Maude Wayne Explained

Maude Wayne
Birth Name:Maude Lois Wehn
Birth Date:March 26, 1890
Birth Place:Beatrice, Nebraska, US
Death Date:October 10, 1983 (aged 93)
Death Place:Los Angeles, California, US
Occupation:Actress
Spouse:Johnnie Walker
Relatives:Richard Wayne

Maude Wayne (born Maude Wehn) was an American film actress who was active in Hollywood during the silent film era.[1]

Biography

Maude was born in Beatrice, Nebraska, to Louis Wehn and Maria McCathern. She was the youngest of the couple's children, and her brother Richard Wayne also became an actor.[2]

After starting as an extra in Triangle Film productions, she began appearing in Keystone Studios films around 1917, often as one of Mack Sennett's bathing beauties.[3] Following a few years spent in comedies, she later transitioned to heavier, vampier, more dramatic roles at Paramount Pictures, sometimes playing the leading lady to Rudolph Valentino.[4] [5]

She retired from acting in the late 1920s before she married fellow actor Johnnie Walker.[6]

Partial filmography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 17 Aug 1919. At the Theatre. 2021-04-09. Beatrice Daily Sun. en.
  2. Web site: Brich. Monica. March 20, 2020. Event recognizes silent film stars' Gage County roots. 2021-04-09. Beatrice Daily Sun. en.
  3. Web site: 1 Mar 1917. Miss Maude Wayne a Movie Star. 2021-04-09. The Pawhuska Capital. en.
  4. Web site: 12 Dec 1920. Maude Wayne Jumps from Sennett Comics to Paramount Films. 2021-04-09. The Wichita Beacon. en.
  5. Web site: 3 Jan 1921. Maude Wayne Is a Blonde Vamp. 2021-04-09. Vancouver Daily World. en.
  6. Web site: 6 Apr 1928. Actor and Bride Flee to Ventura. 2021-04-09. The Los Angeles Times. en.