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person_profile-Eve Arden

Eve Arden Died at age: 82

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Eve Arden

Date of Birth:

Apr 30, 1908

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Nov 12, 1990

Biography of

Eve Arden

    Eve was 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.

    Date of Death 12 November 1990 , Los Angeles, California  (cardiac arrest due to arteriosclerotic heart disease)

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Eve Arden

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Filmography of

Eve Arden

Found 72 Movies in total

The Grease Story

Principal McGee ( Actor )

... 2017

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

Maida Rutledge (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1991

... 1986

Cinderella

Stepmother ( Actor )

... 1985

... 1985

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1985

Alice in Wonderland

Queen of Hearts ( Actor )

... 1983

Grease 2

Miss McGee ( Actor )

... 1982

Pandemonium

Warden June ( Actor )

... 1982

Under the Rainbow

The Duchess ( Actor )

... 1981

A Guide for the Married Woman

Employment Lady ( Actor )

... 1978

Grease

Principal McGee ( Actor )

... 1978

... 1975

All My Darling Daughters

Miss Freeling, the Wedding Counselor ( Actor )

... 1972

A Very Missing Person

Hildegarde Withers ( Actor )

... 1972

In Name Only

Aunt Theda Reeson ( Actor )

... 1969

Sergeant Deadhead

Lieutenant Kinsey ( Actor )

... 1965

... 1960

Anatomy of a Murder

Maida Rutledge ( Actor )

... 1959

Our Miss Brooks

Miss Constance 'Connie' Brooks ( Actor )

... 1956

The Lady Wants Mink

Gladys Jones ( Actor )

... 1953

We're Not Married!

Katie Woodruff ( Actor )

... 1952

Goodbye, My Fancy

Miss 'Woody' Woods ( Actor )

... 1951

Three Husbands

Lucille McCabe ( Actor )

... 1950

Tea for Two

Pauline Hastings ( Actor )

... 1950

Curtain Call at Cactus Creek

Lily Martin ( Actor )

... 1950

Paid in Full

Tommy Thompson ( Actor )

... 1950

The Lady Takes a Sailor

Susan Wayne ( Actor )

... 1949

My Dream Is Yours

Vivian Martin ( Actor )

... 1949

Whiplash

Chris Sherwood ( Actor )

... 1948

One Touch of Venus

Molly Stewart ( Actor )

... 1948

The Voice of the Turtle

Olive Lashbrooke ( Actor )

... 1947

The Unfaithful

Paula ( Actor )

... 1947

Song of Scheherazade

Madame de Talavera ( Actor )

... 1947

The Arnelo Affair

Vivian Delwyn ( Actor )

... 1947

Night and Day

Gabrielle ( Actor )

... 1946

The Kid from Brooklyn

Ann Westly ( Actor )

... 1946

My Reputation

Ginna Abbott ( Actor )

... 1946

Mildred Pierce

Ida Corwin ( Actor )

... 1945

Patrick the Great

Jean Matthews ( Actor )

... 1945

Earl Carroll Vanities

Tex Donnelly ( Actor )

... 1945

Pan-Americana

Helen 'Hoppy' Hopkins ( Actor )

... 1945

The Doughgirls

Sgt. Natalia Moskoroff ( Actor )

... 1944

Cover Girl

Cornelia 'Stonewall' Jackson ( Actor )

... 1944

Let's Face It

Maggie Watson ( Actor )

... 1943

Hit Parade of 1943

Belinda Wright ( Actor )

... 1943

Obliging Young Lady

'Space' OShea, aka Suwanee Rivers ( Actor )

... 1942

Bedtime Story

Virginia Cole ( Actor )

... 1941

Sing for Your Supper

Barbara Stevens ( Actor )

... 1941

Last of the Duanes

Kate ( Actor )

... 1941

Manpower

Dolly ( Actor )

... 1941

Whistling in the Dark

'Buzz' Baker ( Actor )

... 1941

San Antonio Rose

Gabby Trent ( Actor )

... 1941

She Knew All the Answers

Sally Long ( Actor )

... 1941

Ziegfeld Girl

Patsy Dixon ( Actor )

... 1941

That Uncertain Feeling

Sally Aikens ( Actor )

... 1941

No, No, Nanette

Kitty ( Actor )

... 1940

Comrade X

Jane Wilson ( Actor )

... 1940

She Couldn't Say No

Alice Hinsdale ( Actor )

... 1940

Slightly Honorable

Miss Ater ( Actor )

... 1939

A Child Is Born

Miss Pinty ( Actor )

... 1939

At the Circus

Peerless Pauline ( Actor )

... 1939

Eternally Yours

Gloria ( Actor )

... 1939

The Forgotten Woman

Carrie Ashburn ( Actor )

... 1939

Big Town Czar

Susan Warren ( Actor )

... 1939

Women in the Wind

Kit Campbell ( Actor )

... 1939

Letter of Introduction

Cora Phelps ( Actor )

... 1938

Having Wonderful Time

Henrietta ( Actor )

... 1938

Cocoanut Grove

Sophie De Lemma ( Actor )

... 1938

Stage Door

Eve ( Actor )

... 1937

Oh, Doctor

Shirley Truman ( Actor )

... 1937

Dancing Lady

Marcia (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1933