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Gale Sondergaard
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15 February 1899 - 14 August 1985
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American actress Gale Sondergaard was born in Litchfield, Minnesota, in 1899. Deciding to become an actress, she entered the Minneapolis School of Dramatic Art. Her debut in the film was unheard ofly successful - for her role in the film "Anthony unhappy", released in 1936, she was immediately awarded the Oscar in the nomination "Best supporting actress". By the way, Gail Sondergaard was the first actress to receive an award in this nomination. After that, Gale’s career went up, she starred in several
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American actress Gale Sondergaard was born in Litchfield, Minnesota, in 1899. Deciding to become an actress, she entered the Minneapolis School of Dramatic Art.
Her debut in the film was unheard ofly successful - for her role in the film "Anthony unhappy", released in 1936, she was immediately awarded the Oscar in the nomination "Best supporting actress". By the way, Gail Sondergaard was the first actress to receive an award in this nomination. After that, Gale’s career went up, she starred in several more films that made critics and viewers talk about her: The Girl of Salem (1937), The Seventh Sky (1937) and The Life of Emile Zola (1937).
Gail Sondergaard is considered the prototype of the heroine of the Disney cartoon
"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" - The evil queen. She tried to play a negative character - the Wicked Witch - and in the film "The Wizard of Oz", but the directorate of the film company decided that the Witch should be ugly, and Gail refused to participate in the filming.
One of Gale's most famous films is
Picture "Letter" It was shot in 1940. She had another chance to win an Oscar for her role as Lady Tiang in Anna and the King of Siam, but the award was awarded to Anne Baxter. One of her last roles was in the production of "Anastasia".
Gail Sondergaard has been married twice. Her second husband was director Herbert Bieberman, who married in 1930. To a certain extent, her career suffered because of this marriage, when in the 50s Bieberman was suspected of pro-communist views, and the couple was among the unreliable. Gale and Herbert had to leave Hollywood for New York, where they began to work in the theater.
The actress died in 1985 in California, the cause of her death was cerebral vascular thrombosis. She was 86 years old. /