Eve Arden

Known for ActingBorn 1908-04-30Died 1990-11-12Mill 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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Costume Designer

The Grease Story

Cocoanut Grove

Faerie Tale Theatre

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

Vacation Playhouse

The Lady Wants Mink

The Liberace Show

Bewitched

A Very Missing Person

I Love Lucy

Anatomy of a Murder

Sing for Your Supper

Masquerade

Amazing Stories

The George Gobel Show

Ellery Queen

All My Darling Daughters

The Ed Wynn Show

Grease

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Mildred Pierce

The Doughgirls

Our Miss Brooks

Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary

The Red Skelton Show

She Couldn't Say No

Alice

Run for Your Life

My Reputation

Vega$

Dinah!

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

In Name Only

Hart to Hart

Golden Globe Awards

Alice in Wonderland

What's My Line?

Cinderella

A Child is Born

Stage Door

San Antonio Rose

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Big Town Czar

The Forgotten Woman

Paid in Full

The Pet Set