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Gale Sondergaard (born Edith Holm Sondergaard; February 15, 1899 – August 14, 1985) was an American actress. Sondergaard began her acting career in theater and progressed to films in 1936.
Gale Sondergaard. Actress: The Mark of Zorro. Sly, manipulative, dangerously cunning and sinister were the key words that best described the roles that Gale Sondergaard played in motion pictures, making her one of the most talented character actresses ever seen on the screen.
Gale Sondergaard. Actress: The Mark of Zorro. Sly, manipulative, dangerously cunning and sinister were the key words that best described the roles that Gale Sondergaard played in motion pictures, making her one of the most talented character actresses ever seen on the screen.
Aug 15, 1985 · Gale Sondergaard, a consummate actress whose dramatic skills brought her both the first Academy Award for a supporting film role and a succession of parts as Hollywood's premier woman...
May 14, 2020 · An Oscar nominee for Best Score, Sondergaard is probably best known today for her memorable portrayal of the ambitious wife of cowardly mayor J. Edward Bromberg in this best of numerous incarnations of the famed swashbuckling tale set in early California. Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Basil Rathbone, and Eugene Pallette were also outstanding.
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 was the first recipient of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her film debut in Anthony Adverse (1936). She regularly had supporting roles in films during the late 1930s and 1940s, including The Cat and the Canary (1939), The Mark of Zorro (1940) and The Letter (1940).
American actress who was the first woman to receive the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (1936), for her portrayal of Faith in Anthony Adverse. Name variations: Gale Biberman.
Sondergaard was an outspoken critic of the anti-communist movement as a whole and the HUAC in particular. In 1951, she was subpoenaed to appear before the HUAC in Washington, DC in 1951. She had been criticized, she told them, for being “a Jew- loving, Negro-loving, Red-loving, culture loving, peace-loving, un-American woman.”
Aug 16, 1985 · Gale Sondergaard, a consummate actress whose dramatic skills brought her both the first Academy Award ever given for a supporting performance and then a succession of parts that turned her into...
