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name: "Eve Arden"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/eve-arden"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 April 1908"
died: "12 November 1990"
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updated: "2026-09-16T21:20:36.494453+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Eve Arden

Actor. Born 30 April 1908 in Mill Valley, California, USA. Died 12 November 1990.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 April 1908, Mill Valley, California, USA
- **Died:** 12 November 1990
- **Also known as:** Eunice Quedens

## Biography

Eve Arden, born Eunice Mary Quedens and also credited early in her career under that name, was an American actress who worked in film, radio, stage and television. She made her film debut in 1929 and her Broadway debut in the early 1930s.

Her first major film role came in *Stage Door* (1937). She received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for *Mildred Pierce* (1945) and appeared in *Anatomy of a Murder* (1959). Arden starred as Connie Brooks in the radio series *Our Miss Brooks* (from 1948) and its television adaptation (1952–1956).

She played Principal McGee in the musical films *Grease* (1978) and *Grease 2* (1982).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Grease* (1978), Fi1m 76, as Principal McGee — [page](https://film.one/film/grease.md)

## Also known for

- *Anatomy of a Murder* (1959), Maida Rutledge, Lillian Nash
- *Bewitched* (1964), Nurse Kelton
- *Grease 2* (1982), Principal McGee
- *Mildred Pierce* (1945), Ida Corwin
- *I Love Lucy* (1951), Eve Arden (uncredited)
- *Amazing Stories* (1985), Jane's mother
- *The Love Boat* (1977), Brenda Watts
- *Stage Door* (1937), Ève

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