Eve Arden Biography, Age, marriages, Career, Death and Filmography

Eve Arden Biography

Eve Arden born Eunice Mary Quedens on April 30, 1908 – November 12, 1990) was an American film, radio, stage, and television actress, and comedienne. She performed in leading and supporting roles for nearly six decades.

Beginning her film career in 1929 and on Broadway in the early 1930s, Arden’s first major role was in the RKO Radio Pictures drama Stage Door (1937) opposite Katharine Hepburn, followed by roles in the comedies Having Wonderful Time (1938) and the Marx Brothers’ At the Circus (1939). Arden would go on to earn an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Mildred Pierce (1945).

In the latter part of her career, she played the sardonic but engaging title character of a high school teacher in Our Miss Brooks, winning the first Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, and as the school principal in the musicals Grease (1978) and Grease 2 (1982).

Eve Arden Age

Eve Arden was born on April 30, 1908, in California, She died on November 12, 1990 at the age of 82 years

Eve Arden marriages

Arden was married to Ned Bergen from 1939 to 1947, and to actor Brooks West (1916-1984), from 1952 until his death in 1984

Eve Arden Children

mother of four children. During the 1940s, she adopted two children, both girls. She adopted another child, a boy while she was married to Brooks West, however, they had a son together in 1953, whom they named Douglas Brooks West. Her other children are named Liza, Connie, and Duncan Paris West

Eve Arden Early life

Arden was born in Mill Valley, California, on April 30, 1908 to Charles Peter Quedens, son of Charles Henry Augustus and Meta L. (née Dierks) Quedens, and Lucille (née Frank) Quedens, daughter of Bernard and Louisa (née Mertens) Frank, both of German descent. Lucille, a milliner, divorced Charles over his gambling, and went into business for herself.

Although not Roman Catholic, young Eunice was sent to a Dominican convent school in San Rafael, California, and later attended Tamalpais High School, a public high school in Mill Valley until age 16. After leaving school, she joined the stock theater company of Henry “Terry” Duffy.

Eve Arden Career

She began her acting journey on the stage, going on to feature in the musical Song of Love. Eve. She moved to New York to explore more acting opportunities and landed her first role on Broadway in the 1934 play Ziegfeld Follies. Shortly before she appeared in it, she was advised to change her name as it was rather dull, so, she coined Eve Arden inspired by some of the items on her cosmetics table: Evening in Paris and Elizabeth Arden. Following her debut feature, she starred in other Broadway productions such as Two For The Show, Parade, and Very Warm for May.

Eve made her film debut in 1937 with Oh Doctor, then Stage Door. The success of these films won her a lot of attention and opened the door for more opportunities. She went on to score starring and supporting roles in movies like Having Wonderful Time, At The Circus, The Forgotten Woman, Comrade X, Whistling in the Dark, and Mildred Pierce for which she earned a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the Academy Awards.

Her capacity for humor allowed Eve to enjoy a successful career on radio. Her most memorable role was in Our Miss Brooks, which she played on radio and in the television adaptation. The role made her an even bigger star than before and she received a number of honors for the character she played. The commercial and critical success of the series sealed her status as a brilliant comedienne. Her other television features include The Eve Arden Show, Bewitched, Falcon Crest, The Mothers-in-Law, and Maude.

Moving to the stage, Eve Arden managed to garner considerable success, taking on leading roles in Auntie Mame, Hello, Dolly!, Goodbye Charlie, Let’s Face It, Butterflies Are Free, and Little Me. Her illustrious career earned her two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and an induction into the acclaimed National Radio Hall of Fame.

 

Eve Arden Stage

Arden was one of many actresses to take on the title roles in Hello, Dolly! and Auntie Mame in the 1960s; in 1967, she won the Sarah Siddons Award for her work in Chicago theatre. Arden was cast in 1983 as the leading lady in what was to be her Broadway comeback in Moose Murders, but she wisely withdrew and was replaced with the much younger Holland Taylor after one preview performance, citing “artistic differences”. The show went on to open and close on the same night, becoming known as one of the most legendary flops in Broadway history.

