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The Great Eve Arden!

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Introduction:
"Baby Boomers know her as "Our Miss Brooks". The next generation discovered her in "Grease". But hilarious Eve Arden did so much more, how could she not have her own quiz? The wait is over!"


1. In the 1950s, Eve Arden was best known for her role as the title schoolteacher in "Our Miss Brooks". What was her character's first name?
    Marie
    Connie
    Gwendolyn
    Martha


2. Eve Arden is her birth name.
    True
    False


3. Eve's first big break came with a 1937 film starring Katharine Hepburn and Ginger Rogers. It also featured fellow newcomers Lucille Ball and Ann Miller. What was the title of the film?
    Ziegfeld Follies
    A Letter to Three Wives
    Little Women
    Stage Door


4. After her big break, Eve Arden worked continuously in motion pictures, but rarely played the lead role. She did, however, earn an Oscar nomination for a 1945 supporting role. What was the film?
    Double Indemnity
    Mildred Pierce
    Out of the Past
    Gaslight


5. Eve Arden's next prominent role came in a film which starred Ava Gardner playing a statue that comes to life. What was the title of the film?
    Lady Liberty
    One Touch of Venus
    Down to Earth
    Bell, Book, and Candle


6. Eve Arden played Miss Brooks on the radio, on television, and on film.
    True
    False


7. After her tenure as Miss Brooks was up, Eve Arden had her own short-lived series, "The Eve Arden Show". When that ended, she went back to film work playing a supporting role in a suspenseful courtroom drama directed by Otto Preminger. What was the title of that 1959 film?
    Judgement at Nuremburg
    I Want to Live!
    Witness for the Prosecution
    Anatomy of a Murder


8. Eve slowed down a bit in the 1960s, but she did accept an offer from veteran TV producer Desi Arnaz to star in a sitcom with Kaye Ballard. Unfortunately, it only lasted two seasons. What was the name of the show?
    Please Don't Eat the Daisies
    My Mother the Car
    The Mothers-in-Law
    I Married Joan


9. No quiz on Eve Arden would be complete without a question about "Grease"! Due to her flawless diction and previous success playing a teacher, Eve was offered the role of the school principal in the 1978 blockbuster musical. What was the principal's last name?
    Lynch
    Skinner
    Murdock
    McGee


10. Shortly after making her comeback in films, Eve whote her autobiography, "The Three Phases of Eve". She died five years after it was published, at the age of 82. In what year did Eve pass away?
    1985
    2000
    1995
    1990


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