Maidel Turner


Maidel Turner was an American movie actress featured in almost 60 films between 1913 and 1951, beginning as the leading lady of The Angel of the Slums and becoming a comical character actress as she aged. Prominent sound films in which she appeared include The Raven, Palm Springs, and State of the Union.

Selected filmography

The Boy Friend - Mrs. WilsonOlsen's Big Moment - Mrs. Van Allen The Barbarian - Flirty Dowager Another Language - Etta HallamBeauty for Sale - Mrs. Gillespie, a Customer Only Yesterday - Party Guest The Worst Woman in Paris? - Mrs. Leda JensenFugitive Lovers - Little Boy's Mother It Happened One Night - last motel manager's wife Journal of a Crime - Stout Lady at Play Party A Modern Hero - Aunt Clara WeingartnerA Very Honorable Guy - Mrs. Emerson Unknown Blonde - Mrs ParkerMurder in Trinidad - Hysterical Woman The Merry Frinks - Mrs. ShinliverThe Most Precious Thing in Life - Dean's Wife The Life of Vergie Winters - Ella HeenanMoney Means Nothing - Mrs. Kerry GreenWhom the Gods Destroy - Henrietta CroslandMillion Dollar Ransom - Wife of Justice of the Peace Servants' Entrance - Dowager at Employment Agency She Had to Choose - Mrs. CutlerBy Your Leave - Lady with Ancient Greek Costume Men of the Night - Mrs. WebbleyFugitive Lady - Mrs. Young Life Returns - Mrs. VandergriffSweepstake Annie - Friend of Mrs. Foster Night Life of the Gods - Burly Woman Mutiny Ahead - Kitty VanderpoolGeorge White's 1935 Scandals - Audience Extra Society Fever - Mrs. ProutyThe Raven - HarrietDante's Inferno - Mme. Zucchini Atlantic Adventure - Mrs. Murdock Here Comes the Band - Chubby Lady Diamond Jim - Mrs. Perry The Gay Deception - Mrs. Dingledorf Dr. Socrates - Mary Bad Boy - Dowager with Ping Pong Racket Splendor - Mrs. Hicks Magnificent Obsession - Mrs. Martin The Bridge of Sighs - Mrs. BlaisdellKlondike Annie - Lydia Bowley Gentle Julia - Justice's Wife Show Boat - Mother Palm Springs - Mrs. Baxter And Sudden Death - Dodie SloanMake Way for a Lady - Mrs. Jackson - Mildred's Mother She's Dangerous - Dowager Love Is News - Dowager Visiting Jail The Road Back - Member of Dinner Party Slim - Mrs. JohnsonThey Won't Forget - Stout Lady on Train Mr. Dodd Takes the Air - Lil Doremus Broadway Melody of 1938 - Boardinghouse Resident She Asked for It - Fat Woman State of the Union - Lulubelle AlexanderHere Comes the Groom - Aunt Abby