Editing Eve Arden

{{Short description|American actress (1908–1990)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name                      = Eve Arden
| image                     = File:Eve Arden 5 Allan Warren.jpg 
| caption                   = Arden in 1972, by [[Allan Warren]]
| birth_name                = Eunice Mary Quedens
| birth_date                = {{Birth date|1908|04|30|mf=yes}}
| birth_place               = [[Mill Valley, California]], U.S.
| death_date                = {{Death date and age|1990|11|12|1908|04|30|mf=yes}}
| death_place               = [[Beverly Hills, California]], U.S.
| resting_place             = [[Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary|Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery]]
| occupation                = Actress
| years_active              = 1929&ndash;1987
| spouse                    = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Edward Grinnell Bergen|1939|1947|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Brooks West|1952|1984|end=died}}
}}
| children                  = 4
| website                   = {{URL|eve-arden.com}}
}}
'''Eve Arden''' (born '''Eunice Mary Quedens''',<!-- (pronounced qwi-DENZ) --> April 30, 1908&nbsp;– November 12, 1990) was an American film, radio, stage and television actress. She performed in leading and supporting roles for nearly six decades.

Beginning her film career in 1929 and on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in the early 1930s, Arden's first major role was in the [[RKO Pictures|RKO Radio Pictures]] drama ''[[Stage Door]]'' (1937) opposite [[Katharine Hepburn]], followed by roles in the comedies ''[[Having Wonderful Time]]'' (1938) and ''[[At the Circus]]'' (1939). She received an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] for her role in ''[[Mildred Pierce (film)|Mildred Pierce]]'' (1945).

Somewhat surprisingly for an actress of Arden's refinement and wit, she appeared to good effect in a number of [[films noir]], some exceptionally high-profile, including ''Mildred Pierce'', ''[[The Unfaithful (1947 film)|The Unfaithful]]'' (1947), ''[[The Arnelo Affair]]'' (1947), ''[[Whiplash (1948 film)|Whiplash]]'' (1948), and ''[[Anatomy of a Murder]]'' (1959).

Later in her career, Arden moved to television, playing a sardonic but engaging high school teacher in ''[[Our Miss Brooks]]'', for which she won the first [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series]]. She also played the maternity ward nurse in ''[[Bewitched]]'' and the school principal in the film musicals ''[[Grease (film)|Grease]]'' (1978) and ''[[Grease 2]]'' (1982).

==Early life==
[[File:Anthony George Eve Arden Checkmate 1961.JPG|thumb|[[Anthony George]] and Arden in "Death by Design", ''[[Checkmate (American TV series)|Checkmate]]'' (1961)]]
Eve Arden was born Eunice Mary Quedens on April 30, 1908, in [[Mill Valley, California]],<ref name="yob">Census records from 1910 and 1920 (the earliest records found on Arden) as well as the Social Security Death Index ([http://www.locateancestors.com/arden-california 568-03-2856] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602123949/http://www.locateancestors.com/arden-california/ |date=June 2, 2016 }}) support 1909 as her year of birth, as does a travel manifest from 1953, giving her age as 44. However, her [http://www.findadeath.com/Deceased/a/Eve%20Arden/eve_arden.htm death certificate (#39019050699, County of Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk in the name of Eve Arden West)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128060116/http://www.findadeath.com/Deceased/a/Eve%20Arden/eve_arden.htm |date=January 28, 2021 }}, the [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=CAdeath1940&h=7839277&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&rhSource=7884 California Death Registry]{{Subscription required}} and her [http://www.seeing-stars.com/ImagePages/EveArdensGravePhoto.shtml family crypt at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery] cite 1908</ref><ref>[http://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/11/13/Actress-Eve-Arden-dies/2194658472400/ Obituary (with 1908 year of birth proffered by Arden's daughter, Liza)], upi.com, November 13, 1990; accessed January 1, 2017.</ref><ref>After her death, some sources initially cited 1907, giving her age as 83, but this is groundless. Arden gave her own year of birth as 1912 for many years.</ref> to Charles Peter Quedens, the son of Charles Henry Augustus Quedens and Eunice Meta Dierks, and Lucille Frank, the daughter of Bernard Frank and Louisa Mertens. Lucille, a milliner, divorced Charles over his gambling and went into business for herself.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lauerman|first=Connie|date=June 28, 1985|title=All About Wisecracking Eve -- The Joy and the Pain|work=Chicago Tribune|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1985-06-28-8502110839-story.html|access-date=January 21, 2022}}</ref>

