Eve Arden
Eve Arden (actually Eunice Mary Quedens , born April 30, 1908 in Mill Valley , California , † November 12, 1990 in Los Angeles ) was an American actress.
Life
Eunice Mary Quedens was born to Lucille and Charles Peter Quedens. Her parents divorced when she was a child. At 16, she left Tamalpais High School and joined a theater company. She made her film debut under her real name in the musical Song of Love in 1929 . On her Broadway debut in 1934 in Ziegfeld Follies , she already appeared under the stage name Eve Arden. She was asked by the theater producer Lee Shubert to choose a stage name. She chose a combination of two cosmetic products, namely Evening in Paris and Elizabeth Arden .
Arden starred in numerous films from the 1940s on, specializing in the portrayal of sarcastic and self-confident women in supporting roles. She often had the strangest sentences, but her characters rarely got a man in the end. An example of this role subject was her appearance as best friend of Joan Crawford in Solange a Heart Beats , for which she was nominated in 1946 for an Oscar for best female supporting role. In 1959, in Anatomy of a Murder, she was the quick-witted secretary of lawyer Paul Biegler , played by James Stewart . In 1978 she played the school principal McGee in the musical adaptation of Grease .
On television she finally achieved popularity in leading roles, so she played the lead role in the family series Our Miss Brooks from 1952 to 1956 . From 1957 to 1958 she had her own The Eve Arden Show . Numerous guest roles in television series such as Vegas , Love Boat and Hart followed . Her last role was in 1987 as Lillian Nash in the prime-time soap Falcon Crest .
On February 8, 1960, she received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the television and radio categories . She has been a member of the Radio Hall of Fame since 1995 .
Arden died of colon cancer and heart disease at the age of 82 . She is buried in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood , California. She was married twice, from 1939 to 1947 in a childless marriage with Ned Bergen and after the divorce from 1952 with Brooks West, until his death in 1984, where they had four children together.
Filmography (selection)
Movies
- 1929: Song of Love
- 1933: I only dance for you ( Dancing Lady )
- 1937: Stage Door ( Stage Door )
- 1939: The Marx Brothers in the circus ( At the Circus )
- 1939: Wizard of Love (Eternally Yours)
- 1940: Comrade X
- 1941: Marriage Comedy ( That Uncertain Feeling )
- 1941: Hearts on fire ( Manpower )
- 1941: Girls in the Spotlight ( Ziegfeld Girl )
- 1943: Hit Parade of 1943
- 1944: The Goddess Dances ( Cover Girl )
- 1945: Earl Carroll Vanities
- 1945: As long as a heart beats ( Mildred Pierce )
- 1946: I think of you day and night ( Night and Day )
- 1946: The hero of the day ( The Kid from Brooklyn )
- 1947: Venus makes infidelities ( One Touch of Venus )
- 1947: Adultery ( The Unfaithful )
- 1948: That was a fight ( Whiplash )
- 1949: Glück in Seenot ( The Lady Takes a Sailor )
- 1949: My dream You are ( My Dream Is Yours )
- 1950: Trouble in Cactus Creek ( Curtain Call at Cactus Creek )
- 1950: Enchanting Woman ( Tea for Two )
- 1950: Three Husbands
- 1951: Goodbye, My Fancy
- 1952: We're Not Married ( We're Not Married! )
- 1959: Anatomy of a Murder ( Anatomy of a Murder )
- 1960: The Dark at the Top of the Stairs ( The Dark at the Top of the Stairs )
- 1975: The Retort Goliath (The Strongest Man in the World)
- 1977: Grease
- 1980: The Dream Factory ( The Dream Merchants )
- 1981: Secret Mission Hollywood ( Under the Rainbow )
- 1982: Friday the 713th ( Pandemonium )
- 1982: Grease 2
TV Shows
- 1952–1956: Our Miss Brooks (130 episodes)
- 1957–1958: The Eve Arden Show (26 episodes)
- 1966: In Love with a Witch ( Bewitched , an episode)
- 1967–1969: The Mothers-In-Law (56 episodes)
- 1980: Love Boat ( The Love Boat , two episodes)
- 1980: Hard but Heartfelt (one episode)
- 1987: Falcon Crest (one episode)
Awards (selection)
- 1946 : Nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Solange a Heart Beats
- 1960: Nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Anatomy of a Murder
- 1961: Nomination for Best Supporting Actress for The Dark at the End of the Stairs
literature
- Autobiography
- Eve Arden: The Three Phases of Eve. St. Martins Pr. 1985, ISBN 978-0312802677
- Further literature
- David C. Tucker: The Women Who Made Television Funny: Ten Stars of 1950s Sitcoms. McFarland & Co., Jefferson, NC 2007, ISBN 0-7864-2900-3 .
- Michael Karol: Sitcom Queens: Divas of the Small Screen. iUniverse. 2005, ISBN 0-595-40251-8 .
- Ian Herbert (Ed.): "ARDEN, Eve." Who's Who in the Theater. 1. Gale Research Company. 1981, ISSN 0083-9833 , p. 21.
Web links
- Eve Arden in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Tamalpais High School Alumni Directory. 2002. Harris Publishing Co., p. 237. Lists "Quedens, Eunice M." in the Class of 1926
- ↑ Eve Arden. In: Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved March 14, 2019 .
- ↑ Eve Arden | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos | AllMovie. Retrieved May 28, 2018 .
- ↑ Comedy: Eve Arden . Radio Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on May 26, 2011. Retrieved June 13, 2011.
- ↑ Albin Krebs: Eve Arden, Actress, Is Dead ... TV's 'Our Miss Brooks' . In: New York Times , NYTimes.com, November 13, 1990. Retrieved June 13, 2011.
- ↑ Burt A. Folkart: Eve Arden, 82; Portrayed TV's Beloved 'Our Miss Brooks' . In: Los Angeles Times , LAtimes.com, November 13, 1990. Retrieved December 5, 2011.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Arden, Eve |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Quedens, Eunice Mary (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 30, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mill Valley , California |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 12, 1990 |
| Place of death | los Angeles |