Arden published an autobiography, The Three Phases of Eve, in 1985. In addition to her Academy Award nomination, Arden has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: Radio and Television (see List of stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for addresses). She was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 1995.

Eve Arden’s Height

Eve Arden was a woman of average height and build. She was 5 feet 8 inches tall but her personality both on and off screen made her seem like she was much taller. She filled every room she entered with her presence and seemed to tower above everyone else, but not in a condescending way.

Eve Arden Death

The acclaimed comedienne and performer passed away on November 12, 1990, when she was 82. The cause of her death was a cardiac arrest resulting from arteriosclerotic heart disease. Eve died in her home and she was buried in Westwood, Los Angeles, at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery.

 

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1929	Song of Love	Maisie LeRoy
1933	Dancing Lady	Marcia
1937	Oh, Doctor	Shirley Truman
1937	Stage Door	Eve
1938	Cocoanut Grove	Sophie De Lemma
1938	Having Wonderful Time	Henrietta
1938	Letter of Introduction	Cora Phelps
1939	Women in the Wind	Kit Campbell
1939	Big Town Czar	Susan Warren
1939	The Forgotten Woman	Carrie Ashburn
1939	Eternally Yours	Gloria
1939	At the Circus	Peerless Pauline
1939	A Child Is Born	Miss Pinty
1939	Slightly Honorable	Miss Ater
1940	She Couldn’t Say No	Alice Hinsdale
1940	No, No, Nanette	Kitty
1940	Comrade X	Jane Wilson
1941	That Uncertain Feeling	Sally Aikens
1941	Ziegfeld Girl	Patsy Dixon
1941	She Knew All the Answers	Sally Long
1941	San Antonio Rose	Gabby Trent
1941	Whistling in the Dark	‘Buzz’ Baker
1941	Manpower	Dolly
1941	Last of the Duanes	Kate
1941	Sing for Your Supper	Barbara Stevens
1941	Bedtime Story	Virginia Cole
1942	Obliging Young Lady	‘Space’ O’Shea – AKA Suwanee Rivers
1943	Hit Parade of 1943	Belinda Wright	Alternative title: Change of Heart
1943	Let’s Face It	Maggie Watson
1944	Cover Girl	Cornelia Jackson
1944	The Doughgirls	Sgt. Natalia Moskoroff
1945	Pan-Americana	Helen ‘Hoppy’ Hopkins
1945	Earl Carroll Vanities	‘Tex’ Donnelly
1945	Patrick the Great	Jean Matthews
1945	Mildred Pierce	Ida Corwin
1946	My Reputation	Ginna Abbott
1946	The Kid from Brooklyn	Ann Westley
1946	Night and Day	Gabrielle
1947	The Unfaithful	Paula
1947	The Arnelo Affair	Vivian Delwyn
1947	Song of Scheherazade	Madame de Talavera
1947	The Voice of the Turtle	Olive Lashbrooke
1948	One Touch of Venus	Molly Stewart
1948	Whiplash	Chris Sherwood
1949	My Dream Is Yours	Vivian Martin
1949	The Lady Takes a Sailor	Susan Wayne
1950	Paid in Full	Tommy Thompson
1950	Curtain Call at Cactus Creek	Lily Martin
1950	Tea for Two	Pauline Hastings
1950	Three Husbands	Lucille McCabe
1951	Goodbye, My Fancy	Miss ‘Woody’ Woods
1951	Two Tickets to Broadway	Showgirl
1952	We’re Not Married!	Katie Woodruff
1953	The Lady Wants Mink	Gladys Jones
1956	Our Miss Brooks	Connie Brooks
1959	Anatomy of a Murder	Maida Rutledge
1960	The Dark at the Top of the Stairs	Lottie Lacey
1965	Sergeant Deadhead	Lt. Charlotte Kinsey
1975	The Strongest Man in the World	Harriet Crumply
1978	Grease	Principal McGee
1981	Under the Rainbow	The Duchess
1982	Pandemonium	Warden June
1982	Grease 2	Principal McGee

