1908-04-30 ( 116 years old ) in Mill Valley, California, USA
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.
Movies
The Grease Story
2017-11-05
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991-10-28
Cinderella
1985-08-14
Faerie Tale Theatre: Cinderella
1985-08-08
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985-01-01
Alice in Wonderland
1983-10-03
Grease 2
1982-06-11
Pandemonium
1982-04-01
Under the Rainbow
1981-07-31
A Guide for the Married Woman
1978-10-13
Grease
1978-07-07
The Strongest Man in the World
1975-02-06
All My Darling Daughters
1972-11-22
A Very Missing Person
1972-03-04
In Name Only
1969-11-25
Sergeant Deadhead
1965-08-18
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
1960-09-28
Anatomy of a Murder
1959-07-01
Our Miss Brooks
1956-04-24
The Lady Wants Mink
1953-03-29
We're Not Married!
1952-07-11
Goodbye, My Fancy
1951-05-19
Three Husbands
1950-11-10
Tea for Two
1950-09-01
The Costume Designer
1950-07-13
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
1950-05-25
Paid in Full
1950-02-15
The Lady Takes a Sailor
1949-12-16
My Dream Is Yours
1949-04-15
Whiplash
1948-12-24
One Touch of Venus
1948-08-01
The Voice of the Turtle
1947-12-25
The Unfaithful
1947-07-01
Song of Scheherazade
1947-02-26
The Arnelo Affair
1947-02-13
Blow-Ups of 1946
1946-12-31
Night and Day
1946-07-02
The Kid from Brooklyn
1946-03-21
My Reputation
1946-01-25
Mildred Pierce
1945-10-20
Patrick the Great
1945-05-04
Earl Carroll Vanities
1945-04-05
Pan-Americana
1945-03-22
The Doughgirls
1944-11-25
Cover Girl
1944-03-22
Let's Face It
1943-08-04
Hit Parade of 1943
1943-03-26
Obliging Young Lady
1942-04-01
Bedtime Story
1941-12-25
Sing for Your Supper
1941-12-04
Last of the Duanes
1941-09-26
Manpower
1941-08-09
Whistling in the Dark
1941-08-08
San Antonio Rose
1941-06-20
She Knew All the Answers
1941-05-13
Ziegfeld Girl
1941-04-25
That Uncertain Feeling
1941-04-20
No, No, Nanette
1940-12-19
Comrade X
1940-12-13
She Couldn't Say No
1940-12-07
Slightly Honorable
1939-12-22
A Child Is Born
1939-12-07
At the Circus
1939-10-20
Eternally Yours
1939-10-07
The Forgotten Woman
1939-07-07
Big Town Czar
1939-05-03
Women in the Wind
1939-04-15
Letter of Introduction
1938-08-05
Having Wonderful Time
1938-07-01
Cocoanut Grove
1938-05-20
Stage Door
1937-10-08
Oh, Doctor
1937-03-31
Dancing Lady
1933-11-24
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