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Gale Sondergaard
Gale Sondergaard was an American actress.
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entertainment · American actress (1899–1985) · actor · stage actor · television actor · film actor · also Gale Sondergaard, Sondergaard
Born 15 February 1899 · Died 14 August 1985 · Q233845
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2026· 2 entries
AOL: Why Gale Sondergaard felt she was too pretty to play the Wicked Witch of the West
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2017· 1 entry
BroadwayWorld: Gale Sondergaard
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1985· 1 entry
Died 1985-08-14.
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1969· 1 entry
Appeared in an off-Broadway one-woman show, Woman
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1943· 1 entry
Her younger sister Hester Sondergaard was also an actress who featured in Seeds of Freedom (1943), The Naked City (1948), Jigsaw (1949) and The Big Break (1953).
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1937· 1 entry
Awarded Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Anthony Adverse (1937).
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1930· 1 entry
In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she married director Herbert Biberman, who was then associated with the Theatre Guild Acting Company
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1922· 1 entry
Sondergaard married actor Neill O'Malley in 1922; they divorced in 1930.
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1899· 1 entry
Born 1899-02-15.
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