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Maud Allan (born circa April 23, 1873(?); died October 7, 1956 in Los Angeles, California) was an actress and dancer.

She was born as Ulah Maud Allen Durrant in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Sources give conflicting years for her birth date, ranging from 1873 through 1880. She spent her early years in San Francisco, California, where she studied music from a young age. Around the turn of the century she moved to Europe and changed her name, at least in part prompted by the scandal surrounding her brother Theodore Durrant, who was hanged for multiple murders in 1898.

In 1906 her production "Vision of Salomé" debuted in Vienna. Based loosely on Oscar Wilde's Salomé (play), her version of the Dance of the Seven Veils became famous (or to some notorious), and she was billed as "The Salomé Dancer".

Her book "My Life and Dancing" was published in 1908.

In 1915 she starred as "Demntra" in the silent film "The Rug Maker's Daughter".

In 1918 she gave evidence at the trial of British MP Noel Pemberton-Billing, who was accused of criminal libel for:

1. The publication of a defamatory article about Maud Allan and Mr J T Grein, her impresario.
2. The obscenity of this article.

At this time the Lord Chamberlain had placed a ban on public performances of Salomé.

From the 1920s on she taught dance.

She had numerous character actor film appearances in Hollywood in the 1930s, included small roles in the 1936 film of "Show Boat" and the 1936 film "San Francisco", and playing "Dutchess" in the 1940 serial The Adventures of Red Ryder.

Maud Allan died in Los Angeles, California.

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