Actor
Gale Sondergaard
February 12, 1899 · Litchfield, Minnesota, USA
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.
Notable work
Often works with
Basil Rathbone
3 titles together
The Mark of Zorro, The Spider Woman, The Black Cat
Pedro de Cordoba
3 titles together
The Mark of Zorro, Anthony Adverse, Juarez
Stanley Andrews
3 titles together
The Mark of Zorro, The Blue Bird, Road to Rio
Henry O'Neill
3 titles together
The Life of Emile Zola, Anthony Adverse, Juarez
Robert Barrat
3 titles together
The Life of Emile Zola, The Time of Their Lives, Road to Rio
Bette Davis
2 titles together
The Letter, Juarez
Full filmography · 49
Echoes
as Mrs. Edmunds
1982
The Return of a Man Called Horse
as Elk Woman
19765.7
The Cat Creature
as Hester Black
1973Tango
cast
1970
Savage Intruder
as Leslie
1970
Slaves
as New Orleans lady
1969
East Side, West Side
as Nora Kernan
19497.1
Road to Rio
as Catherine Vail
19476.8
Pirates of Monterey
as Señorita de Sola
1947
The Time of Their Lives
as Emily
19467.2
Anna and the King of Siam
as Lady Thiang
19466.2
Night in Paradise
as Attosa
1946