Although not Catholic, young Eunice was sent to a Dominican convent school in [[San Rafael, California]]. She then attended [[Tamalpais High School]], a public high school in Mill Valley, until age 16. After leaving school, she joined the stock theater company of Henry "Terry" Duffy.<ref>Three Phases of Eve (1985). St Martin's Press</ref>

==Career==
===Film===

She made her film debut under her real name in the [[backstage musical]] ''[[Song of Love (1929 film)|Song of Love]]'' (1929), as a wisecracking, homewrecking showgirl who becomes a rival to the film's star, singer [[Belle Baker]].{{Sfn|Ware|Braukman|2005|p=27}} The film was one of [[Columbia Pictures]]' earliest successes. In 1933, she relocated to [[New York City]], where she had supporting parts in several [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] stage productions.{{Sfn|Ware|Braukman|2005|p=27}} In 1934, she was cast in the ''[[Ziegfeld Follies]]'' revue, the first role where she was credited as Eve Arden. When she was told to adopt a stage name for the show, Arden looked at her cosmetics and "stole my first name from Evening in Paris, and the second from [[Elizabeth Arden]]".<ref name=obit /> Between 1934 and 1941, she appeared in Broadway productions of ''[[Parade (musical)|Parade]]'', ''[[Very Warm for May]]'', ''[[Two for the Show (musical)|Two for the Show]]'', and ''[[Let's Face It!]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/person/eve-arden-vault-0000080930|work=Playbill|title=Eve Arden|publisher=Playbill, Inc.|access-date=December 29, 2016}}</ref>

Arden's film career began in earnest in 1937 when she signed a contract with [[RKO Pictures|RKO Radio Pictures]]{{Sfn|Tucker|2011|p=77}} and appeared in the films ''Oh Doctor'' and ''[[Stage Door]]''. Her ''Stage Door'' portrayal of a fast-talking, witty supporting character gained Arden considerable notice and was a template for many of Arden's future roles.<ref name="obit">{{cite news|title=Eve Arden, Actress, Is Dead... TV's 'Our Miss Brooks'|date=November 13, 1990|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/13/obituaries/eve-arden-actress-is-dead-at-83-starred-in-tv-s-our-miss-brooks.html|work=The New York Times|author=Krebs, Albin|access-date=June 13, 2011}}</ref><ref name="tcm">{{cite web|title=Eve Arden|publisher=Turner Classic Movies|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/5233%7C49968/Eve-Arden|access-date=June 13, 2011}}</ref>

[[File:Eve Arden in Comrade X trailer.jpg|thumb|{{center|Arden in ''[[Comrade X]]'' (1940)}}]]
In 1938, she played a supporting part in the comedy ''[[Having Wonderful Time]]'', starring [[Ginger Rogers]] and [[Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.]]{{Sfn|Tucker|2011|p=47}} This was followed by roles in the crime film ''The Forgotten Woman'' (1939),{{Sfn|Tucker|2011|p=53}} and the [[Marx Brothers]] comedy ''[[At the Circus]]'' (1939), a role that required her to perform acrobatics.{{Sfn|Tucker|2011|p=55}}

In 1940, she appeared in support of [[Clark Gable]] and [[Hedy Lamarr]] in ''[[Comrade X]]'', followed by support in the drama ''[[Manpower (1941 film)|Manpower]]'' (1941) opposite [[Marlene Dietrich]], [[Edward G. Robinson]] and [[George Raft]].{{Sfn|Ware|Braukman|2005|p=27}} She also had a supporting part in the [[Red Skelton]] comedy ''[[Whistling in the Dark (1941 film)|Whistling in the Dark]]'' (1941){{Sfn|Tucker|2011|p=71}} and the romantic comedy ''[[Obliging Young Lady]]'' (1942).{{Sfn|Tucker|2011|p=69}}

Her many memorable screen roles include a supporting role as [[Joan Crawford]]'s wise-cracking friend in ''[[Mildred Pierce (film)|Mildred Pierce]]'' (1945), for which she received an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nomination as Best Supporting Actress; as a catty cousin turned peacemaker in [[The Unfaithful (1947 film)|The Unfaithful]] (1947); and as [[James Stewart]]'s wistful but wry secretary in [[Otto Preminger]]'s mystery ''[[Anatomy of a Murder]]'' (1959) (which also featured her husband, Brooks West). In 1946, exhibitors voted her the sixth-most promising "star of tomorrow".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17994035|title=The Stars of To-morrow.|newspaper=Sydney Morning Morning Herald (NSW: 1842-1954)|location=NSW|date=September 10, 1946|access-date=April 24, 2012|page=11 Supplement: The Sydney Morning Herald Magazine|publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

