Eve Arden
Acting
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.
The Grease Story
Principal McGee (archive footage)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Maida Rutledge (archive footage) (uncredited)
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
Self
Cinderella
Stepmother
Faerie Tale Theatre: Cinderella
The Stepmother
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Self (archive footage)
Alice in Wonderland
Queen of Hearts
Grease 2
Principal McGee
Pandemonium
Warden June
Under the Rainbow
The Duchess
A Guide for the Married Woman
Employment Lady
Grease
Principal McGee
The Strongest Man in the World
Harriet
All My Darling Daughters
Miss Freeling, the Wedding Counselor
A Very Missing Person
Hildegarde Withers
In Name Only
Aunt Theda Reeson
Sergeant Deadhead
Lieutenant Kinsey
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Lottie Lacey
Anatomy of a Murder
Maida Rutledge
Our Miss Brooks
Miss Constance 'Connie' Brooks
The Lady Wants Mink
Gladys Jones
We're Not Married!
Katie Woodruff
Goodbye, My Fancy
Miss 'Woody' Woods
Three Husbands
Lucille McCabe
Tea for Two
Pauline Hastings
The Costume Designer
Self (archive footage)
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
Lily Martin
Paid in Full
Tommy Thompson
The Lady Takes a Sailor
Susan Wayne
My Dream Is Yours
Vivian Martin
Whiplash
Chris Sherwood
One Touch of Venus
Molly Stewart
The Voice of the Turtle
Olive Lashbrooke
The Unfaithful
Paula
Song of Scheherazade
Madame de Talavera
The Arnelo Affair
Vivian Delwyn
Blow-Ups of 1946
Self
Night and Day
Gabrielle
The Kid from Brooklyn
Ann Westly
My Reputation
Ginna Abbott
Mildred Pierce
Ida Corwin
Patrick the Great
Jean Matthews
Earl Carroll Vanities
Tex Donnelly
Pan-Americana
Helen 'Hoppy' Hopkins
The Doughgirls
Sgt. Natalia Moskoroff
Cover Girl
Cornelia 'Stonewall' Jackson
Let's Face It
Maggie Watson
Hit Parade of 1943
Belinda Wright
Obliging Young Lady
'Space' OShea, aka Suwanee Rivers
Bedtime Story
Virginia Cole
Sing for Your Supper
Barbara Stevens
Last of the Duanes
Kate
Manpower
Dolly
Whistling in the Dark
'Buzz' Baker
San Antonio Rose
Gabby Trent
She Knew All the Answers
Sally Long
Ziegfeld Girl
Patsy Dixon
That Uncertain Feeling
Sally Aikens
No, No, Nanette
Kitty
Comrade X
Jane Wilson
She Couldn't Say No
Alice Hinsdale
Slightly Honorable
Miss Ater
A Child is Born
Miss Pinty
At the Circus
Peerless Pauline
Eternally Yours
Gloria
The Forgotten Woman
Carrie Ashburn
Big Town Czar
Susan Warren
Women in the Wind
Kit Campbell
Letter of Introduction
Cora Phelps
Having Wonderful Time
Henrietta
Cocoanut Grove
Sophie De Lemma
Stage Door
Ève
Oh, Doctor
Shirley Truman
Dancing Lady
Marcia (uncredited)
Song of Love
Maisie LeRoy