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.
Self (archive footage)
Film 1985
Cornelia 'Stonewall' Jackson
Film 1944
Katie Woodruff
Film 1952
Peerless Pauline
Film 1939
Pauline Hastings
Film 1950
Vivian Delwyn
Film 1947
Marcia (uncredited)
Film 1933
Tommy Thompson
Film 1950
Henrietta
Film 1938
Virginia Cole
Film 1941
Paula
Film 1947
'Buzz' Baker
Film 1941
Chris Sherwood
Film 1948
Gloria
Film 1939
Miss Constance 'Connie' Brooks
Film 1956
Gabby Trent
Film 1941
Sgt. Natalia Moskoroff
Film 1944
Lucille McCabe
Film 1950
Ginna Abbott
Film 1946
Lottie Lacey
Film 1960
Susan Wayne
Film 1949
Miss 'Woody' Woods
Film 1951
'Space' OShea, aka Suwanee Rivers
Film 1942
Olive Lashbrooke
Film 1947
Kit Campbell
Film 1939
Alice Hinsdale
Film 1940
Aunt Theda Reeson
Film 1969
Sophie De Lemma
Film 1938
Tex Donnelly
Film 1945
Helen 'Hoppy' Hopkins
Film 1945
Gladys Jones
Film 1953
Madame de Talavera
Film 1947
Miss Pinty
Film 1939
Kate
Film 1941
Belinda Wright
Film 1943
Shirley Truman
Film 1937
Kitty
Film 1940
Maggie Watson
Film 1943
Stepmother
Film 1985
Susan Warren
Film 1939
Employment Lady
Film 1978
Principal McGee (archive footage)
Film 2017
Self
Film 1986
Self
Film 1946
Hildegarde Withers
Film 1972
Self (archive footage)
Film 1950
Barbara Stevens
Film 1941
Maida Rutledge (archive footage) (uncredited)
Film 1991
Carrie Ashburn
Film 1939
Tv 1979
Eve Arden (uncredited)
Tv 1951
Tv 1979
Self
Tv 1948
Tv 1965
Tv 1957
Tv 1978
Self
Tv 1967
Self
Tv 1956
Tv 1975
Connie Brooks
Tv 1952
Claudia Cooper
Tv 1963
Tv 1978
Tv 1952
Eve Arden
Tv 1957
Self
Tv 1973
Tv 1983
Self
Tv 1961
Tv 1959
Self - Presenter
Tv 1956
Self
Tv 1971
Self - Mystery Guest
Tv 1950
Self / Clara Appleby
Tv 1951
Linda's Mom
Tv 1969