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 wou...
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Grease Story
2017
as Principal McGee (archive footage)
The story behind the classic movie musical. The programme examines the original stage musical in the early 1970s, which starred a young Richard Gere, ...
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as Maida Rutledge (archive footage) (uncredited)
This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of work includes such me...
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary
1986
as Self
Celebrities are interviewed about the social and working lives of Bugs, Daffy, Porky and the rest of the Looney Tunes.
Cinderella
1985
as Stepmother
An oppressed young woman finds happiness when she secretly attends the royal ball.
Faerie Tale Theatre: Cinderella
1985
as The Stepmother
Faerie Tale Theatre's "Cinderella" more than lives up to the series' stellar legacy of creative fairytale adaptations. Featuring a cast which includes...
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985
as Self (archive footage)
William Shatner, Liz Taylor and many more stars blow lines, lose their pants and more in this hilarious collection of movie and TV bloopers.
Alice in Wonderland
1983
as Queen of Hearts
From the elaborate Broadway revival of the 1932 Eva Le Gallienne/Florida Friebus production comes a whimsical retelling of the Lewis Carroll classic.
Grease 2
1982
as Principal McGee
It's 1961, two years after the original Grease gang graduated, and there's a new crop of seniors and new members of the coolest cliques on campus, the...
Pandemonium
1982
as Warden June
A former high school student who always wanted to be a cheerleader decides to reopen the cheerleading program at her former high school after years of...
Under the Rainbow
1981
as The Duchess
In World War II era Los Angeles, the manager of the Culver Hotel leaves his nephew in charge for a weekend. The nephew changes the name to the Hotel R...
A Guide for the Married Woman
1978
as Employment Lady
A seriocomic look at the life of Julie Walker. Bored with her marriage, and encouraged by her friends, she contemplates an affair. Fantasy and reality...
Grease
1978
as Principal McGee
Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, wi...
The Strongest Man in the World
1975
as Harriet
Medfield College science major Dexter Riley and his classmates have been working on a new vitamin compound when a lab accident creates a supercharged ...
All My Darling Daughters
1972
as Miss Freeling, the Wedding Counselor
A judge has to deal with his four daughters, his four future sons-in-law and four weddings all on the same day.
A Very Missing Person
1972
as Hildegarde Withers
An ex-schoolteacher is asked by the police to help locate a missing heiress.
In Name Only
1969
as Aunt Theda Reeson
In this romantic comedy, an unwed couple who run a wedding planning business discover, to their horror, that the Justice of the Peace who had officiat...
Sergeant Deadhead
1965
as Lieutenant Kinsey
An astronaut goes into space with a chimpanzee. When they return to Earth after their orbit, it is discovered that the chimp has the brains of the ast...
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
1960
as Lottie Lacey
In Oklahoma in the 1920s, Rubin Flood loses his job as a traveling salesman when the company goes bankrupt. This adds to his worries at home. His wife...
Anatomy of a Murder
1959
as Maida Rutledge
Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her. ...
Our Miss Brooks
1956
as Miss Constance 'Connie' Brooks
The big-screen translation of the successful television show of the 1950's. Arden stars as Connie Brooks, wisecracking English teacher at Madison High...
The Lady Wants Mink
1953
as Gladys Jones
A woman raises mink to get the coat she's always wanted.
We're Not Married!
1952
as Katie Woodruff
A Justice of the Peace performed weddings a few days before his license was valid. A few years later five couples learn they have never been legally m...
Goodbye, My Fancy
1951
as Miss 'Woody' Woods
Agatha has fond memories of her romance with college president Dr. James Merrill, when she was a student and he was her professor, and wants to see if...
Three Husbands
1950
as Lucille McCabe
When a recently deceased playboy gets to heaven and is granted one wish--granted to all newcomers--he requests that he be able to see the reactions of...
