Eve Arden
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 30, 1908
- Died
- November 12, 1990 (aged 82)
- Birthplace
- Mill Valley, California, USA
Biography
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.
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Filmography
The Grease Story
Movie · as Principal McGee (archive footage)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Movie · as Maida Rutledge (archive footage) (uncredited)
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
Movie · as Self
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Cinderella
Movie · as Stepmother
Amazing Stories
TV · as Jane's mother · 1 ep
Alice in Wonderland
Movie · as Queen of Hearts
Masquerade
TV · as Mrs. Woodman · 1 ep
Grease 2
Movie · as Principal McGee
Pandemonium
Movie · as Warden June
Faerie Tale Theatre
TV · as The Stepmother · 1 ep
Under the Rainbow
Movie · as The Duchess
Falcon Crest
TV · as Lillian Nash · 1 ep
The Dream Merchants
TV · as Coralee · 3 eps
B. J. and the Bear
TV · as Mrs. Jarvis · 1 ep
Hart to Hart
TV · as Sophie Green · 1 ep
Grease
Movie · as Principal McGee
A Guide for the Married Woman
Movie · as Employment Lady
Vega$
TV · as Sarah Bancroft · 1 ep
Flying High
TV · as Clarissa 'Wedgie' Wedge · 1 ep
The Love Boat
TV · as Brenda Watts · 2 eps
Alice
TV · as Martha MacIntire · 1 ep
The Strongest Man in the World
Movie · as Harriet
Ellery Queen
TV · as Vera Bethune / Miss Aggie · 1 ep
Dinah!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
TV · as Self · 1 ep
All My Darling Daughters
Movie · as Miss Freeling, the Wedding Counselor
A Very Missing Person
Movie · as Hildegarde Withers
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
TV · as Dr. Lucille Barras · 1 ep
The Pet Set
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Great Performances
TV · as Queen of Hearts · 1 ep
In Name Only
Movie · as Theda Reeson
Love, American Style
TV · as Linda's Mom · 1 ep
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Mothers-in-Law
TV · as Eve Hubbard · 56 eps
The Danny Thomas Hour
TV · as Thelda Cunningham · 1 ep
Sergeant Deadhead
Movie · as Lieutenant Kinsey
Laredo
TV · as Emma Bristow · 1 ep
Run for Your Life
TV · as Mame Huston · 1 ep
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV · as Professor Lillian Stemmler · 1 ep
Bewitched
TV · as Nurse Kelton · 1 ep
Vacation Playhouse
TV · as Claudia Cooper · 1 ep
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 4 eps
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Movie · as Lottie Lacey
My Three Sons
TV · as Marisa Montaine · 1 ep
Checkmate
TV · as Georgia Golden · 1 ep
Anatomy of a Murder
Movie · as Maida Rutledge
Startime
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Eve Arden Show
TV · as Liza Hammond · 26 eps
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV · as Eve Arden · 1 ep
Our Miss Brooks
Movie · as Miss Constance 'Connie' Brooks
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep
The George Gobel Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Lady Wants Mink
Movie · as Gladys Jones
We're Not Married!
Movie · as Katie Woodruff
Our Miss Brooks
TV · as Connie Brooks · 130 eps
The Liberace Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Goodbye, My Fancy
Movie · as Miss 'Woody' Woods
I Love Lucy
TV · as Eve Arden (uncredited) · 1 ep
The Red Skelton Show
TV · as Clara Appleby, Miss Hoity · 5 eps
Tea for Two
Movie · as Pauline Hastings
Paid in Full
Movie · as Tommy Thompson
Three Husbands
Movie · as Lucille McCabe
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
Movie · as Lily Martin
The Costume Designer
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
What's My Line?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
My Dream Is Yours
Movie · as Vivian Martin
The Lady Takes a Sailor
Movie · as Susan Wayne
The Ed Wynn Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
One Touch of Venus
Movie · as Molly Stewart
Whiplash
Movie · as Chris Sherwood
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Arnelo Affair
Movie · as Vivian Delwyn
The Unfaithful
Movie · as Paula
The Voice of the Turtle
Movie · as Olive Lashbrooke
Song of Scheherazade
Movie · as Madame de Talavera
Night and Day
Movie · as Gabrielle
My Reputation
Movie · as Ginna Abbott
The Kid from Brooklyn
Movie · as Ann Westly
Blow-Ups of 1946
Movie · as Self
Mildred Pierce
Movie · as Ida Corwin
Patrick the Great
Movie · as Jean Matthews
Earl Carroll Vanities
Movie · as Tex Donnelly
Pan-Americana
Movie · as Helen 'Hoppy' Hopkins
Cover Girl
Movie · as Cornelia 'Stonewall' Jackson
The Doughgirls
Movie · as Sgt. Natalia Moskoroff
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep
Hit Parade of 1943
Movie · as Belinda Wright
Let's Face It
Movie · as Maggie Watson
Obliging Young Lady
Movie · as 'Space' OShea, aka Suwanee Rivers
Manpower
Movie · as Dolly
That Uncertain Feeling
Movie · as Sally Aikens
Bedtime Story
Movie · as Virginia Cole
Whistling in the Dark
Movie · as 'Buzz' Baker
San Antonio Rose
Movie · as Gabby Trent
Ziegfeld Girl
Movie · as Patsy Dixon
Last of the Duanes
Movie · as Kate
She Knew All the Answers
Movie · as Sally Long
Sing for Your Supper
Movie · as Barbara Stevens
Comrade X
Movie · as Jane Wilson
She Couldn't Say No
Movie · as Alice Hinsdale
No, No, Nanette
Movie · as Kitty
At the Circus
Movie · as Peerless Pauline
Eternally Yours
Movie · as Gloria
Slightly Honorable
Movie · as Miss Ater
Women in the Wind
Movie · as Kit Campbell
A Child is Born
Movie · as Miss Pinty
Big Town Czar
Movie · as Susan Warren
The Forgotten Woman
Movie · as Carrie Ashburn
Having Wonderful Time
Movie · as Henrietta
Letter of Introduction
Movie · as Cora Phelps
Cocoanut Grove
Movie · as Sophie De Lemma
Stage Door
Movie · as Ève
Oh, Doctor
Movie · as Shirley Truman
Dancing Lady
Movie · as Marcia (uncredited)
Song of Love
Movie · as Maisie LeRoy