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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 30, 1908
Died
November 12, 1990
Place of Birth
Mill Valley, California, USA
Also Known As
- Eunice Quedens
Eve Arden
0.8 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
8.4
Principal McGee (archive footage)
The Grease Story
2017
7.7
Maida Rutledge (archive footage) (uncredited)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
7.0
Self
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary
1986
7.4
Jane's mother
Amazing Stories
1985
7.0
Stepmother
Cinderella
1985
0.0
The Stepmother
Faerie Tale Theatre: Cinderella
1985
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985
5.0
Mrs. Woodman
Masquerade
1983
6.8
Queen of Hearts
Alice in Wonderland
1983
8.1
The Stepmother
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
Credits
The Grease Story
as Principal McGee (archive footage)
2017
8.4
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as Maida Rutledge (archive footage) (uncredited)
1991
7.7
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary
as Self
1986
7.0
Amazing Stories
as Jane's mother
1985
7.4
Cinderella
as Stepmother
1985
7.0
Faerie Tale Theatre: Cinderella
as The Stepmother
1985
0.0
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
as Self (archive footage)
1985
0.0
Masquerade
as Mrs. Woodman
1983
5.0
Alice in Wonderland
as Queen of Hearts
1983
6.8
Faerie Tale Theatre
as The Stepmother
1982
8.1
Grease 2
as Principal McGee
1982
5.2
Pandemonium
as Warden June
1982
4.5
Falcon Crest
as Lillian Nash
1981
5.5
Under the Rainbow
as The Duchess
1981
5.2
The Dream Merchants
as Coralee
1980
4.5
Hart to Hart
as Sophie Green
1979
6.9
B. J. and the Bear
as Mrs. Jarvis
1979
5.5
A Guide for the Married Woman
as Employment Lady
1978
2.3
Flying High
as Clarissa 'Wedgie' Wedge
1978
4.5
Vega$
as Sarah Bancroft
1978
7.0
Grease
as Principal McGee
1978
7.4
The Love Boat
as Brenda Watts
1977
6.3
Ellery Queen
as Vera Bethune / Miss Aggie
1975
7.4
The Strongest Man in the World
as Harriet
1975
6.1
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self
1973
5.4
All My Darling Daughters
as Miss Freeling, the Wedding Counselor
1972
6.0
A Very Missing Person
as Hildegarde Withers
1972
8.0
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as Dr. Lucille Barras
1971
6.3
Great Performances
as Queen of Hearts
1971
5.8
The Pet Set
as Self
1971
5.5
In Name Only
as Aunt Theda Reeson
1969
0.0
Love, American Style
as Linda's Mom
1969
6.1
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
1968
6.6
The Danny Thomas Hour
as Thelda Cunningham
1967
5.0
The Mothers-in-Law
as Eve Hubbard
1967
5.8
Laredo
1965
6.3
Run for Your Life
as Mame Huston
1965
7.2
Sergeant Deadhead
as Lieutenant Kinsey
1965
4.0
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Professor Lillian Stemmler
1964
7.1
Bewitched
as Nurse Kelton
1964
7.9
🎬
Vacation Playhouse
as Claudia Cooper
1963
7.0
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
My Three Sons
as Marisa Montaine
1960
6.5
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
as Lottie Lacey
1960
6.4
Startime
1959
6.0
Anatomy of a Murder
as Maida Rutledge
1959
7.8
🎬
The Eve Arden Show
1957
0.0
🎬
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Eve Arden
1957
7.0
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
6.0
Our Miss Brooks
as Miss Constance 'Connie' Brooks
1956
6.2
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self
1956
5.9
The Lady Wants Mink
as Gladys Jones
1953
6.0
Our Miss Brooks
as Connie Brooks
1952
7.3
We're Not Married!
as Katie Woodruff
1952
5.8
🎬
The Liberace Show
1952
0.0
I Love Lucy
as Eve Arden (uncredited)
1951
7.9
The Red Skelton Show
as Self / Clara Appleby
1951
7.4
Goodbye, My Fancy
as Miss 'Woody' Woods
1951
5.9
Three Husbands
as Lucille McCabe
1950
5.0
Tea for Two
as Pauline Hastings
1950
6.0
The Costume Designer
as Self (archive footage)
1950
0.0
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
as Lily Martin
1950
6.3
Paid in Full
as Tommy Thompson
1950
6.6
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
1950
6.9
The Lady Takes a Sailor
as Susan Wayne
1949
4.3
My Dream Is Yours
as Vivian Martin
1949
6.4
Whiplash
as Chris Sherwood
1948
4.9
One Touch of Venus
as Molly Stewart
1948
6.5
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
The Voice of the Turtle
as Olive Lashbrooke
1947
6.6
The Unfaithful
as Paula
1947
5.8
Song of Scheherazade
as Madame de Talavera
1947
5.8
The Arnelo Affair
as Vivian Delwyn
1947
5.0
Blow-Ups of 1946
as Self
1946
6.0
Night and Day
as Gabrielle
1946
5.9
The Kid from Brooklyn
as Ann Westly
1946
6.2
My Reputation
as Ginna Abbott
1946
7.1
Mildred Pierce
as Ida Corwin
1945
7.6
Patrick the Great
as Jean Matthews
1945
4.0
Earl Carroll Vanities
as Tex Donnelly
1945
5.0
Pan-Americana
as Helen 'Hoppy' Hopkins
1945
3.2
The Doughgirls
as Sgt. Natalia Moskoroff
1944
7.0
Cover Girl
as Cornelia 'Stonewall' Jackson
1944
6.3
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
7.2
Let's Face It
as Maggie Watson
1943
4.5
Hit Parade of 1943
as Belinda Wright
1943
5.2
Obliging Young Lady
as 'Space' OShea, aka Suwanee Rivers
1942
5.0
Bedtime Story
as Virginia Cole
1941
5.5
Sing for Your Supper
as Barbara Stevens
1941
6.0
Last of the Duanes
as Kate
1941
6.0
Manpower
as Dolly
1941
6.7
Whistling in the Dark
as 'Buzz' Baker
1941
5.8
San Antonio Rose
as Gabby Trent
1941
7.0
She Knew All the Answers
as Sally Long
1941
6.3
Ziegfeld Girl
as Patsy Dixon
1941
6.5
That Uncertain Feeling
as Sally Aikens
1941
6.6
No, No, Nanette
as Kitty
1940
6.0
Comrade X
as Jane Wilson
1940
6.0
She Couldn't Say No
as Alice Hinsdale
1940
6.8
Slightly Honorable
as Miss Ater
1939
4.7
A Child Is Born
as Miss Pinty
1939
6.5
At the Circus
as Peerless Pauline
1939
6.4
Eternally Yours
as Gloria
1939
5.7
The Forgotten Woman
as Carrie Ashburn
1939
0.0
Big Town Czar
as Susan Warren
1939
0.0
Women in the Wind
as Kit Campbell
1939
6.8
Letter of Introduction
as Cora Phelps
1938
5.7
Having Wonderful Time
as Henrietta
1938
4.6
Cocoanut Grove
as Sophie De Lemma
1938
0.0
Stage Door
as Ève
1937
7.0
Oh, Doctor
as Shirley Truman
1937
0.0
Dancing Lady
as Marcia (uncredited)
1933
6.8