Eve Arden

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: Acting

Born: Mill Valley, California, USA, 1908-04-30

Died: 1990-11-12

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1933	Dancing Lady	Marcia (uncredited)	69
2	1937	Oh, Doctor	Shirley Truman	0
3	1937	Stage Door	Ève	70
4	1938	Cocoanut Grove	Sophie De Lemma	0
5	1938	Having Wonderful Time	Henrietta	49
6	1938	Letter of Introduction	Cora Phelps	57
7	1939	Women in the Wind	Kit Campbell	68
8	1939	Big Town Czar	Susan Warren	0
9	1939	The Forgotten Woman	Carrie Ashburn	0
10	1939	Eternally Yours	Gloria	57
11	1939	At the Circus	Peerless Pauline	63
12	1939	A Child Is Born	Miss Pinty	65
13	1939	Slightly Honorable	Miss Ater	47
14	1940	She Couldn't Say No	Alice Hinsdale	68
15	1940	Comrade X	Jane Wilson	59
16	1940	No, No, Nanette	Kitty	60
17	1941	That Uncertain Feeling	Sally Aikens	65
18	1941	Ziegfeld Girl	Patsy Dixon	65
19	1941	She Knew All the Answers	Sally Long	63
20	1941	San Antonio Rose	Gabby Trent	70
21	1941	Whistling in the Dark	'Buzz' Baker	58
22	1941	Manpower	Dolly	67
23	1941	Last of the Duanes	Kate	60
24	1941	Sing for Your Supper	Barbara Stevens	60
25	1941	Bedtime Story	Virginia Cole	59
26	1942	Obliging Young Lady	'Space' OShea, aka Suwanee Rivers	50
27	1943	Hit Parade of 1943	Belinda Wright	52
28	1943	Let's Face It	Maggie Watson	45
29	1944	Cover Girl	Cornelia 'Stonewall' Jackson	64
30	1944	The Doughgirls	Sgt. Natalia Moskoroff	70
31	1945	Pan-Americana	Helen 'Hoppy' Hopkins	36
32	1945	Earl Carroll Vanities	Tex Donnelly	50
33	1945	Patrick the Great	Jean Matthews	40
34	1945	Mildred Pierce	Ida Corwin	76
35	1946	My Reputation	Ginna Abbott	71
36	1946	The Kid from Brooklyn	Ann Westly	62
37	1946	Night and Day	Gabrielle	57
38	1946	Blow-Ups of 1946	Self	60
39	1947	The Arnelo Affair	Vivian Delwyn	53
40	1947	Song of Scheherazade	Madame de Talavera	58
41	1947	The Unfaithful	Paula	60
42	1947	The Voice of the Turtle	Olive Lashbrooke	66
43	1948	One Touch of Venus	Molly Stewart	66
44	1948	Whiplash	Chris Sherwood	49
45	1949	My Dream Is Yours	Vivian Martin	64
46	1949	The Lady Takes a Sailor	Susan Wayne	43
47	1950	Paid in Full	Tommy Thompson	66
48	1950	Curtain Call at Cactus Creek	Lily Martin	63
49	1950	The Costume Designer	Self (archive footage)	0
50	1950	Tea for Two	Pauline Hastings	60
51	1950	Three Husbands	Lucille McCabe	50
52	1951	Goodbye, My Fancy	Miss 'Woody' Woods	59
53	1952	We're Not Married!	Katie Woodruff	59
54	1953	The Lady Wants Mink	Gladys Jones	60
55	1956	Our Miss Brooks	Miss Constance 'Connie' Brooks	62
56	1959	Anatomy of a Murder	Maida Rutledge	79
57	1960	The Dark at the Top of the Stairs	Lottie Lacey	67
58	1965	Sergeant Deadhead	Lieutenant Kinsey	40
59	1969	In Name Only	Aunt Theda Reeson	0
60	1972	A Very Missing Person	Hildegarde Withers	80
61	1972	All My Darling Daughters	Miss Freeling, the Wedding Counselor	60
62	1975	The Strongest Man in the World	Harriet	61
63	1978	Grease	Principal McGee	74
64	1978	A Guide for the Married Woman	Employment Lady	30
65	1981	Under the Rainbow	The Duchess	52
66	1982	Pandemonium	Warden June	44
67	1982	Grease 2	Principal McGee	52
68	1983	Alice in Wonderland	Queen of Hearts	68
69	1985	Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers	Self (archive footage)	0
70	1985	Faerie Tale Theatre: Cinderella	The Stepmother	0
71	1985	Cinderella	Stepmother	71
72	1986	Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary	Self	67
73	1991	Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker	Maida Rutledge (archive footage) (uncredited)	77
74	2017	The Grease Story	Principal McGee (archive footage)	84

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Presenter	72
2	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	68
3	1950	What's My Line?	Self - Mystery Guest	69
4	1951	The Red Skelton Show	Self / Clara Appleby	74
5	1951	I Love Lucy	Eve Arden (uncredited)	79
6	1952	The Liberace Show		0
7	1952	Our Miss Brooks	Connie Brooks	73
8	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Presenter	51
9	1956	The Dinah Shore Chevy Show	Self	60
10	1957	Tonight Starring Jack Paar	Eve Arden	70
11	1957	The Eve Arden Show		0
12	1959	Startime		60
13	1960	My Three Sons	Marisa Montaine	65
14	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	54
15	1963	Vacation Playhouse	Claudia Cooper	70
16	1964	Bewitched	Nurse Kelton	79
17	1964	The Man from U.N.C.L.E.	Professor Lillian Stemmler	72
18	1965	Run for Your Life	Mame Huston	72
19	1965	Laredo		63
20	1967	The Mothers-in-Law	Eve Hubbard	58
21	1968	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In	Self	65
22	1969	Love, American Style	Linda's Mom	61
23	1971	The Pet Set	Self	55
24	1971	Great Performances	Queen of Hearts	53
25	1971	Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law	Dr. Lucille Barras	63
26	1973	The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts	Self	54
27	1975	Ellery Queen	Vera Bethune / Miss Aggie	74
28	1977	The Love Boat	Brenda Watts	63
29	1978	Vega$		70
30	1978	Flying High		45
31	1979	B. J. and the Bear		55
32	1979	Hart to Hart		68
33	1980	The Dream Merchants	Coralee	45
34	1981	Falcon Crest	Lillian Nash	55
35	1982	Faerie Tale Theatre	The Stepmother	81
36	1983	Masquerade		50
37	1985	Amazing Stories	Jane's mother	75

Eve Arden

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