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Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 12, 1899
Died
August 14, 1985
Place of Birth
Litchfield, Minnesota, USA
Also Known As
- Гейл Сондергаард
- Гэйл Зондергаард
- Edith Holm "Gale" Sondergaard
- Edith Holm Sondergaard
Gale Sondergaard
0.4 Popularity
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gale Sondergaard (February 15, 1899 – August 14, 1985) was an American actress. Sondergaard began her acting career in theatre, and progressed to films in 1936. She was the first recipient of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her film debut in Anthony Adverse (1936). She played supporting roles in various films during the late 1930s and early 1940s, including The Cat and the Canary (1939), The Mark of Zorro (1940) and The Letter (1940). She was nominated for a second Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Anna and the King of Siam (1946) but by the end of the decade her film appearances were fewer. Married to the director Herbert Biberman, Sondergaard supported him when he was accused of communism and named as one of the Hollywood Ten in the early 1950s, and her film career was destroyed as a result. She moved with Biberman to New York City and worked in theatre, and acted in film and television occasionally from late 1960s. She moved back to Los Angeles where she died from cerebrovascular thrombosis. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gale Sondergaard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Credits
Echoes
as Mrs. Edmunds
1982
3.7
The Fall Guy
1981
7.5
The Return of a Man Called Horse
as Elk Woman
1976
5.7
The Cat Creature
as Hester Black
1973
5.0
Police Story
1973
6.9
Night Gallery
1970
7.8
🎬
Tango
1970
0.0
🎬
The Best Of Everything
1970
0.0
Savage Intruder
as Leslie
1970
5.3
Medical Center
1969
6.1
Slaves
as New Orleans lady
1969
5.7
Get Smart
1965
7.9
East Side, West Side
as Nora Kernan
1949
6.9
Road to Rio
as Catherine Vail
1947
6.8
Pirates of Monterey
as Señorita de Sola
1947
4.7
The Time of Their Lives
as Emily
1946
7.1
Anna and the King of Siam
as Lady Thiang
1946
6.0
Night in Paradise
as Attosa
1946
4.0
The Spider Woman Strikes Back
as Zenobia Dollard
1946
6.5
Enter Arsène Lupin
as Bessie Seagrave
1944
6.0
The Climax
as Luise
1944
5.5
Gypsy Wildcat
as Rhoda
1944
5.5
Christmas Holiday
as Mrs. Manette
1944
6.4
The Invisible Man's Revenge
as Lady Irene Herrick
1944
5.6
Follow the Boys
as Gale Sondergaard (uncredited)
1944
5.3
The Spider Woman
as Adrea Spedding
1943
6.9
Crazy House
as Cameo Appearance
1943
5.0
The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler
as Anna Huber
1943
4.6
Isle of Forgotten Sins
as Marge Willison
1943
4.6
Appointment in Berlin
as Gretta Van Leyden
1943
6.7
A Night to Remember
as Mrs. Devoe
1942
6.6
Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen
as Mrs. Van Dorn
1942
5.5
My Favorite Blonde
as Madame Stephanie Runick
1942
6.4
Paris Calling
as Madame Colette
1941
5.4
The Black Cat
as Abigail Doone
1941
6.5
The Letter
as Mrs. Hammond
1940
7.3
The Mark of Zorro
as Inez Quintero
1940
7.1
The Blue Bird
as Tylette (the cat)
1940
5.7
The Llano Kid
as Lora Travers
1939
0.0
The Cat and the Canary
as Miss Lu
1939
6.9
Juarez
as Empress Eugenie
1939
6.5
Sons of Liberty
as Rachel Salomon
1939
6.2
Never Say Die
as Juno Marko
1939
6.8
Dramatic School
as Madame Therese Charlot
1938
6.2
Lord Jeff
as Doris Clandon
1938
6.9
The Life of Emile Zola
as Lucie Dreyfus
1937
6.7
Seventh Heaven
as Nana, Diane's Sister
1937
6.3
Maid of Salem
as Martha Harding
1937
5.9
Anthony Adverse
as Faith Paleologus
1936
5.7
The Making of a Great Motion Picture
1936
5.0