Eve Arden
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Eve Arden (born Eunice Mary Quedens; April 30, 1908 – November 12, 1990) was an American film, radio, stage and television actress. Born just north of San Francisco in Mill Valley and was interested in show business from an early age. At 16, she made her stage debut after quitting school to joined a stock company. After appearing in minor roles in two films under her real name, Eunice Quedens, she found that the stage offered her the same minor roles. By the mid 30s, one of these minor roles would attract notice as a comedy sketch in the stage play "Ziegfeld Folies". By that time, she had changed her name to Eve Arden. In 1937, she attracted some attention with a small role in Oh, Doctor (1937) which led to her being cast in a minor role in the film Stage Door (1937). By the time the film was finished, her part had expanded into the wise-cracking, fast-talking friend to the lead. She would play virtually the character for most of her career. While her sophisticated wise-cracking would never make her the lead, she would be a busy actress in dozens of movies over the next dozen years. In At the Circus (1939), she was the acrobatic Peerless Pauline opposite Groucho Marx and the Russian sharp shooter in the comedy The Doughgirls (1944). For her role as Ida in Mildred Pierce (1945), she received an Academy Award nomination. Famous for her quick ripostes, this led to work in Radio during the 40s. In 1948, CBS Radio premiered "Our Miss Brooks", which would be the perfect show for her character. As her film career began to slow, CBS would take the popular radio show to television in 1952. The television series Our Miss Brooks (1952) would run through 1956 and led to he movie Our Miss Brooks (1956). When the show ended, she tried another television series, The Eve Arden Show (1957), but it was soon canceled. In the 60s, Eve raised a family and did a few guest roles, until her come-back television series The Mothers-In-Law (1967). This show, co-starring Kaye Ballard ran for two seasons. After that, she would make more unsold pilots, a couple of television movies and a few guest shots. She returned in occasional cameo appearances including the Principal McGee in Grease (1978), and Warden June in Pandemonium (1982), showing that she still had the wise-cracks and screen presence to bring back the fond memories of Miss Connie Brooks.
Known for
Credits
Grease (1978)
as Principal McGee
Grease 2 (1982)
as Principal McGee
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
as Maida Rutledge
Mildred Pierce (1945)
as Ida Corwin
The Strongest Man in the World (1975)
as Harriet
Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
as Patsy Dixon
Cover Girl (1944)
as Cornelia 'Stonewall' Jackson
Stage Door (1937)
as Ève
At the Circus (1939)
as Peerless Pauline
Night and Day (1946)
as Gabrielle
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary (1986)
as Self
That Uncertain Feeling (1941)
as Sally Aikens
We're Not Married! (1952)
as Katie Woodruff
One Touch of Venus (1948)
as Molly Stewart
Cinderella (1985)
as Stepmother
The Unfaithful (1947)
as Paula
My Reputation (1946)
as Ginna Abbott
In Name Only (1969)
as Theda Reeson
Pandemonium (1982)
as Warden June
Comrade X (1940)
as Jane Wilson
The Kid from Brooklyn (1946)
as Ann Westly
Alice in Wonderland (1983)
as Queen of Hearts
My Dream Is Yours (1949)
as Vivian Martin
Tea for Two (1950)
as Pauline Hastings
Dancing Lady (1933)
as Marcia (uncredited)
Under the Rainbow (1981)
as The Duchess
Oh, Doctor (1937)
as Shirley Truman
Three Husbands (1950)
as Lucille McCabe
Goodbye, My Fancy (1951)
as Miss 'Woody' Woods
The Costume Designer (1950)
as Self (archive footage)
Our Miss Brooks (1956)
as Miss Constance 'Connie' Brooks
Song of Scheherazade (1947)
as Madame de Talavera
Whiplash (1948)
as Chris Sherwood
The Lady Takes a Sailor (1949)
as Susan Wayne
She Knew All the Answers (1941)
as Sally Long
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)
as Maida Rutledge (archive footage) (uncredited)
Manpower (1941)
as Dolly
Song of Love (1929)
as Maisie LeRoy
Letter of Introduction (1938)
as Cora Phelps
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers (1985)
as Self (archive footage)
Paid in Full (1950)
as Tommy Thompson
Let's Face It (1943)
as Maggie Watson
The Lady Wants Mink (1953)
as Gladys Jones
Sergeant Deadhead (1965)
as Lieutenant Kinsey
Obliging Young Lady (1942)
as 'Space' OShea, aka Suwanee Rivers
Women in the Wind (1939)
as Kit Campbell
The Voice of the Turtle (1947)
as Olive Lashbrooke
No, No, Nanette (1940)
as Kitty
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)
as Lottie Lacey
Eternally Yours (1939)
as Gloria
Whistling in the Dark (1941)
as 'Buzz' Baker
Bedtime Story (1941)
as Virginia Cole
Slightly Honorable (1939)
as Miss Ater
A Guide for the Married Woman (1978)
as Employment Lady
The Forgotten Woman (1939)
as Carrie Ashburn
The Doughgirls (1944)
as Sgt. Natalia Moskoroff
The Grease Story (2017)
as Principal McGee (archive footage)
Big Town Czar (1939)
as Susan Warren
A Child is Born (1939)
as Miss Pinty
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950)
as Lily Martin
Having Wonderful Time (1938)
as Henrietta
Patrick the Great (1945)
as Jean Matthews
Sing for Your Supper (1941)
as Barbara Stevens
She Couldn't Say No (1940)
as Alice Hinsdale
All My Darling Daughters (1972)
as Miss Freeling, the Wedding Counselor
A Very Missing Person (1972)
as Hildegarde Withers
Hit Parade of 1943 (1943)
as Belinda Wright
Blow-Ups of 1946 (1946)
as Self
Last of the Duanes (1941)
as Kate
Earl Carroll Vanities (1945)
as Tex Donnelly
The Arnelo Affair (1947)
as Vivian Delwyn
San Antonio Rose (1941)
as Gabby Trent
Cocoanut Grove (1938)
as Sophie De Lemma
Pan-Americana (1945)
as Helen 'Hoppy' Hopkins