Timeline Gale Sondergaard

American actress, the first winner of the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, later blacklisted.

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1899 Gale Sondergaard born in Litchfield Gale Sondergaard is born in Litchfield.
1930 Gale Sondergaard marries Herbert Biberman She marries the director, later one of the Hollywood Ten.
1936 Gale Sondergaard in Anthony Adverse Her film debut wins the first Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
1937 Gale Sondergaard in The Life of Emile Zola She plays Lucie Dreyfus.
1939 Gale Sondergaard in The Cat and the Canary She stars with Bob Hope.
1940 Gale Sondergaard in The Letter She plays the widow in William Wyler's film.
1940 Gale Sondergaard in The Mark of Zorro She appears with Tyrone Power.
1944 Gale Sondergaard plays The Spider Woman She plays the villain opposite Sherlock Holmes.
1946 Gale Sondergaard in Anna and the King of Siam Her role earns an Oscar nomination.
1951 Gale Sondergaard blacklisted She refuses to testify before HUAC and is blacklisted.
1969 Gale Sondergaard returns to film She appears in Slaves after nearly two decades.
1976 Gale Sondergaard in The Return of a Man Called Horse One of her last films.
1985 Gale Sondergaard dies in Woodland Hills Gale Sondergaard dies aged 86.