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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.

The Grease Story
as Principal McGee (archive footage)

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as Maida Rutledge (archive footage) (uncredited)

Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
as Self

Amazing Stories
as Jane's mother

Cinderella
as Stepmother

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
as Self (archive footage)

Masquerade
as Mrs. Woodman

Alice in Wonderland
as Queen of Hearts

Faerie Tale Theatre
as The Stepmother

Grease 2
as Principal McGee

Pandemonium
as Warden June

Falcon Crest
as Lillian Nash

Under the Rainbow
as The Duchess

The Dream Merchants
as Coralee

Hart to Hart
as Sophie Green

B. J. and the Bear
as Mrs. Jarvis

A Guide for the Married Woman
as Employment Lady

Flying High
as Clarissa 'Wedgie' Wedge

Vega$
as Sarah Bancroft

Grease
as Principal McGee

The Love Boat
as Brenda Watts

Alice
as Martha MacIntire

Ellery Queen
as Vera Bethune / Miss Aggie

The Strongest Man in the World
as Harriet

Dinah!
as Self

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self

All My Darling Daughters
as Miss Freeling, the Wedding Counselor

A Very Missing Person
as Hildegarde Withers

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as Dr. Lucille Barras

Great Performances
as Queen of Hearts

The Pet Set
as Self

In Name Only
as Aunt Theda Reeson

Love, American Style
as Linda's Mom

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self

The Danny Thomas Hour
as Thelda Cunningham

The Mothers-in-Law
as Eve Hubbard

Laredo
as Emma Bristow

Run for Your Life
as Mame Huston

Sergeant Deadhead
as Lieutenant Kinsey

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Professor Lillian Stemmler

Bewitched
as Nurse Kelton
Vacation Playhouse
as Claudia Cooper

The Merv Griffin Show
as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self

The Mike Douglas Show
as Self

My Three Sons
as Marisa Montaine

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
as Lottie Lacey

Checkmate
as Georgia Golden

Startime
as Self

Anatomy of a Murder
as Maida Rutledge
The Eve Arden Show
as Liza Hammond
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Eve Arden

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
as Self

Our Miss Brooks
as Miss Constance 'Connie' Brooks

Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
The George Gobel Show
as Self

The Lady Wants Mink
as Gladys Jones

Our Miss Brooks
as Connie Brooks

We're Not Married!
as Katie Woodruff