Maude Fealy was born on March 4, 1881, in Memphis, TN, and died on November 9, 1971, in Woodland
Hills, CA.
The daughter of
actress Margaret Fealy, Maude began her career on the stage as a child. From 1913-14, she was a strong competitor to Mary Pickford.
She married
actor James Peter Durkin, and together they formed the Fealy-Durkin Stock
Company, performing plays in various cities.
Cecil B. De Mille employed
Fealy in most of his sound films including his final masterpiece, The Ten Commandments.
She is quoted as saying, “Actors never give up acting; it gives them up.”
Fealy died of arteriosclerosis.
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