Arden became familiar to a new generation of filmgoers when she played Principal McGee in ''[[Grease (film)|Grease]]'' (1978) and ''[[Grease 2]] (1982)''. Arden was known for her [[deadpan]] comedic delivery.<ref name=LAtimes />

===Radio and television===
[[File:Groucho Marx-Eve Arden in At the Circus trailer.jpg|left|thumb|[[Groucho Marx]] and Eve Arden in a scene from ''[[At the Circus]]'' (1939)]]
Arden's ability with witty scripts made her a natural talent for radio. She was a regular on [[Danny Kaye]]'s short-lived but memorably zany [[The Danny Kaye Show (radio program)|comedy-variety show]] in 1946, which also featured swing bandleader [[Harry James]] and gravel-voiced character actor-comedian [[Lionel Stander]].<ref name="deli">{{Cite web|title=The Danny Kaye Show|url=http://www.digitaldeliftp.com/DigitalDeliToo/dd2jb-Danny-Kaye-Show.html|publisher=The Digital Deli Too|access-date=December 5, 2011|archive-date=January 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106215433/http://digitaldeliftp.com/DigitalDeliToo/dd2jb-Danny-Kaye-Show.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The additional exposure of Arden's comic talent on Kaye's show led to her best-known role, that of Madison High School English teacher Connie Brooks in ''[[Our Miss Brooks]]''. Arden portrayed the character on radio from 1948 to 1957, in a television version of the program from 1952 to 1956, and in a 1956 feature film. Her character clashed with the school's principal, Osgood Conklin (played by [[Gale Gordon]]) and nursed an unrequited crush on fellow teacher Philip Boynton (played originally by future film star [[Jeff Chandler]]; and later on radio and TV by [[Robert Rockwell]]). Except for Chandler, the entire radio cast of Arden, Gordon, [[Richard Crenna]] (Walter Denton), Robert Rockwell (Mr. Philip Boynton), Gloria McMillan (Harriet Conklin) and Jane Morgan (landlady Margaret Davis) played the same roles on TV.<ref name="Brooks_Radio">{{cite book |last=Dunning |first=John |title=On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio |section=Our Miss Brooks (radio) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EwtRbXNca0oC&dq=%22most+of+the+principal+actors+Arden+Gordon+Crenna+Morgan+and+McMillan+moved+successfully+with+their+roles+to+TV%22&pg=PA529 |date=1998 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York, NY |isbn=978-0-19-507678-3 |pages=527–529 |edition=Revised |access-date=2025-03-15 }}</ref><ref name="Brooks_TV">{{cite book |first1=Tim |last1=Brooks |first2=Earle |last2=Marsh |title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows – 1946–present |date=June 24, 2009 |page=1034 |section=Our Miss Brooks (TV) |isbn=978-0-345-49773-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&dq=%22Our+Miss+Brooks+situation+comedy%22+%22heard+on+both+radio+and+TV%22+%22essentially+the+same+cast%22&pg=PA1034 |publisher=Ballantine Books |edition=9 |location=New York, NY |access-date=2025-03-15 }}</ref>

Arden's portrayal of Miss Brooks was so popular that she was made an honorary member of the [[National Education Association]], received a 1952 award from the [[Central Connecticut State University|Teachers College of Connecticut]]'s Alumni Association "for humanizing the American teacher", and even received teaching job offers.<ref name="LAtimes">{{Cite news|title=Eve Arden, 82; Portrayed TV's Beloved 'Our Miss Brooks'|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-11-13-mn-4578-story.html|author=Burt A. Folkart|work=Los Angeles Times|date=November 13, 1990|access-date=December 5, 2011}}</ref> Her well-established wisecracking, deadpan character ultimately became her public persona as a comedienne.<ref name=LAtimes />
[[File:Eve Arden.jpg|thumb|With the [[American Forces Network|Armed Forces Radio Service]], 1940s]]
She won a listeners' poll by ''Radio Mirror'' magazine as the top-ranking comedienne of 1948–1949, receiving her award at the end of an ''Our Miss Brooks'' broadcast that March. "I'm certainly going to try in the coming months to merit the honor you've bestowed upon me, because I understand that if I win this (award) two years in a row, I get to keep Mr. Boynton," she joked. She was also a hit with the critics: A winter 1949 poll of newspaper and magazine radio editors by ''[[Motion Picture Daily]]'' named her the year's best radio comedienne.<ref name="oregonian">{{Cite news|title=Eve Arden, 82, dies; best known as 'Our Miss Brooks'|url=http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/eve-arden-dies-our-miss-brooks-grease-obituary|work=The Oregonian|date=November 13, 1990|publisher=Worthpoint|access-date=December 5, 2011}}</ref>

