Gale Sondergaard

Gale Sondergaard

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gale Sondergaard (February 15, 1899 – August 14, 1985) was an American actress. Sondergaard began her acting career in theatre, and progressed to films in 1936. She was the first recipient of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her film debut in Anthony Adverse (1936). She played supporting roles in various films during the late 1930s and early 1940s, including The Cat and the Canary (1939), The Mark of Zorro (1940) and The Letter (1940). She was nominated for a second Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Anna and the King of Siam (1946) but by the end of the decade her film appearances were fewer. Married to the director Herbert Biberman, Sondergaard supported him when he was accused of communism and named as one of the Hollywood Ten in the early 1950s, and her film career was destroyed as a result. She moved with Biberman to New York City and worked in theatre, and acted in film and television occasionally from late 1960s. She moved back to Los Angeles where she died from cerebrovascular thrombosis. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gale Sondergaard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For: Acting

Born: Litchfield, Minnesota, USA, 1899-02-12

Died: 1985-08-14

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1936	The Making of a Great Motion Picture		50
2	1936	Anthony Adverse	Faith Paleologus	58
3	1937	Maid of Salem	Martha Harding	59
4	1937	Seventh Heaven	Nana, Diane's Sister	66
5	1937	The Life of Emile Zola	Lucie Dreyfus	66
6	1938	Lord Jeff	Doris Clandon	71
7	1938	Dramatic School	Madame Therese Charlot	62
8	1939	Never Say Die	Juno Marko	68
9	1939	Sons of Liberty	Rachel Salomon	62
10	1939	Juarez	Empress Eugenie	65
11	1939	The Cat and the Canary	Miss Lu	70
12	1939	The Llano Kid	Lora Travers	0
13	1940	The Blue Bird	Tylette (the cat)	57
14	1940	The Mark of Zorro	Inez Quintero	71
15	1940	The Letter	Mrs. Hammond	73
16	1941	The Black Cat	Abigail Doone	65
17	1941	Paris Calling	Colette	54
18	1942	My Favorite Blonde	Madame Stephanie Runick	64
19	1942	Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen	Mrs. Van Dorn	55
20	1942	A Night to Remember	Mrs. Devoe	65
21	1943	Appointment in Berlin	Gretta Van Leyden	67
22	1943	Isle of Forgotten Sins	Marge Willison	46
23	1943	The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler	Anna Huber	46
24	1943	Crazy House	Cameo Appearance	50
25	1943	The Spider Woman	Adrea Spedding	68
26	1944	Follow the Boys	Gale Sondergaard (uncredited)	53
27	1944	The Invisible Man's Revenge	Lady Irene Herrick	56
28	1944	Christmas Holiday	Mrs. Manette	63
29	1944	Gypsy Wildcat	Rhoda	55
30	1944	The Climax	Luise	54
31	1944	Enter Arsène Lupin	Bessie Seagrave	60
32	1946	The Spider Woman Strikes Back	Zenobia Dollard	65
33	1946	Night in Paradise	Attosa	40
34	1946	Anna and the King of Siam	Lady Thiang	61
35	1946	The Time of Their Lives	Emily	70
36	1947	Pirates of Monterey	Señorita de Sola	47
37	1947	Road to Rio	Catherine Vail	67
38	1949	East Side, West Side	Nora Kernan	70
39	1969	Slaves	New Orleans lady	57
40	1970	Hollywood Horror House	Leslie	54
41	1970	Tango		0
42	1973	The Cat Creature	Hester Black	50
43	1976	The Return of a Man Called Horse	Elk Woman	57
44	1982	Echoes	Mrs. Edmunds	37

No.

Year

Title

Role

Vote Average

1936