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