Arden had a very brief guest appearance in a 1955 ''[[I Love Lucy]]'' episode titled "L.A. at Last", where she played herself. While awaiting their food at the [[Brown Derby]], [[Lucy and Ricky Ricardo|Lucy Ricardo]] ([[Lucille Ball]]) and [[Ethel Mertz]] ([[Vivian Vance]]) argue over whether a certain portrait on a nearby wall is [[Shelley Winters]] or [[Judy Holliday]]. Lucy urges Ethel to ask a lady occupying the next booth, who turns and replies, "Neither. That's Eve Arden." As Ethel realizes she just spoke to Arden herself, Arden passes Lucy and Ethel's table to leave the restaurant while the pair gawk.<ref name="Brooks">{{cite book |last=Geary |first=George |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sh4RDQAAQBAJ&dq=%22eve+arden%22&pg=PT138 |title=L.A.'s Legendary Restaurants |section=The Brown Derby |year=2016 |publisher=Santa Monica Press |location=Solana Beach, CA |isbn=9781595808011 |page=138 |access-date=March 16, 2025}}</ref>

[[File:Eve Arden 1954 Emmy Award.png|left|thumb|Arden with her [[Primetime Emmy Award|Emmy Award]] for ''[[Our Miss Brooks]]'', February 11, 1954]]
[[Desilu Productions]], jointly owned by [[Desi Arnaz]] and Ball during their marriage, was the production company for the ''Our Miss Brooks'' television show, filmed during the same years as ''I Love Lucy''. Ball and Arden met when they costarred in the film ''[[Stage Door]]'' in 1937. Ball, according to numerous radio historians, suggested Arden for ''Our Miss Brooks'' after [[Shirley Booth]] auditioned for but failed to land the role and Ball—committed at the time to ''[[My Favorite Husband]]''—could not.<ref name="brooks">{{Cite web|title=Eve Arden as Connie Brooks|url=http://www.ourmissbrooks.com/connie-brooks-eve-arden-biography.html|publisher=Ourmissbrooks.com|access-date=December 5, 2011}}</ref>

Arden tried another series for [[CBS]] in the fall of 1957, ''[[The Eve Arden Show]]'', but it was canceled in spring of 1958 after 26 episodes. In 1966, she played a pediatric nurse in an episode of ''[[Bewitched]]'' and a scientist in an episode of ''[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]''. She later costarred with [[Kaye Ballard]] as her neighbor and in-law, Eve Hubbard, in the 1967–1969 [[NBC]] situation comedy ''[[The Mothers-in-Law]]'', produced by Arnaz after the dissolution of Desilu Productions.<ref name="Brians">{{cite web|title=Eve Arden profile (1908-1990)|url=http://www.briansdriveintheater.com/evearden.html|date=February 15, 2011|publisher=Brian's Drive-in Theatre|access-date=June 13, 2011}}</ref> In her later career, Arden made appearances on such television shows as ''[[Maude (TV series)|Maude]]'', ''[[Alice (American TV series)|Alice]]'', ''[[Hart to Hart]]'', and ''[[Falcon Crest]]''. In 1985, she appeared as the wicked stepmother in the ''[[Faerie Tale Theatre]]'' production of ''[[List of Faerie Tale Theatre episodes#ep20|Cinderella]]''.<ref name="Cinderella">{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rstaAAAAIBAJ&q=Eve+Arden+stepmother+wicked&pg=7094%2C3299599 |author=Kay Masters |title='Cinderella' offers some plot twists in a lively adaptation |page=27-B |newspaper=St. Petersburg Evening Independent (Florida) |date=1985-08-14 |access-date=2025-03-15 }}</ref>

