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| Born | Eunice M. American Forces Network (or AFN) is the brand name used by the United States Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS for its entertainment Quedens April 30, 1908 Mill Valley, California, USA |
| Died | November 12, 1990 (aged 82) Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Years active | 1929-1985 |
| Spouse(s) | Ned Bergen (1939-1947) Brooks West (1952-1984) |
Eve Arden (April 30, 1908 – November 12, 1990) was an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-winning American actress. Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Mill Valley is a city in Marin County, California, United States located about north of San Francisco via the Golden Gate Bridge. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Her almost 60-year career crossed most media frontiers with supporting and leading roles, but she is perhaps best remembered for playing the sardonic but engaging high school teacher in the classic Our Miss Brooks (radio and television), and as the Rydell High School principal in the films Grease and Grease 2. Our Miss Brooks, an American Situation comedy, starred Eve Arden as a sardonic High school English Teacher. Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Grease is a film directed by Randal Kleiser and based on Jim Jacobs ' and Warren Casey 's musical, Grease Grease 2 is the 1982 Sequel to the 1978 smash hit Grease. The movie was strongly criticized by many as derivative
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Biography
Arden was born Eunice M. Quedens in Mill Valley, California, to Lucille and Charles Peter Quedens. Mill Valley is a city in Marin County, California, United States located about north of San Francisco via the Golden Gate Bridge. Her parents divorced when she was a child. Arden said she was an insecure child, declaring later in life that she needed therapy because her mother was so much more beautiful than she.
At 16, Arden left Tamalpais High School and joined a stock theater company. Tamalpais High School (nicknamed Tam) is a public secondary school located in Mill Valley California. Theatre (or theater, see spelling differences) is the branch of the Performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one [1] She made her film debut, under her real name, in the backstage musical Song of Love (1929). She played a wisecracking showgirl who becomes a rival to the film's star, singer Belle Baker. Belle Baker ( 25 December 1893, New York City New York - 29 April 1957, Los Angeles California) was an American The film was one of Columbia Pictures' earliest successes. }} Columbia Pictures Industries Inc is an American Film production and distribution company
Eve Arden's Broadway debut came in 1934, when she was cast in that year's Ziegfeld Follies revue. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located History The Follies were lavish Revues something between later Broadway shows and a more elaborate high class Vaudeville Variety show.
Career
Film
Her film career began in earnest in 1937 when she appeared in the films Oh Doctor and Stage Door. Oh Doctor! is a 1917 short Comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle. Stage Door ( 1937) is a RKO film adapted from the play by the same name that tells the story of several would-be actresses who live together in a boarding Her Stage Door, portrayal of fast-talking, witty supporting character, gained Arden considerable notice and was to be a template for many of Arden's future roles.
Her many memorable screen roles include a supporting role as Joan Crawford's wise-cracking pal in 1945's Mildred Pierce (for which she received an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress), and James Stewart's wistful secretary in Otto Preminger's then-explicit murder mystery, Anatomy of a Murder (1959). Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; ( March 23, 1905 - May 10, 1977) Crawford was signed to a motion picture Mildred Pierce ( 1945) is a Warner Bros Feature film starring Joan Crawford, Ann Blyth, Jack Carson, Zachary "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. James Maitland Stewart (20 May 1908 – 2 July 1997 popularly known as Jimmy Stewart, was an American Film and stage Actor Otto Ludwig Preminger ( December 5[[ 906]]&ndash April 23[[ 986]] was an Austrian born Film director who moved from the theatre to Hollywood Anatomy of a Murder is an American Trial court Drama film directed by Otto Preminger and written by Wendell Mayes based (One of her co-stars in that film was husband Brooks West. ) She also performed some acrobatics while trying to steal a wallet from Groucho Marx in the Marx Brothers film At the Circus (1939). The Marx Brothers were a popular team of sibling Comedians who appeared in Vaudeville, stage plays film and television At the Circus is a 1939 Marx Brothers Comedy Film in which they save a circus from Bankruptcy.
