Background
She was born in Franklin, Indiana and died in Los Angeles, California.
She was born in Franklin, Indiana and died in Los Angeles, California.
Maude Turner Gordon appeared in a number of Broadway productions from 1908–1925 including: Glorious Betsy, The American Maid, A Full House, Elsie, and Big Boy. She appeared onstage in Mistress Holmes, Detective, which was produced by her own company.
Her elder sister, Emma Harper Turner, served as Grand President of Pi Beta Phi, from 1890-1893.
Maude Turner married John C. Gordon on December 19, 1885 in Johnson County, Indiana. Their daughter, Dorothy, an alumna of the Fauquier Institute of Warrenton, Virginia, married Lieutenant
Robert A. White of the United States. Navy in 1916. Maude Turner Gordon died from pneumonia in 1940, aged 71.
Another sister, Nelle Turner, was a member of Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women.