===Stage===
Arden was one of many actresses to take on the title roles in ''[[Hello, Dolly! (musical)|Hello, Dolly!]]'' and ''[[Auntie Mame]]'' in the 1960s; in 1967, she won the [[Sarah Siddons Award]] for her work in [[Theater in Chicago|Chicago theater]].<ref name="siddons">{{cite web|title=The Sarah Siddons Society Awardees|url=http://sarahsiddonssociety.org|publisher=Sarah Siddons Society|year=2010|access-date=June 13, 2011}}</ref> In 1983, Arden was cast as the leading lady in what was to be her Broadway comeback, ''[[Moose Murders]]'', but she withdrew and was replaced with the much younger [[Holland Taylor]] after one preview performance, citing "artistic differences". The show went on to open and close on the same night, becoming known a legendary flop in Broadway history.<ref name="moose">{{cite news|title=A Broadway Flop Again Raises Its Antlers|author=Campbell Robertson|date=April 21, 2008|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/21/theater/21moos.html|access-date=June 13, 2011}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Arden was married to Edward Grinnell "Ned" Bergen 1939–47 and reportedly had a long relationship with [[Danny Kaye]] through the 1940s (likely starting from their Broadway work on ''[[Let's Face It!]]'' in 1941).<ref>[https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/imageviewer/collections/2238/images/43995_04_00019-00062?usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&pId=107829329 U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940–1947 for Eunice Quedens Bergen], Ancestry.com; accessed December 12, 2021.</ref><ref>Martin Gottfried, ''Nobody's Fool'' (NY: Simon & Schuster, 1994), pp. 80–124; {{ISBN|9780743244763}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://masterworksbroadway.com/artist/danny-kaye/ | title=Danny Kaye | work=Masterworks Broadway | access-date=August 23, 2021}}</ref> Arden was married to actor Brooks West from 1952 until his death in 1984 from a brain hemorrhage at age 67. She adopted her first child with Bergen and a second child as a single mother after her divorce from him; she adopted her third child with West and gave birth to her youngest (with West) at age 46 in 1954. All four children survived their parents.<ref name="obit"/>

==Death==
On November 12, 1990, Arden died at home at age 82. According to her death certificate, she died of [[cardiac arrest]] and [[arteriosclerosis|arteriosclerotic heart disease]].<ref name="deathcertificate">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHOSzWoygLs Copy of death certificate]; accessed October 21, 2016.</ref> She is buried in the [[Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary|Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery]], Westwood, Los Angeles, California.{{Sfn|Tucker|2011|p=37}}

