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
Cover Girl (1944)
as Cornelia 'Stonewall' Jackson
My Reputation (1946)
as Ginna Abbott
Night and Day (1946)
as Gabrielle
Stage Door (1937)
as Ève
The Lady Takes a Sailor (1949)
as Susan Wayne
Our Miss Brooks (1956)
as Miss Constance 'Connie' Brooks
We're Not Married! (1952)
as Katie Woodruff
The Costume Designer (1950)
as Self (archive footage)
The Forgotten Woman (1939)
as Carrie Ashburn
That Uncertain Feeling (1941)
as Sally Aikens
Pandemonium (1982)
as Warden June
Under the Rainbow (1981)
as The Duchess
No, No, Nanette (1940)
as Kitty
Letter of Introduction (1938)
as Cora Phelps
At the Circus (1939)
as Peerless Pauline
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary (1986)
as Self
The Unfaithful (1947)
as Paula
Obliging Young Lady (1942)
as 'Space' OShea, aka Suwanee Rivers
The Strongest Man in the World (1975)
as Harriet
Hit Parade of 1943 (1943)
as Belinda Wright
Dancing Lady (1933)
as Marcia (uncredited)
In Name Only (1969)
as Aunt Theda Reeson
The Kid from Brooklyn (1946)
as Ann Westly
Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
as Patsy Dixon
Goodbye, My Fancy (1951)
as Miss 'Woody' Woods
Comrade X (1940)
as Jane Wilson
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)
as Lottie Lacey
Cinderella (1985)
as Stepmother
Last of the Duanes (1941)
as Kate
The Lady Wants Mink (1953)
as Gladys Jones
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)
as Maida Rutledge (archive footage) (uncredited)
Whistling in the Dark (1941)
as 'Buzz' Baker
One Touch of Venus (1948)
as Molly Stewart
Having Wonderful Time (1938)
as Henrietta
Slightly Honorable (1939)
as Miss Ater
Oh, Doctor (1937)
as Shirley Truman
Manpower (1941)
as Dolly
Eternally Yours (1939)
as Gloria
A Guide for the Married Woman (1978)
as Employment Lady
Tea for Two (1950)
as Pauline Hastings
The Voice of the Turtle (1947)
as Olive Lashbrooke
The Doughgirls (1944)
as Sgt. Natalia Moskoroff
The Grease Story (2017)
as Principal McGee (archive footage)
Whiplash (1948)
as Chris Sherwood
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers (1985)
as Self (archive footage)
Bedtime Story (1941)
as Virginia Cole
My Dream Is Yours (1949)
as Vivian Martin
Song of Love (1929)
as Maisie LeRoy
San Antonio Rose (1941)
as Gabby Trent
Song of Scheherazade (1947)
as Madame de Talavera
Alice in Wonderland (1983)
as Queen of Hearts
Sergeant Deadhead (1965)
as Lieutenant Kinsey
Three Husbands (1950)
as Lucille McCabe
The Arnelo Affair (1947)
as Vivian Delwyn
A Child is Born (1939)
as Miss Pinty
Women in the Wind (1939)
as Kit Campbell
She Knew All the Answers (1941)
as Sally Long
A Very Missing Person (1972)
as Hildegarde Withers
Paid in Full (1950)
as Tommy Thompson
Patrick the Great (1945)
as Jean Matthews
Earl Carroll Vanities (1945)
as Tex Donnelly
Blow-Ups of 1946 (1946)
as Self
Cocoanut Grove (1938)
as Sophie De Lemma
Big Town Czar (1939)
as Susan Warren
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950)
as Lily Martin
Let's Face It (1943)
as Maggie Watson
All My Darling Daughters (1972)
as Miss Freeling, the Wedding Counselor
Pan-Americana (1945)
as Helen 'Hoppy' Hopkins
She Couldn't Say No (1940)
as Alice Hinsdale
Sing for Your Supper (1941)
as Barbara Stevens