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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Movies (44)
Echoes
1982 · Mrs. Edmunds
The Return of a Man Called Horse
1976 · Elk Woman
The Cat Creature
1973 · Hester Black
Tango
1970
Savage Intruder
1970 · Leslie
Slaves
1969 · New Orleans lady
East Side, West Side
1949 · Nora Kernan
Road to Rio
1947 · Catherine Vail
Pirates of Monterey
1947 · Señorita de Sola
The Time of Their Lives
1946 · Emily
Anna and the King of Siam
1946 · Lady Thiang
Night in Paradise
1946 · Attosa
The Spider Woman Strikes Back
1946 · Zenobia Dollard
Enter Arsène Lupin
1944 · Bessie Seagrave
The Climax
1944 · Luise
Gypsy Wildcat
1944 · Rhoda
Christmas Holiday
1944 · Mrs. Manette
The Invisible Man's Revenge
1944 · Lady Irene Herrick
Follow the Boys
1944 · Gale Sondergaard (uncredited)
The Spider Woman
1943 · Adrea Spedding
Crazy House
1943 · Cameo Appearance
The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler
1943 · Anna Huber
Isle of Forgotten Sins
1943 · Marge Willison
Appointment in Berlin
1943 · Gretta Van Leyden
A Night to Remember
1942 · Mrs. Devoe
Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen
1942 · Mrs. Van Dorn
My Favorite Blonde
1942 · Madame Stephanie Runick
Paris Calling
1941 · Colette
The Black Cat
1941 · Abigail Doone
The Letter
1940 · Mrs. Hammond
The Mark of Zorro
1940 · Inez Quintero
The Blue Bird
1940 · Tylette
The Llano Kid
1939 · Lora Travers
The Cat and the Canary
1939 · Miss Lu
Juarez
1939 · Empress Eugenie
Sons of Liberty
1939 · Rachel Salomon
Never Say Die
1939 · Juno Marko
Dramatic School
1938 · Madame Therese Charlot
Lord Jeff
1938 · Doris Clandon
The Life of Emile Zola
1937 · Lucie Dreyfus
Seventh Heaven
1937 · Nana, Diane's Sister
Maid of Salem
1937 · Martha Harding
Anthony Adverse
1936 · Faith Paleologus
The Making of a Great Motion Picture
1936
