Eve was 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.
Date of Death 12 November 1990 , Los Angeles, California (cardiac arrest due to arteriosclerotic heart disease)
Año | Título | Personaje | Valoración |
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2017 | The Grease Story | Principal McGee | ★★★★☆ |
1991 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | Maida Rutledge (archive footage) (uncredited) | ★★★★☆ |
1985 | La Cenicienta (Cuentos de las estrellas) | Stepmother | ★★★★☆ |
1985 | Cuentos asombrosos | Jane's mother | ★★★★☆ |
1983 | Alice in Wonderland | Queen of Hearts | ★★★★☆ |
1983 | Masquerade | ★★★☆☆ | |
1982 | Grease 2 | Principal McGee | ★★★☆☆ |
1982 | Desmadre en las aulas | Warden June | ★★☆☆☆ |
1982 | Cuentos de las estrellas | The Stepmother | ★★★★☆ |
1981 | Under the Rainbow | The Duchess | ★★★☆☆ |
1981 | Falcon Crest | ★★★☆☆ | |
1980 | The Dream Merchants | Coralee | ★★☆☆☆ |
1979 | B. J. and the Bear | ★★★☆☆ | |
1979 | Hart to Hart | ★★★☆☆ | |
1978 | Grease | Principal McGee | ★★★★☆ |
1978 | A Guide for the Married Woman | Employment Lady | ★★☆☆☆ |
1978 | Vega$ | ★★★☆☆ | |
1978 | Flying High | ★★☆☆☆ | |
1977 | Vacaciones en el mar | Brenda Watts | ★★★☆☆ |
1975 | El hombre más fuerte del mundo | Harriet | ★★★☆☆ |
1975 | Ellery Queen | ★★★★☆ | |
1972 | All My Darling Daughters | Miss Freeling, the Wedding Counselor | ★★★☆☆ |
1972 | A Very Missing Person | Hildegarde Withers | ★★★★☆ |
1971 | Great Performances | Queen of Hearts | ★★★☆☆ |
1971 | Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | Dr. Lucille Barras | ★★★☆☆ |
1969 | In Name Only | Aunt Theda Reeson | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1967 | The Mothers-in-Law | Eve Hubbard | ★★★☆☆ |
1965 | Sergeant Deadhead | Lieutenant Kinsey | ★★☆☆☆ |
1965 | Laredo | ★★★☆☆ | |
1965 | Run for Your Life | Mame Huston | ★★★★☆ |
1964 | Embrujada | ★★★★☆ | |
1964 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Professor Lillian Stemmler | ★★★★☆ |
1963 | Vacation Playhouse | Claudia Cooper | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1960 | The Dark at the Top of the Stairs | Lottie Lacey | ★★★☆☆ |
1960 | My Three Sons | Marisa Montaine | ★★★☆☆ |
1959 | Anatomía de un asesinato | Maida Rutledge | ★★★★☆ |
1959 | Startime | ★★★☆☆ | |
1957 | The Eve Arden Show | ☆☆☆☆☆ | |
1957 | Tonight Starring Jack Paar | Eve Arden | ★★★☆☆ |
1956 | Our Miss Brooks | Miss Constance 'Connie' Brooks | ★★★☆☆ |
1953 | La señora quiere visón | Gladys Jones | ★★★☆☆ |
1952 | No estamos casados | Katie Woodruff | ★★★☆☆ |
1952 | Our Miss Brooks | Connie Brooks | ★★★★☆ |
1952 | The Liberace Show | ☆☆☆☆☆ | |
1951 | Adiós, mi amor | Miss 'Woody' Woods | ★★★☆☆ |
1951 | Te quiero, Lucy | Eve Arden (uncredited) | ★★★★☆ |
1950 | Té para dos | Pauline Hastings | ★★★☆☆ |
1950 | Paid in Full | Tommy Thompson | ★★★☆☆ |
1950 | Three Husbands | Lucille McCabe | ★★★☆☆ |
1950 | Curtain Call at Cactus Creek | Lily Martin | ★★★☆☆ |
1949 | Mi sueño eres tú | Vivian Martin | ★★★☆☆ |
1949 | The Lady Takes a Sailor | Susan Wayne | ★★☆☆☆ |
1948 | Venus era mujer | Molly Stewart | ★★★☆☆ |
1948 | Whiplash | Chris Sherwood | ★★☆☆☆ |
1947 | The Arnelo Affair | Vivian Delwyn | ★★★☆☆ |
1947 | La infiel | Paula | ★★★☆☆ |
1947 | The Voice of the Turtle | Olive Lashbrooke | ★★★☆☆ |
1947 | Scheherezade | Madame de Talavera | ★★★☆☆ |
1946 | Noche y día | Gabrielle | ★★★☆☆ |
1946 | Mi reputación | Ginna Abbott | ★★★★☆ |
1946 | El asombro de Brooklyn | Ann Westly | ★★★☆☆ |
1945 | Alma en suplicio | Ida Corwin | ★★★★☆ |
1945 | Patrick the Great | Jean Matthews | ★★☆☆☆ |
1945 | Pan-Americana | Helen 'Hoppy' Hopkins | ★★☆☆☆ |
1945 | Earl Carroll Vanities | Tex Donnelly | ★★★☆☆ |
