Birthname: Edith Holm Sondergaard
| Sign | Aquarius |
| Born | Feb 15, 1899 Litchfield, MN |
| Died | Aug 14, 1985 Woodland Hills, CA |
| Age | Died at 86 |
| Final Resting PlaceCremated | |
Gale Sondergaard | |
| Job | Actress |
| Years active | 1936-1983 |
| Known for | Sinister housekeepers, domineering mothers, femme fatales |
| Top Roles | Irene, Madame Stephanie Runick, Catherine Vail, Mrs. Manette, Mrs. Hammond |
| Top Genres | Drama, Romance, Comedy, Adventure, Crime, Horror |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Romance (Drama), Ghosts |
| Top Collaborators | Ford Beebe (Director), Walter Kingsford, Hal B. Wallis (Producer), Henry Blanke (Producer) |
| Shares birthday with | John Barrymore, Claire Bloom, Cesar Romero see more.. |
Gale Sondergaard Overview:
Legendary character actress, Gale Sondergaard, was born Edith Holm Sondergaard on Feb 15, 1899 in Litchfield, MN. Sondergaard died at the age of 86 on Aug 14, 1985 in Woodland Hills, CA and was cremated and her ashes scattered at sea.
MINI BIO:
Stern-looking Gale Sondergaard was an American actress who, after winning an Academy Award in her first feature, "Anthony Adverse" (she was nominated again for Anna and the King of Siam), went on to corner the market, with Dame Judith Anderson, in sinister housekeepers, domineering mothers and femmes very fatale. Her career was wrecked by the McCarthy witch-hunts, her second husband being writer-director Herbert Biberman who was one of the "Hollywood 10.
(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Illustrated Dictionary of Film Character Actors).HONORS and AWARDS:
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Gale Sondergaard was nominated for two Academy Awards, winning one for Best Supporting Actress for Anthony Adverse (as Faith Paleologue) in 1936.
Academy Awards
| Year | Award | Film name | Role | Result |
| 1936 | Best Supporting Actress | Anthony Adverse (1936) | Faith Paleologue | Won |
| 1946 | Best Supporting Actress | Anna and the King of Siam (1946) | Lady Thiang | Nominated |
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Gale Sondergaard Quotes:
Inez Quintero: [after Lolita expresses an interest in love] You have the blood of the Hidalgos in your veins! Keep it cool, my girl, or I'll whisk you off into a convent!
Marge Willison: Cut it! I said cut it or I'll throw you both out! If you want to maul each other, do it when there's no boat in port. Understand?
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