Gale Sondergaard
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gale Sondergaard (February 15, 1899 – August 14, 1985) was an American actress. Sondergaard began her acting career in theatre, and progressed to films in 1936. She was the first recipient of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her film debut in Anthony Adverse (1936). She played supporting roles in various films during the late 1930s and early 1940s, including The Cat and the Canary (1939), The Mark of Zorro (1940) and The Letter (1940). She was nominated for a second Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Anna and the King of Siam (1946) but by the end of the decade her film appearances were fewer. Married to the director Herbert Biberman, Sondergaard supported him when he was accused of communism and named as one of the Hollywood Ten in the early 1950s, and her film career was destroyed as a result. She moved with Biberman to New York City and worked in theatre, and acted in film and television occasionally from late 1960s. She moved back to Los Angeles where she died from cerebrovascular thrombosis. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gale Sondergaard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known for
Credits
Juarez (1939)
as Empress Eugenie
Night in Paradise (1946)
as Attosa
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
as Inez Quintero
Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
as Lady Thiang
The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
as Lucie Dreyfus
Tango (1970)
Actor
The Return of a Man Called Horse (1976)
as Elk Woman
The Cat and the Canary (1939)
as Miss Lu
Savage Intruder (1970)
as Leslie
The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944)
as Lady Irene Herrick
Slaves (1969)
as New Orleans lady
The Spider Woman (1943)
as Adrea Spedding
The Letter (1940)
as Mrs. Hammond
The Time of Their Lives (1946)
as Emily
The Blue Bird (1940)
as Tylette
The Black Cat (1941)
as Abigail Doone
Isle of Forgotten Sins (1943)
as Marge Willison
Anthony Adverse (1936)
as Faith Paleologus
East Side, West Side (1949)
as Nora Kernan
The Climax (1944)
as Luise
A Night to Remember (1942)
as Mrs. Devoe
Christmas Holiday (1944)
as Mrs. Manette
My Favorite Blonde (1942)
as Madame Stephanie Runick
Road to Rio (1947)
as Catherine Vail
The Cat Creature (1973)
as Hester Black
Seventh Heaven (1937)
as Nana, Diane's Sister
Follow the Boys (1944)
as Gale Sondergaard (uncredited)
Maid of Salem (1937)
as Martha Harding
The Spider Woman Strikes Back (1946)
as Zenobia Dollard
The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler (1943)
as Anna Huber
Echoes (1982)
as Mrs. Edmunds
Sons of Liberty (1939)
as Rachel Salomon
Lord Jeff (1938)
as Doris Clandon
Dramatic School (1938)
as Madame Therese Charlot
The Making of a Great Motion Picture (1936)
Actor
Appointment in Berlin (1943)
as Gretta Van Leyden
Crazy House (1943)
as Cameo Appearance
Paris Calling (1941)
as Colette
Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen (1942)
as Mrs. Van Dorn
Never Say Die (1939)
as Juno Marko
The Llano Kid (1939)
as Lora Travers
Gypsy Wildcat (1944)
as Rhoda
Pirates of Monterey (1947)
as Señorita de Sola
Enter Arsène Lupin (1944)
as Bessie Seagrave