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