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1951	Starlight Theatre	Julie Todd	“Julie”
1952–56	Our Miss Brooks	Connie Brooks	Main role (130 episodes)
1955	I Love Lucy	Herself (cameo)	“Hollywood at Last”
1957–58	The Eve Arden Show	Liza Hammond	Main role (26 episodes)
1959–67	The Red Skelton Show	Clara Appleby	Recurring role (6 episodes)
1961	Checkmate	Georgia Golden	“Death by Design”
1962	My Three Sons	Marisa Montaine	“A Holiday for Tramp”
1964	Vacation Playhouse	Claudia Cooper	“He’s All Yours”
1965	Laredo	Emma Bristow	“Which Way Did They Go?”
1966	Bewitched	Nurse Kelton	“And Then There Were Three”
1966	Run for Your Life	Mame Huston	“Who’s Watching the Fleshpot?”
1966	The Man from U.N.C.L.E.	Prof. Lillian Stemmler	“The Minus-X Affair”
1967	The Danny Thomas Hour	Thelda Cunningham	“The Royal Follies of 1933”
1967–69	The Mothers-in-Law	Eve Hubbard	Main role (56 episodes)
1969	In Name Only	Aunt Theda Reeson	TV film
1972	A Very Missing Person	Hildegarde Withers	TV film
1972	All My Darling Daughters	Miss Freeling	TV film
1974	The ABC Afternoon Playbreak	Mrs. Owens	“Mother of the Bride”
1974	The Girl with Something Extra	Aunt Fran	“The Greening of Aunt Fran”
1974	Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law	Dr. Lucille Barras	“Subject: The Sterilization of Judy Simpson”
1975	Harry and Maggie	Maggie Sturdivant	TV pilot
1975	Ellery Queen	Vera Bethune / Miss Aggie	“The Adventure of Miss Aggie’s Farewell Performance”
1977	Maude	Lola Ashburn	“Maude’s Aunt”
1978	A Guide for the Married Woman	Employment lady	TV film
1978	Flying High	Clarissa ‘Wedgie’ Wedge	“It Was Just One of Those Days”
1979	Vega$	Sarah Bancroft	“Design for Death”
1980	The Dream Merchants	Coralee	TV miniseries
1980	Alice	Martha MacIntire	“Alice in TV Land”
1980	The Love Boat	Ms. Brenda Watts	“The Affair: Parts 1 & 2”
1980	B. J. and the Bear	Mrs. Jarvis	“The Girls of Hollywood High”
1980	Hart to Hart	Sophie Green	“Does She or Doesn’t She?”
1981	Nuts and Bolts	Martha Fenton	TV film
1983	Great Performances	Queen of Hearts	“Alice in Wonderland”
1983	Masquerade	Mrs. Woodman	“Diamonds”
1985	Faerie Tale Theatre	The Stepmother	“Cinderella”
1986	Amazing Stories	Jane’s Mother	“Secret Cinema”
1987	Falcon Crest	Lillian Nash	“Manhunt”

Select stage credits[edit]

• Private Lives (1933)
• On Approval (1933)
• Ziegfeld Follies of 1934 (1934)
• Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 (1936)
• Very Warm for May (1939)
• Two for the Show (1940)
• Let’s Face It! (1941)
• Over 21 (1950)
• Auntie Mame (1958)
• Goodbye Charlie (1960)
• The Marriage-Go-Round (1961)
• Hello, Dolly! (1966)
• Barefoot in the Park (1967)
• Cactus Flower (1968)
• Butterflies Are Free (1970)
• Absurd Person Singular (1978)
• Little Me (1980)

 

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