Maude Adams

Maude Ewing Kiskadden (November 11, 1872 – July 17, 1953), known professionally as Maude Adams, was an American stage actress who achieved her greatest success as Peter Pan. Adams's personality appealed to a large audience and helped her become the most successful and highest-paid performer of her day, with a yearly income of more than one million dollars during her peak. She was often referred to simply as "Maudie" by her fans.

Read more about Maude Adams:  Early Life and Ancestry, In Popular Culture, Appearances On Broadway

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    Maude: I can’t tell. Are you happy or suicidal?
    Rob: I’m happy and suicidal.
    Jonathan Reynolds, screenwriter. Maude (Amy Irving)

    What a vast fraternity it is,—that of ‘Hearts that Ache.’ For the last three months it has seemed to me as though all society were coming to me, to drop its mask for a moment and initiate me into the mystery. How we do suffer! And we go on laughing; for, as a practical joke at our expense, life is a success.
    —Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918)