Gale Sondergaard (born Edith Holm Sondergaard; February , â€" August
, ) was an American actress.Sondergaard began her acting career in
theater and progressed to films in . She was the first recipient of
the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her film debut in
Anthony Adverse (). She regularly played supporting roles in films
during the late s and s, including The Cat and the Canary (), The Mark
of Zorro () and The Letter (). For her role in Anna and the King of
Siam (), she was nominated for her second Best Supporting Actress
Academy Award. After the late s, her screen work came to an abrupt end
for the next years.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 s. She moved with Biberman to
New York City and worked in theatre, and acted in film and television
occasionally from the late s. She moved back to Los Angeles where she
died from cerebrovascular thrombosis.She was born Edith Holm
Sondergaard on February , in Litchfield, Minnesota to Danish-American
parents, Hans and Christin (Holm) Sondergaard. Her father taught at
University of Minnesota, where she was a drama student.
, ) was an American actress.Sondergaard began her acting career in
theater and progressed to films in . She was the first recipient of
the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her film debut in
Anthony Adverse (). She regularly played supporting roles in films
during the late s and s, including The Cat and the Canary (), The Mark
of Zorro () and The Letter (). For her role in Anna and the King of
Siam (), she was nominated for her second Best Supporting Actress
Academy Award. After the late s, her screen work came to an abrupt end
for the next years.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 s. She moved with Biberman to
New York City and worked in theatre, and acted in film and television
occasionally from the late s. She moved back to Los Angeles where she
died from cerebrovascular thrombosis.She was born Edith Holm
Sondergaard on February , in Litchfield, Minnesota to Danish-American
parents, Hans and Christin (Holm) Sondergaard. Her father taught at
University of Minnesota, where she was a drama student.
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