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Ava Arden, the warm-hearted but cruel teacher and school secretary who became her character’s best friend in dozens of sarcastic and funny films, died yesterday at her home in Beverly Hills, California.
The actress said she was born on April 30, 1912, but family spokesman Ron Liesel said she was 83. He told Liesel that the cause of death was a heart attack.
In 1934, he appeared in Ziegfeld Follies on Broadway.
Arden was an actress in Hollywood, but appeared regularly in plays and shows in New York. In the radio and television series that ran from 1948 to 1957, Miss Hare Brooks was known as the ironic English teacher.
She is a tall, slender woman.
Known for his excellent comedic timing and ability to use throwaway dialogue, Brooks appeared in over 100 films, including The Stage Door and The Marx Brothers at Marx’s Circus. No, No, Nanette, Bedtime Stories, Door Girl, Anatomy of Murder, Darkness at Work. In 1945, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Mildred Pierce.
Born Eunice Marie Kiddens in Mill Valley, California (a suburb of San Francisco), Eva Arden was interested in shows from an early age. He entered the field when he was 16 years old. After appearing in two films under his real eve arden name Eunice Quidence, he found a platform that gave him small roles. One of them, in the 30s, was a Ziegfeld comedy on the Folly stage. Accepted as a sketch.
This time she changed her name to Eve Arden, and when she looked at her make-up she saw the names “A Night in Paris” and “Elizabeth Arden”, which she accepted.(1937) She quickly became his friend.
Eva Arden’s sensitivity and intelligence never landed her a major role.
In the decades that followed, she became a standout actress in dozens of films, with unparalleled acrobatics alongside fellow Russian Pauline Marx Grosso in the comedy Duff Hair Girls (1944). … was nominated for an Academy Award for portraying her hand in Mildred Pierce (1945). Known for his quick responses, he led a radio career in the 1940s. In 1948, “Miss Brooks” premiered on CBS and her character was well cast. His popular radio show was broadcast by CBS in 1952 as his film career began to fade. Either the Miss Brooks (1952) series would continue until 1956, or Miss Brooks (1956) would be released.
After the program ended, Arden tried another television series, The Eve Arden Show (1957), but it was soon cancelled. There were several guest appearances before returning in 2006. The show, starring Ballard, ran for two seasons. After that, he did an unsold pilot and several TV movies, including a cameo in I Come to You.
Eva Arden, formerly Eunice Kiddens (30 April 1912, The Mill, California, USA – 12 November 1990, Beverly Hills, California), better known as Miss Brooks (1948-56) on radio, was an American actress. and on television (1952-56).
Arden began his acting career with the Henry Duffy Company in San Francisco. His film career began in 1937 with The O Doctor, and in the same year he played the role of The Door. In total, he appeared in more than 100 films. Known for her sense of humor, she is often seen as a sarcastic and funny friend of the protagonist. She was nominated for an Academy Award for her role in the soap opera Mildred Pierce (1945).
