Eve Arden

Eve Arden (Mill Valley, California, April 30, 1908 – Los Angeles, November 12, 1990) was an Emmy Award-winning American actress. Her real name was Eunice Quedens. There are different stories about how he adopted his stage name; The most repeated one points out that she chose "Arden" for the perfume brand and "Eve" for the abbreviation of the name of one of them, Evening in Paris. Arden developed a long career in film, television and radio, achieving resounding success in all areas.

Probably the most famous teacher ever on radio, Connie Brooks was a wonderful combination of sincere and smart, and Eve Arden played her perfectly. From the very beginning of the radio run in 1948, Our Miss Brooks became a favorite of women, high school kids and parents across the nation.

As she taught English on the show, it made perfect sense that she had the funny lines. Eve Arden's timing and delivery made her one of the best radio and television comedians, and she's fondly remembered by her many fans. Teachers across the country related to Our Miss Brooks Arden received thousands of letters from teachers relating their own frustrating experiences. She was even offered teaching jobs, which she turned down. 
Teaching English was no cup of tea for Our Miss Brooks . First on the list of characters was Mr. Osgood Conklin, the principal. Again, the casting of the show was perfect, as Mr. Conklin was the great character actor Gale Gordon (though initially Joe Forte). Those who heard the show know Mr. Conklin was a perfect foil for the witty Miss Brooks. He was the perfect type A, bossy and irascible character, like Dagwood's boss and Archie's principal. Also a favorite was the loveably goofy Walter Denton. The later star of TV's The Real McCoys, Richard Crenna did Walter as a kid very much like Henry Aldrich.

In cinema, she mainly played secondary roles, usually playing the faithful friend of the protagonist, in roles of an independent, sarcastic woman, as a critical counterpoint to the action. Already in one of his first roles for the big screen he gave the image that he would later perfect, it is his character in Ladies of the Theater, always back from everything, and with his cat in tow, who in the end will give him a surprise. In 1937, he worked alongside Ginger Rogers and Katharine Hepburn in the film (considered today a classic) Ladies of the Theater. In 1939, he worked alongside Groucho Marx in An Afternoon at the Circus, hilarious in a head-down scene glued to the ceiling. In 1945, along with Joan Crawford, she starred in Alma en Suplicio, a role for which she was nominated for an Oscar, without winning. One of his most important roles, although in a little-known film, but to be claimed, was in Goodbye, my fancy (Goodbye, my fancy) in 1951, again with Joan Crawford, and with a clear subtext against the witch hunt. of McCarthy, which took place in those years. In 1956, she brought her radio character, Miss Brooks, to the screen in the film Our Miss Brooks, which would later also be brought to television. In 1959, he appeared alongside James Stewart and another great character actor, Arthur O'Connell, in Otto Preminger's famous film, Anatomy of a Murder. In 1966 she played Nurse Kelton in the episode And Then There Were Three of the series Bewitched. In the show she assists Samantha Stephens (Elizabeth Montgomery) after Tabitha's birth. For younger generations of moviegoers, however, she is best remembered as the high school principal in Grease (1978), which she would later repeat in the sequel Grease II (1982). He died in Los Angeles of a heart attack on November 12, 1990. His remains are in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. However, in Taylor Holland's biography it is mentioned that she committed suicide by jumping from a boat, which is why actress Taylor replaces her in the characterization of a character in a play Moose Murders.