Maude Fulton, a talented individual, was born on May 14, 1881, in Eldorado, Kansas, to Titus P. and Lulu Fulton. Her father, a newspaper editor, operated various papers in Butler and Crawford counties in Kansas before his passing in the late 1890s.
By 1900, Maude had already begun her career as a stenographer and was residing with her mother in St. Louis, Missouri. Throughout her life, she would go on to become a multifaceted entertainer, taking on various roles as a vaudeville performer, stage and screen actress, concert pianist, dancer, composer, screenwriter, playwright, theater manager, and magazine writer.
One of her most notable achievements was her play "The Brat" (1919),which she both wrote and starred in, and "The Humming Bird" (1924). The theatergoers of that time would often remember her for these plays.
In 1918, her manager, George Ebey, purchased the Bishop Theater in Oakland, California, and renamed it the Fulton Playhouse. This theater remained open until the early years of the Great Depression.
On December 20, 1920, at midnight, Maude married actor and playwright Robert Ober in Boston, Massachusetts. However, the couple divorced around five or six years later. Interestingly, both Maude and Robert were born in 1881 and died in 1950.
After her health began to decline, Maude retired in 1941 and spent the last six years of her life under hospital care. Maude Fulton passed away on November 9, 1950, in Los Angeles, California.
Sources: New York Times, December 23, 1920; Sheboygan Press Telegram, November 11, 1950; US Census records.
