Gale Sondergaard
Known For
Acting
Born
1899-02-12 in Litchfield, Minnesota, USA
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
Most Known For
Get Smart
as Hester Van Hooten
Night Gallery
The Fall Guy
Medical Center
Police Story
Juarez
as Empress Eugenie
My Favorite Blonde
as Madame Stephanie Runick
Savage Intruder
as Leslie
The Letter
as Mrs. Hammond
The Return of a Man Called Horse
as Elk Woman
The Black Cat
as Abigail Doone
The Mark of Zorro
as Inez Quintero
The Best Of Everything
Slaves
as New Orleans lady
The Invisible Man's Revenge
as Lady Irene Herrick
Tango
The Cat and the Canary
as Miss Lu
The Time of Their Lives
as Emily
The Life of Emile Zola
as Lucie Dreyfus
Crazy House
as Cameo Appearance