==Legacy==
Arden published an autobiography, ''The Three Phases of Eve'', in 1985. In addition to her [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nomination, Arden has two stars on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]: Radio and Television (see [[List of stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame]] for addresses). She was inducted into the [[National Radio Hall of Fame]] in 1995.<ref name="HOF">{{cite web|title=Comedy: Eve Arden|url=http://www.radiohof.org/comedy/evearden.html|publisher=Radio Hall of Fame|access-date=June 13, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526094027/http://www.radiohof.org/comedy/evearden.html|archive-date=May 26, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1929
|''[[Song of Love (1929 film)|Song of Love]]''
|Maisie LeRoy
|
|-
|1933
|''[[Dancing Lady]]''
|Marcia
|Uncredited
|-
|1937
|''[[Oh, Doctor]]''
|Shirley Truman
|
|-
|1937
|''[[Stage Door]]''
|Eve
|
|-
|1938
|''[[Cocoanut Grove (film)|Cocoanut Grove]]''
|Sophie De Lemma
|
|-
|1938
|''[[Having Wonderful Time]]''
|Henrietta
|
|-
|1938
|''[[Letter of Introduction (film)|Letter of Introduction]]''
|Cora Phelps
|
|-
|1939
|''[[Women in the Wind]]''
|Kit Campbell
|
|-
|1939
|''[[Big Town Czar]]''
|Susan Warren
|
|-
|1939
|''[[The Forgotten Woman (1939 film)|The Forgotten Woman]]''
|Carrie Ashburn
|
|-
|1939
|''[[Eternally Yours (film)|Eternally Yours]]''
|Gloria
|
|-
|1939
|''[[At the Circus]]''
|Peerless Pauline
|
|-
|1939
|''{{sortname|A|Child Is Born|A Child Is Born (film)}}''
|Miss Pinty
|
|-
|1939
|''[[Slightly Honorable]]''
|Miss Ater
|
|-
|1940
|''[[She Couldn't Say No (1940 film)|She Couldn't Say No]]''
|Alice Hinsdale
|
|-
|1940
|''[[Comrade X]]''
|Jane Wilson
|
|-
|1940
|''[[No, No, Nanette (1940 film)|No, No, Nanette]]''
|Kitty
|
|-
|1941
|''[[That Uncertain Feeling (film)|That Uncertain Feeling]]''
|Sally Aikens
|
|-
|1941
|''[[Ziegfeld Girl (film)|Ziegfeld Girl]]''
|Patsy Dixon
|
|-
|1941
|''[[She Knew All the Answers]]''
|Sally Long
|
|-
|1941
|''[[San Antonio Rose (film)|San Antonio Rose]]''
|Gabby Trent
|
|-
|1941
|''[[Whistling in the Dark (1941 film)|Whistling in the Dark]]''
|'Buzz' Baker
|
|-
|1941
|''[[Manpower (1941 film)|Manpower]]''
|Dolly
|
|-
|1941
|''[[Last of the Duanes (1941 film)|Last of the Duanes]]''
|Kate
|
|-
|1941
|''[[Sing for Your Supper (film)|Sing for Your Supper]]''
|Barbara Stevens
|
|-
|1941
|''[[Bedtime Story (1941 film)|Bedtime Story]]''
|Virginia Cole
|
|-
|1942
|''[[Obliging Young Lady]]''
|'Space' O'Shea - AKA Suwanee Rivers
|
|-
|1943
|''[[Hit Parade of 1943]]''
|Belinda Wright
|Alternative title: ''Change of Heart''
|-
|1943
|''[[Let's Face It (film)|Let's Face It]]''
|Maggie Watson
|
|-
|1944
|''[[Cover Girl (film)|Cover Girl]]''
|Cornelia Jackson
|
|-
|1944
|''{{sortname|The|Doughgirls}}''
|Sgt. Natalia Moskoroff
|
|-
|1945
|''[[Pan-Americana]]''
|Helen 'Hoppy' Hopkins
|
|-
|1945
|''[[Earl Carroll Vanities]]''
|'Tex' Donnelly
|
|-
|1945
|''[[Patrick the Great]]''
|Jean Matthews
|
|-
|1945
|''[[Mildred Pierce (film)|Mildred Pierce]]''
|Ida Corwin
|
|-
|1946
|''[[My Reputation]]''
|Ginna Abbott
|
|-
|1946
|''{{sortname|The|Kid from Brooklyn}}''
|Ann Westley
|
|-
|1946
|''[[Night and Day (1946 film)|Night and Day]]''
|Gabrielle
|
|-
|1947
|''{{sortname|The|Unfaithful|The Unfaithful (1947 film)}}''
|Paula
|
|-
|1947
|''{{sortname|The|Arnelo Affair}}''
|Vivian Delwyn
|
|-
|1947
|''[[Song of Scheherazade]]''
|Madame de Talavera
|
|-
|1947
|''{{sortname|The|Voice of the Turtle|The Voice of the Turtle (film)}}''
|Olive Lashbrooke
|
|-
|1948
|''[[One Touch of Venus (film)|One Touch of Venus]]''
|Molly Stewart
|
|-
|1948
|''[[Whiplash (1948 film)|Whiplash]]''
|Chris Sherwood
|
|-
|1949
|''[[My Dream Is Yours]]''
|Vivian Martin
|
|-
|1949
|''{{sortname|The|Lady Takes a Sailor}}''
|Susan Wayne
|
|-
|1950
|''[[Paid in Full (1950 film)|Paid in Full]]''
|Tommy Thompson
|
|-
|1950
|''[[Curtain Call at Cactus Creek]]''
|Lily Martin
|
|-
|1950
|''[[Tea for Two (film)|Tea for Two]]''
|Pauline Hastings
|
|-
|1950
|''[[Three Husbands (1951 film)|Three Husbands]]''
|Lucille McCabe
|
|-
|1951