1944 | Las modelos | Cornelia 'Stonewall' Jackson | ★★★☆☆ |
1944 | The Doughgirls | Sgt. Natalia Moskoroff | ★★★★☆ |
1943 | Hit Parade of 1943 | Belinda Wright | ★★☆☆☆ |
1943 | Let's Face It | Maggie Watson | ★★☆☆☆ |
1942 | Obliging Young Lady | 'Space' OShea, aka Suwanee Rivers | ★★★☆☆ |
1941 | Alta tensión | Dolly | ★★★☆☆ |
1941 | Lo que piensan las mujeres | Sally Aikens | ★★★☆☆ |
1941 | Bedtime Story | Virginia Cole | ★★★☆☆ |
1941 | Whistling in the Dark | 'Buzz' Baker | ★★★☆☆ |
1941 | San Antonio Rose | Gabby Trent | ★★★★☆ |
1941 | Las chicas de Ziegfeld | Patsy Dixon | ★★★☆☆ |
1941 | She Knew All the Answers | Sally Long | ★★★☆☆ |
1941 | Sing for Your Supper | Barbara Stevens | ★★★☆☆ |
1941 | Last of the Duanes | Kate | ★★★☆☆ |
1940 | Camarada X | Jane Wilson | ★★★☆☆ |
1940 | She Couldn't Say No | Alice Hinsdale | ★★★☆☆ |
1940 | No, No, Nanette | Kitty | ★★★☆☆ |
1939 | Una tarde en el circo | Peerless Pauline | ★★★☆☆ |
1939 | Eternamente tuya | Gloria | ★★★☆☆ |
1939 | Con su misma arma | Miss Ater | ★★★☆☆ |
1939 | Women in the Wind | Kit Campbell | ★★★☆☆ |
1939 | A Child Is Born | Miss Pinty | ★★★☆☆ |
Año | Título | Personaje | Calificación |
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1986 | Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary | Self | ★★★☆☆ |
1985 | Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers | Self (archive footage) | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1973 | The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts | Self | ★★★☆☆ |
1971 | The Pet Set | Self | ★★★☆☆ |
1967 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Self | ★★★☆☆ |
1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | ★★★☆☆ |
1956 | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Self | ★★☆☆☆ |
1956 | Premios Tony | Self - Presenter | ★★★☆☆ |
1950 | The Costume Designer | Self (archive footage) | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest | ★★★☆☆ |
1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | ★★★☆☆ |
1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self - Guest Hostess | ★★★☆☆ |
1946 | Blow-Ups of 1946 | Self | ★★★☆☆ |
Películas destacadas de Eve Arden
Estas son las películas más destacadas en las que ha trabajdo:
Series
Las series más importantes en las que ha participado son las siguientes:
James Flavin
Eve Arden y James Flavin han colaborado 6 veces (la última el 01 de agosto de 1948) en las películas: Venus era mujer, Alma en suplicio, Bedtime Story, Alta tensión, Las chicas de Ziegfeld, Big Town Czar.
Joyce Compton
Eve Arden y Joyce Compton han colaborado 5 veces (la última el 20 de octubre de 1945) en las películas: Alma en suplicio, Let's Face It, Bedtime Story, Alta tensión, Las chicas de Ziegfeld.
Donald O'Connor
Eve Arden y Donald O'Connor han colaborado 4 veces (la última el 03 de octubre de 1983) en las películas: Alice in Wonderland, Desmadre en las aulas, Curtain Call at Cactus Creek, Patrick the Great.
Joan Crawford
Eve Arden y Joan Crawford han colaborado 4 veces (la última el 19 de mayo de 1951) en las películas: Adiós, mi amor, Blow-Ups of 1946, Alma en suplicio, Alma de bailarina.
Ann Sheridan
Eve Arden y Ann Sheridan han colaborado 4 veces (la última el 01 de julio de 1947) en las películas: La infiel, Blow-Ups of 1946, The Doughgirls, Carta de presentación.
John Ridgely
Eve Arden y John Ridgely han colaborado 4 veces (la última el 25 de enero de 1946) en las películas: Mi reputación, The Doughgirls, A Child Is Born, Women in the Wind.
Michael Tucci
Eve Arden y Michael Tucci han colaborado 3 veces (la última el 05 de noviembre de 2017) en las películas: The Grease Story, Desmadre en las aulas, Grease.