Gale Sondergaard

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 New York City and worked in theatre and acted in film and television occasionally from late 1960s She moved back to Los Angeles where she died from cerebrovascular thrombosis Description above from the Wikipedia article Gale Sondergaard licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia