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.
120 acting credits
Acting · 120
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Falcon Crest
1981
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The Love Boat
1977
Bewitched
1964
Love, American Style
1969
Great Performances
1971
Tony Awards
1956
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
My Three Sons
1960
Hart to Hart
1979
Alice
1976
Run for Your Life
1965
I Love Lucy
1951
What's My Line?
1950
The Red Skelton Show
1951
Amazing Stories
1985
Vega$
1978
Dinah!
1974
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
Checkmate
1960
Laredo
1965
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
Startime
1959
Ellery Queen
1975
Grease
1978
B. J. and the Bear
1979
The Mothers-in-Law
1967
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
Vacation Playhouse
1963
The Pet Set
1971
Our Miss Brooks
1952
The George Gobel Show
1954
Flying High
1978
Masquerade
1983
The Danny Thomas Hour
1967
Mildred Pierce
1945
Anatomy of a Murder
1959
Night and Day
1946
Grease 2
1982
The Dream Merchants
1980
Stage Door
1937
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
1986
The Ed Wynn Show
1949
Cover Girl
1944
The Strongest Man in the World
1975
The Liberace Show
1952
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
Pandemonium
1982
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
1956
We're Not Married!
1952
Dancing Lady
1933
Manpower
1941
Ziegfeld Girl
1941
Bedtime Story
1941
My Reputation
1946
At the Circus
1939
Under the Rainbow
1981
Comrade X
1940
The Unfaithful
1947
Whiplash
1948
The Eve Arden Show
1957
That Uncertain Feeling
1941
Sergeant Deadhead
1965
Cocoanut Grove
1938
Eternally Yours
1939
Earl Carroll Vanities
1945
My Dream Is Yours
1949
A Guide for the Married Woman
1978
The Kid from Brooklyn
1946
The Grease Story
2017
Whistling in the Dark
1941
The Doughgirls
1944
Cinderella
1985
Slightly Honorable
1939
Women in the Wind
1939
The Voice of the Turtle
1947
No, No, Nanette
1940
Paid in Full
1950
Pan-Americana
1945
Tea for Two
1950
Having Wonderful Time
1938
One Touch of Venus
1948
Alice in Wonderland
1983
Letter of Introduction
1938
Three Husbands
1950
The Lady Wants Mink
1953
The Lady Takes a Sailor
1949
Big Town Czar
1939
Our Miss Brooks
1956
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
1960
Hit Parade of 1943
1943
She Couldn't Say No
1940
Song of Scheherazade
1947
Goodbye, My Fancy
1951
Blow-Ups of 1946
1946
A Child is Born
1939
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
1950
The Forgotten Woman
1939
She Knew All the Answers
1941
The Costume Designer
1950
Obliging Young Lady
1942
A Very Missing Person
1972
In Name Only
1969
Let's Face It
1943
San Antonio Rose
1941
All My Darling Daughters
1972
Patrick the Great
1945
Oh, Doctor
1937
Last of the Duanes
1941
Song of Love
1929
The Arnelo Affair
1947
Sing for Your Supper
1941