Gale Sondergaard

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1899-02-12 (86 years old)

Deathday

1985-08-14

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 appearan...

Acting

1943

The Spider Woman

as Adrea Spedding

1947

Road to Rio

as Catherine Vail

1940

The Mark of Zorro

as Inez Quintero

1944

Christmas Holiday

as Mrs. Manette

1944

Follow the Boys

as Gale Sondergaard (uncredited)

1944

The Invisible Man's Revenge

as Lady Irene Herrick

1982

Echoes

as Mrs. Edmunds

1943

Crazy House

as Cameo Appearance

1941

The Black Cat

as Abigail Doone

1940

The Blue Bird

as Tylette (the cat)

1937

The Life of Emile Zola

as Lucie Dreyfus

1946

1936

Anthony Adverse

as Faith Paleologus

1944

The Climax

as Luise

1940

The Letter

as Mrs. Hammond

1943

Appointment in Berlin

as Gretta Van Leyden

1942

1946

1937

Maid of Salem

as Martha Harding

1942

A Night to Remember

as Mrs. Devoe

1939

Juarez

as Empress Eugenie

1941

Paris Calling

as Colette

1942

My Favorite Blonde

as Madame Stephanie Runick

1949

East Side, West Side

as Nora Kernan

1938

Lord Jeff

as Doris Clandon

1973

The Cat Creature

as Hester Black

1939

Never Say Die

as Juno Marko

1943

Isle of Forgotten Sins

as Marge Willison

1946

1944

Enter Arsène Lupin

as Bessie Seagrave

1937

Seventh Heaven

as Nana, Diane's Sister

1938

Dramatic School

as Madame Therese Charlot

1944

1939

The Llano Kid

as Lora Travers

1939

Sons of Liberty

as Rachel Salomon

1947

Pirates of Monterey

as Señorita de Sola

1969

Slaves

as New Orleans lady

1970

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