Eve Arden

Personal Info

Birthday

April 30, 1908

Day of Death

1990-11-12

(82 years old)

Place of Birth

Mill Valley, California, USA

Also Known As

Eunice Quedens

Eve Arden

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".

Known For

The Love Boat

Bewitched

Great Performances

I Love Lucy

Falcon Crest

My Three Sons

Love, American Style

Run for Your Life

Filmography

2017
The Grease Story
as Principal McGee (archive footage)
1991
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as Maida Rutledge (archive footage) (uncredited)
1986
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary
as Self
1985
Cinderella
as Stepmother
Faerie Tale Theatre: Cinderella
as The Stepmother
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
as Self (archive footage)
1983
Alice in Wonderland
as Queen of Hearts
1982
Grease 2
as Principal McGee
Pandemonium
as Warden June
1981
Under the Rainbow
as The Duchess
1978
A Guide for the Married Woman
as Employment Lady
Grease
as Principal McGee
1975
The Strongest Man in the World
as Harriet
1972
All My Darling Daughters
as Miss Freeling, the Wedding Counselor
A Very Missing Person
as Hildegarde Withers
1969
In Name Only
as Aunt Theda Reeson
1965
Sergeant Deadhead
as Lieutenant Kinsey
1960
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
as Lottie Lacey
1959
Anatomy of a Murder
as Maida Rutledge
1953
The Lady Wants Mink
as Gladys Jones
1952
We're Not Married!
as Katie Woodruff
1951
Goodbye, My Fancy
as Miss 'Woody' Woods
1950
Three Husbands
as Lucille McCabe
Tea for Two
as Pauline Hastings
The Costume Designer
as Self (archive footage)
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
as Lily Martin
Paid in Full
as Tommy Thompson
1949
The Lady Takes a Sailor
as Susan Wayne
My Dream Is Yours
as Vivian Martin
1948
Whiplash
as Chris Sherwood
One Touch of Venus
as Molly Stewart
1947
The Voice of the Turtle
as Olive Lashbrooke
The Unfaithful
as Paula
Song of Scheherazade
as Madame de Talavera
The Arnelo Affair
as Vivian Delwyn
1946
Blow-Ups of 1946
as Self
Night and Day
as Gabrielle
The Kid from Brooklyn
as Ann Westly
My Reputation
as Ginna Abbott
1945
Mildred Pierce
as Ida Corwin
Patrick the Great
as Jean Matthews
Earl Carroll Vanities
as Tex Donnelly
Pan-Americana
as Helen 'Hoppy' Hopkins
1944
The Doughgirls
as Sgt. Natalia Moskoroff
Cover Girl
as Cornelia 'Stonewall' Jackson
1943
Let's Face It
as Maggie Watson
Hit Parade of 1943
as Belinda Wright
1942
Obliging Young Lady
as 'Space' OShea, aka Suwanee Rivers
1941
Bedtime Story
as Virginia Cole
Sing for Your Supper
as Barbara Stevens
Last of the Duanes
as Kate
Manpower
as Dolly
Whistling in the Dark
as 'Buzz' Baker
San Antonio Rose
as Gabby Trent
She Knew All the Answers
as Sally Long
Ziegfeld Girl
as Patsy Dixon
That Uncertain Feeling
as Sally Aikens
1940
No, No, Nanette
as Kitty
Comrade X
as Jane Wilson
She Couldn't Say No
as Alice Hinsdale
1939
Slightly Honorable
as Miss Ater
A Child Is Born
as Miss Pinty
At the Circus
as Peerless Pauline
Eternally Yours
as Gloria
The Forgotten Woman
as Carrie Ashburn
Big Town Czar
as Susan Warren
Women in the Wind
as Kit Campbell
1938
Letter of Introduction
as Cora Phelps
Having Wonderful Time
as Henrietta
Cocoanut Grove
as Sophie De Lemma
1937
Stage Door
as Ève
Oh, Doctor
as Shirley Truman
1933
Dancing Lady
as Marcia (uncredited)