Gale Sondergaard
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
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Movies (44)
Echoes
as Mrs. Edmunds
1982
The Return of a Man Called Horse
as Elk Woman
1976
The Cat Creature
as Hester Black
1973
Tango
1970
Savage Intruder
as Leslie
1970
Slaves
as New Orleans lady
1969
East Side, West Side
as Nora Kernan
1949
Road to Rio
as Catherine Vail
1947
Pirates of Monterey
as Señorita de Sola
1947
The Time of Their Lives
as Emily
1946
Anna and the King of Siam
as Lady Thiang
1946
Night in Paradise
as Attosa
1946
The Spider Woman Strikes Back
as Zenobia Dollard
1946
Enter Arsène Lupin
as Bessie Seagrave
1944
The Climax
as Luise
1944
Gypsy Wildcat
as Rhoda
1944
Christmas Holiday
as Mrs. Manette
1944
The Invisible Man's Revenge
as Lady Irene Herrick
1944
Follow the Boys
as Gale Sondergaard (uncredited)
1944
The Spider Woman
as Adrea Spedding
1943
Crazy House
as Cameo Appearance
1943
The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler
as Anna Huber
1943
Isle of Forgotten Sins
as Marge Willison
1943
Appointment in Berlin
as Gretta Van Leyden
1943
A Night to Remember
as Mrs. Devoe
1942
Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen
as Mrs. Van Dorn
1942
My Favorite Blonde
as Madame Stephanie Runick
1942
Paris Calling
as Madame Colette
1941
The Black Cat
as Abigail Doone
1941
The Letter
as Mrs. Hammond
1940
The Mark of Zorro
as Inez Quintero
1940
The Blue Bird
as Tylette (the cat)
1940
The Llano Kid
as Lora Travers
1939
The Cat and the Canary
as Miss Lu
1939
Juarez
as Empress Eugenie
1939
Sons of Liberty
as Rachel Salomon
1939
Never Say Die
as Juno Marko
1939
Dramatic School
as Madame Therese Charlot
1938
Lord Jeff
as Doris Clandon
1938
The Life of Emile Zola
as Lucie Dreyfus
1937
Seventh Heaven
as Nana, Diane's Sister
1937
Maid of Salem
as Martha Harding
1937
Anthony Adverse
as Faith Paleologus
1936
The Making of a Great Motion Picture
1936
