Gale Sondergaard

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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...

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Get SmartSeries • 1965Medical CenterSeries • 1969The Fall GuySeries • 1981Night GallerySeries • 1970Police StorySeries • 1973JuarezMovie • 1939The Mark of ZorroMovie • 1940The Life of Emile ZolaMovie • 1937The LetterMovie • 1940The Cat and the CanaryMovie • 1939The Return of a Man Called HorseMovie • 1976The Spider WomanMovie • 1943The Invisible Man's RevengeMovie • 1944The Time of Their LivesMovie • 1946Anna and the King of SiamMovie • 1946The Black CatMovie • 1941Road to RioMovie • 1947Savage IntruderMovie • 1970Anthony AdverseMovie • 1936East Side, West SideMovie • 1949The Blue BirdMovie • 1940The ClimaxMovie • 1944Christmas HolidayMovie • 1944My Favorite BlondeMovie • 1942