Gale Sondergaard
Acting • Born 1899-02-12 – Died 1985-08-14
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
Filmography
50 credits
The Spider Woman
Movie • 1943
Adrea Spedding
Road to Rio
Movie • 1947
Catherine Vail
The Mark of Zorro
Movie • 1940
Inez Quintero
The Time of Their Lives
Movie • 1946
Emily
Christmas Holiday
Movie • 1944
Mrs. Manette
Follow the Boys
Movie • 1944
Gale Sondergaard (uncredited)
The Invisible Man's Revenge
Movie • 1944
Lady Irene Herrick
The Return of a Man Called Horse
Movie • 1976
Elk Woman
Savage Intruder
Movie • 1970
Leslie
Echoes
Movie • 1982
Mrs. Edmunds
Crazy House
Movie • 1943
Cameo Appearance
The Black Cat
Movie • 1941
Abigail Doone
The Blue Bird
Movie • 1940
Tylette (the cat)
The Life of Emile Zola
Movie • 1937
Lucie Dreyfus
Anna and the King of Siam
Movie • 1946
Lady Thiang
Anthony Adverse
Movie • 1936
Faith Paleologus
The Climax
Movie • 1944
Luise
The Letter
Movie • 1940
Mrs. Hammond
Appointment in Berlin
Movie • 1943
Gretta Van Leyden
The Cat and the Canary
Movie • 1939
Miss Lu
Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen
Movie • 1942
Mrs. Van Dorn
The Spider Woman Strikes Back
Movie • 1946
Zenobia Dollard
Maid of Salem
Movie • 1937
Martha Harding
A Night to Remember
Movie • 1942
Mrs. Devoe
Juarez
Movie • 1939
Empress Eugenie
Paris Calling
Movie • 1941
Madame Colette
My Favorite Blonde
Movie • 1942
Madame Stephanie Runick
East Side, West Side
Movie • 1949
Nora Kernan
Lord Jeff
Movie • 1938
Doris Clandon
The Cat Creature
Movie • 1973
Hester Black
Never Say Die
Movie • 1939
Juno Marko
Isle of Forgotten Sins
Movie • 1943
Marge Willison
Night in Paradise
Movie • 1946
Attosa
Enter Arsène Lupin
Movie • 1944
Bessie Seagrave
Seventh Heaven
Movie • 1937
Nana, Diane's Sister
Dramatic School
Movie • 1938
Madame Therese Charlot
The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler
Movie • 1943
Anna Huber
Gypsy Wildcat
Movie • 1944
Rhoda
The Llano Kid
Movie • 1939
Lora Travers
Sons of Liberty
Movie • 1939
Rachel Salomon
Pirates of Monterey
Movie • 1947
Señorita de Sola
Slaves
Movie • 1969
New Orleans lady
Tango
Movie • 1970
The Making of a Great Motion Picture
Movie • 1936
Medical Center
TV • 1969
Night Gallery
TV • 1970
The Fall Guy
TV • 1981
Police Story
TV • 1973
The Best Of Everything
TV • 1970
Get Smart
TV • 1965
Hester Van Hooten