Gale Sondergaard
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1899-02-12
Day of Death
1985-08-14 (86 years old)
Place of Birth
Litchfield, Minnesota, USA
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.
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Known For
Acting
(1982)
Echoes
as Mrs. Edmunds
(1976)
The Return of a Man Called Horse
as Elk Woman
(1973)
The Cat Creature
as Hester Black
(1970)
Hollywood Horror House
as Leslie
(1970)
(1969)
Slaves
as New Orleans lady
(1949)
East Side, West Side
as Nora Kernan
(1947)
Road to Rio
as Catherine Vail
(1947)
Pirates of Monterey
as Señorita de Sola
(1946)
Anna and the King of Siam
as Lady Thiang
(1946)
The Time of Their Lives
as Emily
(1946)
Night in Paradise
as Attosa
(1946)
The Spider Woman Strikes Back
as Zenobia Dollard
(1944)
The Invisible Man's Revenge
as Lady Irene Herrick
(1944)
The Climax
as Luise
(1944)
Gypsy Wildcat
as Rhoda
(1944)
Christmas Holiday
as Mrs. Manette
(1944)
Follow the Boys
as Gale Sondergaard (uncredited)
(1944)
Enter Arsène Lupin
as Bessie Seagrave
(1943)
The Spider Woman
as Adrea Spedding
(1943)
Isle of Forgotten Sins
as Marge Willison
(1943)
Appointment in Berlin
as Gretta Van Leyden
(1943)
Crazy House
as Cameo Appearance
(1943)
The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler
as Anna Huber
(1942)
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
(1941)
The Black Cat
as Abigail Doone
(1941)
Paris Calling
as Colette
(1940)
The Mark of Zorro
as Inez Quintero
(1940)
The Letter
as Mrs. Hammond
(1940)
The Blue Bird
as Tylette (the cat)
(1939)
Juarez
as Empress Eugenie
(1939)
The Cat and the Canary
as Miss Lu
(1939)
Never Say Die
as Juno Marko
(1939)
Sons of Liberty
as Rachel Salomon
(1939)
The Llano Kid
as Lora Travers
(1938)
Lord Jeff
as Doris Clandon
(1938)
Dramatic School
as Madame Therese Charlot
(1937)
The Life of Emile Zola
as Lucie Dreyfus
(1937)
Maid of Salem
as Martha Harding
(1937)
Seventh Heaven
as Nana, Diane's Sister
(1936)
Anthony Adverse
as Faith Paleologus
(1936)