Tea for Two
1950
as Pauline Hastings
In this reworking of "No, No, Nanette," wealthy heiress Nanette Carter bets her uncle $25,000 that she can say "no" to everything for 48 hours. If she...
The Costume Designer
1950
as Self (archive footage)
This short focuses on the job of the costume designer in the production of motion pictures. The costume designer must design clothing that is correct ...
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
1950
as Lily Martin
Traveling entertainer gets mixed up with bank robbers.
Paid in Full
1950
as Tommy Thompson
Two sisters fall in love with the same man. After the wedding, the new husband realizes he may have married the wrong sister.
The Lady Takes a Sailor
1949
as Susan Wayne
Jennifer Smith heads a "Consumer Reports"-type company and her reputation for honesty is her greatest asset. While out boating one day she encounters ...
My Dream Is Yours
1949
as Vivian Martin
Conceited singer Garry Mitchell refuses to renew his radio contract, so agent Doug Blake decides to find a new personality to replace him. In New York...
Whiplash
1948
as Chris Sherwood
An artist follows a woman from California to New York, where he boxes for her mobster husband.
One Touch of Venus
1948
as Molly Stewart
A window dresser's kiss brings a statue of the Roman goddess of love to life.
The Voice of the Turtle
1947
as Olive Lashbrooke
An aspiring Broadway actress falls in love with a soldier on leave during a weekend in New York City.
The Unfaithful
1947
as Paula
Christine Hunter kills an intruder and tells her husband and lawyer that it was an act of self-defense. It's later revealed that he was actually her l...
Song of Scheherazade
1947
as Madame de Talavera
A beautiful cabaret dancer inspires composer Rimsky-Korsakov.
The Arnelo Affair
1947
as Vivian Delwyn
A neglected wife gets mixed up with an hypnotic charmer and murder.
Blow-Ups of 1946
1946
as Self
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1946.
Night and Day
1946
as Gabrielle
When his first stage show fails, songwriter Cole Porter goes off to fight in WWI until, injured, he lands in a hospital. He impresses nurse Linda Lee ...
The Kid from Brooklyn
1946
as Ann Westly
Shy milkman Burleigh Sullivan accidentally knocks out drunken Speed McFarlane, a champion boxer who was flirting with Burleigh's sister. The newspaper...
My Reputation
1946
as Ginna Abbott
Tongues begin to wag when a lonely widow becomes romantically involved with a military man. Problems arise when the gossip is filtered down to her own...
Mildred Pierce
1945
as Ida Corwin
A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.
Patrick the Great
1945
as Jean Matthews
A famous stage actor hopes to land the lead role in a big new Broadway musical, but he's unaware his teenage son has already been given the part.
Earl Carroll Vanities
1945
as Tex Donnelly
Broadway producer Earl Carroll was a Ziegfeld-like entrepreneur who staged lavish revues featuring attractive young ladies. Carroll's annual "Vanities...
Pan-Americana
1945
as Helen 'Hoppy' Hopkins
A New York magazine sends its editors to South America to find beautiful girls.
The Doughgirls
1944
as Sgt. Natalia Moskoroff
Arthur and Vivian are just married, but when the get to their honeymoon suite in Washington D.C., they find it occupied. Arthur goes to meet Slade, hi...
Cover Girl
1944
as Cornelia 'Stonewall' Jackson
A nightclub dancer makes it big in modeling, leaving her dancer boyfriend behind.
Let's Face It
1943
as Maggie Watson
A soldier stationed on an army base and his fiancé, who runs a women's "fat farm" nearby, want to get married but don't have enough money. Three custo...
Hit Parade of 1943
1943
as Belinda Wright
When amateur songwriter Jill Wright moves from the Midwest to New York City, she is dismayed to discover that Rick Farrell, the owner of Miracle Publi...
Obliging Young Lady
1942
as 'Space' OShea, aka Suwanee Rivers
A woman attempts to shelter a young girl from the publicity surrounding her socialite parents' divorce.
