarey · 1h 30m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Blonde Crazy (1931)

TMDB ★ 7.0

Two con artists working a hotel scheme their way through increasingly risky swindles.

Directed by Roy Del Ruth · 1h 19m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Bat Whispers (1930)

TMDB ★ 6.6

Maude Eburne appears as a mysterious hooded criminal terrorises the guests of a remote country mansion.

Directed by Roland West · 1h 23m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Night Flight Plus, FlixFling, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Bloodstream · Rent: Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, FlixFling, Bloodstream · Buy: Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best Maude Eburne Movies

The Suspect (1945)

The Princess and the Pirate (1944)

Vivacious Lady (1938)

Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)

Blonde Crazy (1931)

The Bat Whispers (1930)

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