|''[[Goodbye, My Fancy (film)|Goodbye, My Fancy]]''
|Miss 'Woody' Woods
|
|-
|1951
|''[[Two Tickets to Broadway]]''
|Showgirl
|
|-
|1952
|''[[We're Not Married!]]''
|Katie Woodruff
|
|-
|1953
|''{{sortname|The|Lady Wants Mink}}''
|Gladys Jones
|
|-
|1956
|''[[Our Miss Brooks (film)|Our Miss Brooks]]''
|Connie Brooks
|
|-
|1959
|''[[Anatomy of a Murder]]''
|Maida Rutledge
|
|-
|1960
|''{{sortname|The|Dark at the Top of the Stairs|The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (film)}}''
|Lottie Lacey
|
|-
|1965
|''[[Sergeant Deadhead]]''
|Lt. Charlotte Kinsey
|
|-
|1975
|''{{sortname|The|Strongest Man in the World}}''
|Harriet Crumply
|
|-
|1978
|''[[Grease (film)|Grease]]''
|Principal McGee
|
|-
|1981
|''[[Under the Rainbow]]''
|The Duchess
|
|-
|1982
|''[[Pandemonium (1982 film)|Pandemonium]]''
|Warden June
|
|-
|1982
|''[[Grease 2]]''
|Principal McGee
|(final film appearance)
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1951
|''[[Starlight Theatre (TV series)|Starlight Theatre]]''
|Julie Todd
|"Julie"
|-
|1952–1956
|''[[Our Miss Brooks]]''
|Connie Brooks
|Main role (130 episodes)
|-
|1955
|''[[I Love Lucy]]''
|Herself (cameo)
|"Hollywood at Last"
|-
|1957–1958
|''{{sortname|The|Eve Arden Show}}''
|Liza Hammond
|Main role (26 episodes)
|-
|1959–1967
|''{{sortname|The|Red Skelton Show}}''
|Clara Appleby
|Recurring role (6 episodes)
|-
|1961
|''[[Checkmate (American TV series)|Checkmate]]''
|Georgia Golden
|"Death by Design"
|-
|1962
|''[[My Three Sons]]''
|Marisa Montaine
|"A Holiday for Tramp"
|-
|1964
|''[[Vacation Playhouse]]''
|Claudia Cooper
|"He's All Yours"
|-
|1965
|''[[Laredo (TV series)|Laredo]]''
|Emma Bristow
|"Which Way Did They Go?"
|-
|1966
|''[[Bewitched]]''
|Nurse Kelton
|"And Then There Were Three"
|-
|1966
|''[[Run for Your Life (TV series)|Run for Your Life]]''
|Mame Huston
|"Who's Watching the Fleshpot?"
|-
|1966
|''{{sortname|The|Man from U.N.C.L.E.}}''
|Prof. Lillian Stemmler
|"The Minus-X Affair"
|-
|1967
|''{{sortname|The|Danny Thomas Hour}}''
|Thelda Cunningham
|"The Royal Follies of 1933"
|-
|1967–1969
|''{{sortname|The|Mothers-in-Law}}''
|Eve Hubbard
|Main role (56 episodes)
|-
|1969
|''In Name Only''
|Aunt Theda Reeson
|TV film
|-
|1972
|''{{sortname|A|Very Missing Person|nolink=1}}''
|[[Hildegarde Withers]]
|TV film
|-
|1972
|''All My Darling Daughters''
|Miss Freeling
|TV film
|-
|1974
|''{{sortname|The|ABC Afternoon Playbreak}}''
|Mrs. Owens
|"Mother of the Bride"
|-
|1974
|''{{sortname|The|Girl with Something Extra}}''
|Aunt Fran
|"The Greening of Aunt Fran"
|-
|1974
|''[[Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law]]''
|Dr. Lucille Barras
|"Subject: The Sterilization of Judy Simpson"
|-
|1975
|''Harry and Maggie''
|Maggie Sturdivant
|TV pilot
|-
|1975
|''[[Ellery Queen (TV series)|Ellery Queen]]''
|Vera Bethune / Miss Aggie
|"The Adventure of Miss Aggie's Farewell Performance"
|-
|1977
|''[[Maude (TV series)|Maude]]''
|Lola Ashburn
|"Maude's Aunt"
|-
|1978
|''{{sortname|A|Guide for the Married Woman|nolink=1}}''
|Employment lady
|TV film
|-
|1978
|''[[Flying High (TV series)|Flying High]]''
|Clarissa 'Wedgie' Wedge
|"It Was Just One of Those Days"
|-
|1979
|''[[Vegas (1978 TV series)|Vega$]]''
|Sarah Bancroft
|"Design for Death"
|-
|1980
|''{{sortname|The|Dream Merchants|dab=miniseries}}''
|Coralee
|TV miniseries
|-
|1980
|''[[Alice (American TV series)|Alice]]''
|Martha MacIntire
|"Alice in TV Land"
|-
|1980
|''{{sortname|The|Love Boat}}''
|Ms. Brenda Watts
|"The Affair: Parts 1 & 2"
|-
|1980
|''[[B. J. and the Bear]]''
|Mrs. Jarvis
|"The Girls of Hollywood High"
|-
|1980
|''[[Hart to Hart]]''
|Sophie Green
|"Does She or Doesn't She?"
|-
|1981
|''Nuts and Bolts''
|Martha Fenton
|TV film
|-
|1983
|''[[Great Performances]]''
|Queen of Hearts
|"[[Alice in Wonderland (1983 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]"
|-
|1983
|''[[Masquerade (TV series)|Masquerade]]''
|Mrs. Woodman
|"Diamonds"
|-
|1985
|''[[Faerie Tale Theatre]]''
|The Stepmother
|"Cinderella"
|-
|1986
|''[[Amazing Stories (1985 TV series)|Amazing Stories]]''
|Jane's Mother
|"Secret Cinema"
|-
|1987
|''[[Falcon Crest]]''
|Lillian Nash
|"Manhunt" (final TV appearance)
|}