Bedtime Story
1941
as Virginia Cole
A Braodway playwright wants to keep on writing plays for his wife to star in, but all she wants is to retire to Connecticut and, following a few 'worl...
Sing for Your Supper
1941
as Barbara Stevens
Evelyn Palmer, a débutante society girl who also is a property landlord, becomes interested in the plight of one of her tenants, a struggling band-lea...
Last of the Duanes
1941
as Kate
Based on Zane Grey's tale of a man who gains an unfair reputation as a gunfighter while out to avenge his father's death.
Manpower
1941
as Dolly
Hank McHenry and Johnny Marshall work as power company linesmen. Hank is injured in an accident and subsequently promoted to foreman of the gang. Tens...
Whistling in the Dark
1941
as 'Buzz' Baker
Radio crime show host 'The Fox' along with his fiancée and ex-girlfriend are kidnapped by a larcenous cult who demand that he help them plan a perfect...
San Antonio Rose
1941
as Gabby Trent
San Antonio Rose is an amiably wacky mini-musical evenly divided between its "official" stars, The Merry Macs, and a strong cast of supporting clowns....
She Knew All the Answers
1941
as Sally Long
Chorus girl and rich playboy want to marry but he'll lose his fortune unless his trustee approves of his mate. So she goes to work in the trustee's br...
Ziegfeld Girl
1941
as Patsy Dixon
Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on ...
That Uncertain Feeling
1941
as Sally Aikens
A happily married woman sees a psychoanalyst and develops doubts about her husband.
No, No, Nanette
1940
as Kitty
Perky young Nanette attempts to save the marriage of her uncle and aunt by untangling Uncle Jimmy from several innocent but ensnaring flirtations. Att...
Comrade X
1940
as Jane Wilson
An American reporter smuggling news out of Soviet Moscow is blackmailed into helping a beautiful Communist leave the country.
She Couldn't Say No
1940
as Alice Hinsdale
Two big city lawyers are handed an important case but then find it requires them to deal with the oddball and very shrewd characters in a small town.
Slightly Honorable
1939
as Miss Ater
A lawyer is framed for the murder of a young party girl and tries to clear his name.
A Child Is Born
1939
as Miss Pinty
A pregnant prison inmate shares her problems with the patients in a maternity ward.
At the Circus
1939
as Peerless Pauline
Jeff Wilson, the owner of a small circus, owes his partner Carter $10,000. Before Jeff can pay, Carter's accomplices steal the money so he can take ov...
Eternally Yours
1939
as Gloria
Anita, engaged to solid Don Barnes, is swept off her feet by magician Arturo. Before you can say presto, she's his wife and stage assistant on a lengt...
The Forgotten Woman
1939
as Carrie Ashburn
A beautiful woman is forced to help gangsters in a robbery, and is arrested as an accessory.
Big Town Czar
1939
as Susan Warren
When gangster Phil Daley gets rid of his chief Paul Burgess he has everything that money can buy, except the respect of his parents and his sweetheart...
Women in the Wind
1939
as Kit Campbell
A famous aviator helps an amateur enter a cross-country air race for women.
Letter of Introduction
1938
as Cora Phelps
An aging actor, trying to make a comeback on Broadway, is surprised when his estranged daughter shows up. It seems that she is an actress and is also ...
Having Wonderful Time
1938
as Henrietta
Teddy Shaw, a bored New York office girl, goes to a camp in the Catskill Mountains for rest and finds Chick Kirkland.
Cocoanut Grove
1938
as Sophie De Lemma
Band tries to get an audition for a job at a prestigious nightclub.
Stage Door
1937
as Ève
The ups and downs in the lives and careers of a group of ambitious young actresses and show girls from disparate backgrounds brought together in a the...
Oh, Doctor
1937
as Shirley Truman
A hypochondriac is afraid he will die before he gets an inheritance that will "cure" him.
Dancing Lady
1933
as Marcia (uncredited)
Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the rich playboy, discovers her there and helps her get...