Radio and television
Arden's quick wit made her a natural talent for radio; she became a regular on Danny Kaye's short-lived but memorably zany comedy-variety show in 1946, which also featured swing bandleader Harry James and gravel-voiced character actor-comedian Lionel Stander. Danny Kaye ( January 18, 1913 – March 3, 1987) was an American award-winning Actor, Singer and Comedian Harry James ( March 15, 1916 – July 5, 1983) was an American Musician and Band leader, and a well-known Lionel Jay Stander ( January 11, 1908 – November 30, 1994) was an American Actor in movies radio theater and television
Kaye's show lasted one season, but Arden's display of comic talent and timing set the stage for her to be cast in her most well-known role, Madison High School English teacher Connie Brooks in Our Miss Brooks. Our Miss Brooks, an American Situation comedy, starred Eve Arden as a sardonic High school English Teacher. Arden portrayed the character on radio from 1948 to 1957, in a television version of the program from 1952 to 1956, and in a 1956 feature film. Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. Arden's character clashed with the school's principal, Osgood Conklin (played by Gale Gordon), and nursed an unrequited crush on fellow teacher Philip Boynton (played originally by future film star Jeff Chandler and later in the series by Robert Rockwell). Gale Gordon ( February 20, 1906 – June 30, 1995) was an American character actor Jeff Chandler ( December 15, 1918 - June 17, 1961) was an American Film Actor and Singer in the 1950s Robert Rockwell ( October 15[[ 920]] – January 25[[ 003]] was an American actor best known for playing the handsome but awkward biology teacher Philip
Arden's portrayal of the character was so popular that she was made an honorary member of the National Education Association, received a 1952 award from the Teachers College of Connecticut's Alumni Association "for humanizing the American teacher," and even received teaching job offers. The National Education Association ( NEA) is the largest professional organization in the United States, representing Public school Teachers and
Arden won a radio listeners' poll by Radio Mirror magazine as the top ranking comedienne of 1948-1949, receiving her award at the end of an Our Miss Brooks broadcast that March. "I'm certainly going to try in the coming months to merit the honor you've bestowed upon me, because I understand that if I win this (award) two years in a row, I get to keep Mr. Boynton," she joked. But she was also a hit with the critics; a winter 1949 poll of newspaper and magazine radio editors taken by Motion Picture Daily named her the year's best radio comedienne.
Arden tried another series in 1957, The Eve Arden Show, but it was cancelled after only a few episodes. The Eve Arden Show was a Sitcom which aired during the 1957 - 1958 Television season on CBS.
Arden also co-starred with Kaye Ballard in the 1967-1969 situation comedy The Mothers-in-Law, which was produced by her old friend Desi Arnaz after the dissolution of Desilu. Kaye Ballard, also credited as "Kay Ballard" born Catherine Gloria Balotta on November 20, 1925, in Cleveland Ohio, to an Italian The Mothers-in-Law was a weekly American Television sitcom starring Eve Arden and Kaye Ballard. Desi Arnaz (born Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III) ( March 2, 1917 – December 2, 1986) was a Cuban American Desilu Productions was a Los Angeles California based company jointly owned by American actors Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. A few years afterward, she made a new sitcom pilot co-starring Don Knotts, but it failed to attract a network buyer. Jesse Donald Knotts ( July 21, 1924 &ndash February 24, 2006) was an American comedic Actor best known
Other credits
She was one of many stars to take on the title roles in Hello, Dolly! and Auntie Mame in the 1960s; in 1967, she won the Sarah Siddons Award for her work in Chicago theatre. Hello Dolly! is a musical with lyrics and music by Jerry Herman and a book by Michael Stewart, based on Thornton Wilder 's 1938 Auntie Mame is a 1955 Novel by Patrick Dennis that chronicles the madcap adventures of a boy Patrick growing up as the ward The Sarah Siddons Society is an American Non-profit organization founded in 1952 by prominent Chicago Theatre patrons with the goal Note on spelling While most Americans use "er" (as per American spelling conventions the majority of venues performers and trade groups for live theatre use "re
She became familiar to a new generation of film-goers when she played the harassed Principal McGee in both 1978's Grease and 1982's Grease 2, as well as making appearances on such television shows as Alice and Falcon Crest. Grease is a film directed by Randal Kleiser and based on Jim Jacobs ' and Warren Casey 's musical, Grease Grease 2 is the 1982 Sequel to the 1978 smash hit Grease. The movie was strongly criticized by many as derivative Alice was an American Television sitcom series which ran from August 31 1976 to July 2 1985 on CBS. Falcon Crest is an American primetime television Soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons from December 4 In 1985 she appeared as the wicked stepmother in the Faerie Tale Theatre production of Cinderella. Cinderella is the 20th episode of the television anthology Faerie Tale Theatre.
Arden published her biography, The Three Phases of Eve, in 1985. It is notable for its discretion in regard to Arden's many co-stars, and her loyalty to the Hollywood studio system that nurtured her career.
In addition to her Academy Award nomination, Arden also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6714 Hollywood Boulevard. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a Sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood Los Angeles California, USA, that She was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1995. History The National Radio Hall of Fame and Museum, located in the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago Illinois, is a Museum dedicated
Personal life and death
She was married to Ned Bergen from 1939 to 1947, and to actor Brooks West from 1952 until his death in 1984 from a heart ailment. She and West had four children, three of whom were adopted.
