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