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
Credits
- 2017 · The Grease Story as Principal McGee
- 1991 · Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as Maida Rutledge (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1986 · Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary as Self
- 1985 · Amazing Stories as Jane's mother
- 1985 · Cinderella as Stepmother
- 1985 · Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers as Self (archive footage)
- 1983 · Masquerade as
- 1983 · Alice in Wonderland as Queen of Hearts
- 1982 · Faerie Tale Theatre as The Stepmother
- 1982 · Grease 2 as Principal McGee
- 1982 · Pandemonium as Warden June
- 1981 · Falcon Crest as Lillian Nash
- 1981 · Under the Rainbow as The Duchess
- 1980 · The Dream Merchants as Coralee
- 1979 · Hart to Hart as
- 1979 · B. J. and the Bear as
- 1978 · A Guide for the Married Woman as Employment Lady
- 1978 · Flying High as
- 1978 · Vega$ as
- 1978 · Grease as Principal McGee
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Brenda Watts
- 1975 · Ellery Queen as
- 1975 · The Strongest Man in the World as Harriet
- 1973 · The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts as Self
- 1972 · All My Darling Daughters as Miss Freeling, the Wedding Counselor
- 1972 · A Very Missing Person as Hildegarde Withers
- 1971 · Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law as Dr. Lucille Barras
- 1971 · Great Performances as Queen of Hearts
- 1971 · The Pet Set as Self
- 1969 · In Name Only as Aunt Theda Reeson
- 1967 · The Mothers-in-Law as Eve Hubbard
- 1967 · Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self
- 1965 · Laredo as
- 1965 · Run for Your Life as Mame Huston
- 1965 · Sergeant Deadhead as Lieutenant Kinsey
- 1964 · The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Professor Lillian Stemmler
- 1964 · Bewitched as Nurse Kelton
- 1963 · Vacation Playhouse as Claudia Cooper
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1960 · My Three Sons as Marisa Montaine
- 1960 · The Dark at the Top of the Stairs as Lottie Lacey
- 1959 · Startime as
- 1959 · Anatomy of a Murder as Maida Rutledge
- 1957 · The Eve Arden Show as
- 1957 · Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Eve Arden
- 1956 · The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
- 1956 · Our Miss Brooks as Miss Constance 'Connie' Brooks
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1953 · The Lady Wants Mink as Gladys Jones
- 1952 · Our Miss Brooks as Connie Brooks
- 1952 · We're Not Married! as Katie Woodruff
- 1952 · The Liberace Show as
- 1951 · I Love Lucy as Eve Arden (uncredited)
- 1951 · Goodbye, My Fancy as Miss 'Woody' Woods
- 1950 · Three Husbands as Lucille McCabe
- 1950 · Tea for Two as Pauline Hastings
- 1950 · The Costume Designer as Self (archive footage)
- 1950 · Curtain Call at Cactus Creek as Lily Martin
- 1950 · Paid in Full as Tommy Thompson
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- 1949 · The Lady Takes a Sailor as Susan Wayne
- 1949 · My Dream Is Yours as Vivian Martin
- 1948 · Whiplash as Chris Sherwood
- 1948 · One Touch of Venus as Molly Stewart
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self - Guest Hostess
- 1947 · The Voice of the Turtle as Olive Lashbrooke
- 1947 · The Unfaithful as Paula
- 1947 · Song of Scheherazade as Madame de Talavera
- 1947 · The Arnelo Affair as Vivian Delwyn
- 1946 · Blow-Ups of 1946 as Self
- 1946 · Night and Day as Gabrielle
- 1946 · The Kid from Brooklyn as Ann Westly
- 1946 · My Reputation as Ginna Abbott
- 1945 · Mildred Pierce as Ida Corwin
- 1945 · Patrick the Great as Jean Matthews
- 1945 · Earl Carroll Vanities as Tex Donnelly
- 1945 · Pan-Americana as Helen 'Hoppy' Hopkins
- 1944 · The Doughgirls as Sgt. Natalia Moskoroff
- 1944 · Cover Girl as Cornelia 'Stonewall' Jackson
- 1943 · Let's Face It as Maggie Watson
- 1943 · Hit Parade of 1943 as Belinda Wright
- 1942 · Obliging Young Lady as 'Space' OShea, aka Suwanee Rivers
- 1941 · Bedtime Story as Virginia Cole
- 1941 · Sing for Your Supper as Barbara Stevens
- 1941 · Last of the Duanes as Kate
- 1941 · Manpower as Dolly
- 1941 · Whistling in the Dark as 'Buzz' Baker
- 1941 · San Antonio Rose as Gabby Trent
- 1941 · She Knew All the Answers as Sally Long
- 1941 · Ziegfeld Girl as Patsy Dixon
- 1941 · That Uncertain Feeling as Sally Aikens
- 1940 · No, No, Nanette as Kitty
- 1940 · Comrade X as Jane Wilson
- 1940 · She Couldn't Say No as Alice Hinsdale
- 1939 · Slightly Honorable as Miss Ater
- 1939 · A Child Is Born as Miss Pinty
- 1939 · At the Circus as Peerless Pauline
- 1939 · Eternally Yours as Gloria
- 1939 · The Forgotten Woman as Carrie Ashburn
- 1939 · Big Town Czar as Susan Warren
- 1939 · Women in the Wind as Kit Campbell
- 1938 · Letter of Introduction as Cora Phelps
- 1938 · Having Wonderful Time as Henrietta
- 1938 · Cocoanut Grove as Sophie De Lemma
- 1937 · Stage Door as Ève
- 1937 · Oh, Doctor as Shirley Truman
- 1933 · Dancing Lady as Marcia (uncredited)