
Acting
Born April 30, 1908 · 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.

The Grease Story
2017

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991

Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
1986

Cinderella
1985

Faerie Tale Theatre: Cinderella
1985

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985

Alice in Wonderland
1983

Grease 2
1982

Pandemonium
1982

Under the Rainbow
1981

A Guide for the Married Woman
1978

Grease
1978

The Strongest Man in the World
1975

All My Darling Daughters
1972

A Very Missing Person
1972

In Name Only
1969

Sergeant Deadhead
1965

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
1960

Anatomy of a Murder
1959

Our Miss Brooks
1956

The Lady Wants Mink
1953

We're Not Married!
1952

Goodbye, My Fancy
1951

Three Husbands
1950

Tea for Two
1950

The Costume Designer
1950

Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
1950

Paid in Full
1950

The Lady Takes a Sailor
1949

My Dream Is Yours
1949