According to some sources, she had an affair with Danny Kaye in the 1940s. Danny Kaye ( January 18, 1913 – March 3, 1987) was an American award-winning Actor, Singer and Comedian [2]
Arden died of advanced colorectal cancer and heart disease at her home in Los Angeles, California at the age of 82, and is interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, California. The colon is a storage tube for solid wastes The main function of the colon appears to be extraction of Water and salts from Feces. Cancer (medical term Malignant Neoplasm) is a class of Diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled Heart disease is an Umbrella term for a variety for different diseases affecting the Heart. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West The Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery is located at 1218 Glendon Avenue in the Westwood Village area of Los Angeles, California. Westwood is a district in western Los Angeles, California, United States.
Filmography
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References
- ^ Tamalpais High School Alumni Directory. Song of Love ( 1947) is a Biopic starring Katharine Hepburn, Paul Henreid, Robert Walker, and Leo G Dancing Lady is a 1933 musical Motion picture starring Joan Crawford, Clark Gable and Franchot Tone. Oh Doctor! is a 1917 short Comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle. Stage Door ( 1937) is a RKO film adapted from the play by the same name that tells the story of several would-be actresses who live together in a boarding Having Wonderful Time is a 1938 film Plot Summary A bored New York office girl (Ginger Rogers goes to a camp in the Catskill Mountains called Camp Eternally Yours is second album released by the Australian music group The Saints in 1978 At the Circus is a 1939 Marx Brothers Comedy Film in which they save a circus from Bankruptcy. Comrade X is a 1940 lighthearted spy movie starring Clark Gable and Hedy Lamarr and directed by King Vidor. No No Nanette is a Musical comedy with lyrics by Irving Caesar and Otto Harbach, music by Vincent Youmans, and a book by Otto Harbach That Uncertain Feeling is a comic Novel by Kingsley Amis, first published in 1956 Ziegfeld Girl is a 1941 American film starring James Stewart, Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr, and Lana Turner "San Antonio Rose"/"New San Antonio Rose" was the signature song of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys. " Bedtime Story " is a song by American Singer Madonna from her 1994 album Bedtime Stories. Hit Parade of 1943 also known as Change of Heart is a 1943 Musical film made by Republic Pictures. Cover Girl is a 1944 American Musical film starring Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly. Mildred Pierce ( 1945) is a Warner Bros Feature film starring Joan Crawford, Ann Blyth, Jack Carson, Zachary My Reputation is a 1946 wartime love story directed by Curtis Bernhardt. The Kid from Brooklyn is a 1946 Comedy film starring Danny Kaye and co-starring Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen, Steve Cochran, and Night and Day is a 1946 Warner Brothers Biographical film of the life of American Composer and Songwriter The Unfaithful is a 1947 Film noir based (though not credited on the W One Touch of Venus is a musical with music written by Kurt Weill, lyrics by Ogden Nash, and book by S My Dream Is Yours is a 1949 musical Romantic comedy film starring Doris Day, Jack Carson and Lee Bowman. The Lady Takes a Sailor is a 1949 Comedy film. Plot Jennifer Smith ( Jane Wyman) heads a "Consumer Reports"-type company Tea for Two ( 1950) is a American Musical film directed by David Butler. Goodbye My Fancy ( 1951) is a Warner Bros Feature film starring Joan Crawford and Robert Young in a light tale about We're Not Married is a 1952 Romantic comedy film starring Ginger Rogers, Fred Allen, and Marilyn Monroe. Our Miss Brooks, an American Situation comedy, starred Eve Arden as a sardonic High school English Teacher. Anatomy of a Murder is an American Trial court Drama film directed by Otto Preminger and written by Wendell Mayes based The Dark at the Top of the Stairs is a 1960 Film with Dorothy McGuire, Robert Preston, Shirley Knight, Eve Arden The Strongest Man in the World is a Walt Disney film released in 1975, starring Kurt Russell, still a student in the fictional Medfield College This article is about the stage musical For the 1978 film of the same name see Grease (film. Under the Rainbow is a 1981 Comedy Film starring Chevy Chase, Carrie Fisher, Eve Arden, Billy Barty Pandemonium is a 1982 Comedy film with an Ensemble cast including Eileen Brennan, Phil Hartman, Tab Hunter, Grease 2 is the 1982 Sequel to the 1978 smash hit Grease. The movie was strongly criticized by many as derivative 2002. Harris Publishing Co. , p 237. Lists "Quedens, Eunice M. " in the Class of 1926.
- ^ Gottfried, Martin (1994), Nobody's Fool: The Lives of Danny Kaye, Simon & Schuster, ISBN 0671864947
Further reading
- Tucker, David C. (2007). The Women Who Made Television Funny: Ten Stars of 1950s Sitcoms. Jefferson, N. C. : McFarland & Co. ISBN 0-7864-2900-3.
- Karol, Michael (2005). Sitcom Queens: Divas of the Small Screen. iUniverse. ISBN 0-595-40251-8.
External links
- Eve Arden at the Internet Movie Database
- Eve Arden at Allmovie
- Eve Arden at Find A Grave
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