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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1899-02-12 (126 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

1981

1976

1973

1970

1969

Slaves as New Orleans lady

1965

1949

East Side, West Side as Nora Kernan

1947

Road to Rio as Catherine Vail
Pirates of Monterey as Señorita de Sola

1946

1944

Christmas Holiday as Mrs. Manette
Follow the Boys as Gale Sondergaard (uncredited)
The Invisible Man's Revenge as Lady Irene Herrick
The Climax as Luise
Enter Arsène Lupin as Bessie Seagrave
Gypsy Wildcat as Rhoda

1943

The Spider Woman as Adrea Spedding
Crazy House as Cameo Appearance
Appointment in Berlin as Gretta Van Leyden
Isle of Forgotten Sins as Marge Willison

1942

A Night to Remember as Mrs. Devoe
My Favorite Blonde as Madame Stephanie Runick

1941

The Black Cat as Abigail Doone
Paris Calling as Colette

1940

The Mark of Zorro as Inez Quintero
The Blue Bird as Tylette (the cat)
The Letter as Mrs. Hammond

1939

Juarez as Empress Eugenie
Never Say Die as Juno Marko
The Llano Kid as Lora Travers
Sons of Liberty as Rachel Salomon

1938

Lord Jeff as Doris Clandon
Dramatic School as Madame Therese Charlot

1937

The Life of Emile Zola as Lucie Dreyfus
Maid of Salem as Martha Harding
Seventh Heaven as Nana, Diane's Sister

1936