==Select stage credits==
{{div col|colwidth=14em}}
*''[[Private Lives]]'' (1933)
*''[[On Approval (play)|On Approval]]'' (1933)
*''[[Ziegfeld Follies|Ziegfeld Follies of 1934]]'' (1934)
*''[[Ziegfeld Follies|Ziegfeld Follies of 1936]]'' (1936)
*''[[Very Warm for May]]'' (1939)
*''[[Two for the Show (musical)|Two for the Show]]'' (1940)
*''[[Let's Face It!]]'' (1941)
*''[[Over 21]]'' (1950)
*''[[Auntie Mame]]'' (1958)
*''[[Goodbye Charlie]]'' (1960)
*''[[The Marriage-Go-Round]]'' (1961)
*''[[Hello, Dolly! (musical)|Hello, Dolly!]]'' (1966)
*''[[Barefoot in the Park]]'' (1967)
*''[[Cactus Flower (play)|Cactus Flower]]'' (1968)
*''[[Butterflies Are Free (play)|Butterflies Are Free]]'' (1970)
*''[[Applause (musical)|Applause]]'' (1975)
*''[[Absurd Person Singular]]'' (1978)
*''[[Little Me (musical)|Little Me]]'' (1980)
{{div col end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

===Sources===
*{{cite book |last1=Tucker |first1=David C. |title=Eve Arden: A Chronicle of All Film, Television, Radio and Stage Performances |date=October 20, 2011 |publisher=[[McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers]] |location=[[Jefferson, North Carolina]] |isbn=978-0-7864-6131-8 |language=en|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R1ONAgAAQBAJ}}
*{{Cite book|title=Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary: Completing the Twentieth Century|volume=5|editor1=Ware, Susan|editor2=Stacy Braukman|date=February 9, 2005|publisher=[[Belknap Press]]|isbn=978-0-674-01488-6|ref={{SfnRef|Ware|Braukman|2005}}}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book |last= Alistair |first= Rupert |title= The Name Below the Title : 65 Classic Movie Character Actors from Hollywood's Golden Age |chapter=Eve Arden |pages= 15–17 |date= 2018 |edition= First |type= softcover |publisher= Independently published |location= Great Britain |isbn = 978-1720038375}}
*{{cite book|title=The Women Who Made Television Funny: Ten Stars of 1950s Sitcoms|author=Tucker, David C.|year=2007|isbn=978-0786429004|location=Jefferson, NC|publisher=[[McFarland & Co]]}}
* {{cite book|title=Sitcom Queens: Divas of the Small Screen|author=Karol, Michael|year=2005|isbn=0595402518|publisher=[[iUniverse]]}}
* {{cite encyclopedia|title=Arden, Eve|encyclopedia=Who's Who in the Theatre|volume=1|page=21|publisher=Gale Research Company|year=1981|editor=Herbert, Ian |issn=0083-9833}}

==External links==
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* [http://www.virtual-history.com/movie/person/8790/eve-arden Eve Arden] at Virtual History

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