Acting · Mill Valley, California, USA · Born April 30, 1908
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.
MovieThe Grease Story
2017
as Principal McGee (archive footage)
MoviePreminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as Maida Rutledge (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieLooney Tunes 50th Anniversary
1986
as Self
TVAmazing Stories
1985
as Jane's mother
MovieCinderella
1985
as Stepmother
MovieHollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985
as Self (archive footage)
TVMasquerade
1983
as Mrs. Woodman
MovieAlice in Wonderland
1983
as Queen of Hearts
TVFaerie Tale Theatre
1982
as The Stepmother
MovieGrease 2
1982
as Principal McGee
MoviePandemonium
1982
as Warden June
TVFalcon Crest
1981
as Lillian Nash
MovieUnder the Rainbow
1981
as The Duchess
TVThe Dream Merchants
1980
as Coralee
TVHart to Hart
1979
as Sophie Green
TVB. J. and the Bear
1979
as Mrs. Jarvis
MovieA Guide for the Married Woman
1978
as Employment Lady
TVFlying High
1978
as Clarissa 'Wedgie' Wedge
TVVega$
1978
as Sarah Bancroft
MovieGrease
1978
as Principal McGee
TVThe Love Boat
1977
as Brenda Watts
TVAlice
1976
as Martha MacIntire
TVEllery Queen
1975
as Vera Bethune / Miss Aggie
MovieThe Strongest Man in the World
1975
as Harriet
TVDinah!
1974
as Self
TVThe Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
as Self
MovieAll My Darling Daughters
1972
as Miss Freeling, the Wedding Counselor
MovieA Very Missing Person
1972
as Hildegarde Withers
TVOwen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971
as Dr. Lucille Barras
TVGreat Performances
1971
as Queen of Hearts
TVThe Pet Set
1971
as Self
MovieIn Name Only
1969
as Aunt Theda Reeson
TVLove, American Style
1969
as Linda's Mom
TVRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self
TVThe Danny Thomas Hour
1967
as Thelda Cunningham
TVThe Mothers-in-Law
1967
as Eve Hubbard
TVLaredo
1965
as Emma Bristow
TVRun for Your Life
1965
as Mame Huston
MovieSergeant Deadhead
1965
as Lieutenant Kinsey
TVThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Professor Lillian Stemmler
TVBewitched
1964
as Nurse Kelton
Vacation Playhouse
1963
as Claudia Cooper
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
TVMy Three Sons
1960
as Marisa Montaine
MovieThe Dark at the Top of the Stairs
1960
as Lottie Lacey
TVCheckmate
1960
as Georgia Golden
TVStartime
1959
as Self
MovieAnatomy of a Murder
1959
as Maida Rutledge
The Eve Arden Show
1957
as Liza Hammond
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Eve Arden
TVThe Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
1956
as Self
MovieOur Miss Brooks
1956
as Miss Constance 'Connie' Brooks
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
The George Gobel Show
1954
as Self
MovieThe Lady Wants Mink
1953
as Gladys Jones
TVOur Miss Brooks
1952
as Connie Brooks
MovieWe're Not Married!
1952
as Katie Woodruff
The Liberace Show
1952
as Self
TVI Love Lucy
1951
as Eve Arden (uncredited)
TVThe Red Skelton Show
1951
as Clara Appleby
MovieGoodbye, My Fancy
1951
as Miss 'Woody' Woods
MovieThree Husbands
1950
as Lucille McCabe
MovieTea for Two
1950
as Pauline Hastings
MovieThe Costume Designer
1950
as Self (archive footage)
MovieCurtain Call at Cactus Creek
1950
as Lily Martin
MoviePaid in Full
1950
as Tommy Thompson
TVWhat's My Line?
1950
as Self
MovieThe Lady Takes a Sailor
1949
as Susan Wayne
The Ed Wynn Show
1949
as Self
MovieMy Dream Is Yours
1949
as Vivian Martin
MovieWhiplash
1948
as Chris Sherwood
MovieOne Touch of Venus
1948
as Molly Stewart
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
MovieThe Voice of the Turtle
1947
as Olive Lashbrooke
MovieThe Unfaithful
1947
as Paula
MovieSong of Scheherazade
1947
as Madame de Talavera
MovieThe Arnelo Affair
1947
as Vivian Delwyn
MovieBlow-Ups of 1946
1946
as Self
MovieNight and Day
1946
as Gabrielle
MovieThe Kid from Brooklyn
1946
as Ann Westly
MovieMy Reputation
1946
as Ginna Abbott
MovieMildred Pierce
1945
as Ida Corwin
MoviePatrick the Great
1945
as Jean Matthews
MovieEarl Carroll Vanities
1945
as Tex Donnelly
MoviePan-Americana
1945
as Helen 'Hoppy' Hopkins
MovieThe Doughgirls
1944
as Sgt. Natalia Moskoroff
MovieCover Girl
1944
as Cornelia 'Stonewall' Jackson
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter
MovieLet's Face It
1943
as Maggie Watson
MovieHit Parade of 1943
1943
as Belinda Wright
MovieObliging Young Lady
1942
as 'Space' OShea, aka Suwanee Rivers
MovieBedtime Story
1941
as Virginia Cole
MovieSing for Your Supper
1941
as Barbara Stevens
MovieLast of the Duanes
1941
as Kate
MovieManpower
1941
as Dolly
MovieWhistling in the Dark
1941
as 'Buzz' Baker
MovieSan Antonio Rose
1941
as Gabby Trent
MovieShe Knew All the Answers
1941
as Sally Long
MovieZiegfeld Girl
1941
as Patsy Dixon
MovieThat Uncertain Feeling
1941
as Sally Aikens
MovieNo, No, Nanette
1940
as Kitty
MovieComrade X
1940
as Jane Wilson
MovieShe Couldn't Say No
1940
as Alice Hinsdale
MovieSlightly Honorable
1939
as Miss Ater
MovieA Child is Born
1939
as Miss Pinty
MovieAt the Circus
1939
as Peerless Pauline
MovieEternally Yours
1939
as Gloria
MovieThe Forgotten Woman
1939
as Carrie Ashburn
MovieBig Town Czar
1939
as Susan Warren
MovieWomen in the Wind
1939
as Kit Campbell
MovieLetter of Introduction
1938
as Cora Phelps
MovieHaving Wonderful Time
1938
as Henrietta
MovieCocoanut Grove
1938
as Sophie De Lemma
MovieStage Door
1937
as Ève
MovieOh, Doctor
1937
as Shirley Truman
MovieDancing Lady
1933
as Marcia (uncredited)
MovieSong of Love
1929
as Maisie LeRoy
