Gale Sondergaard

Biberman died in 1971, and Sondergaard made a few more film and television appearances, before dying from cerebral vascular thrombosis at Woodland Hills, California. A biography by Sheridan Morley was published in 1977. Highly controversial when it was made, and not a commercial success, its artistic and cultural merit was recognised in 1992 when the National Film Preservation Board selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry. Among her famous roles were Medea and Lady Macbeth. She was married to Sir Lewis Casson, and was was made a Dame in 1931. With her career stalled, she supported her husband during the production of Salt of the Earth (1954). She was trained at Ben Greet's Academy, and was on stage from 1904. Biberman from 1930, her career suffered irreparable damage during the Red Scare of the early 1950s, when her husband was accused of being a communist and named as one of the Hollywood Ten. Dame Sybil Thorndike (1882 - 1976) was a British actress.

Married to the film director Herbert J. She received a second Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress for her role in Anna and the King of Siam in 1946. In 1940 she played a role which would become one of her most identifiable, as the exotic and sinister wife in The Letter. Originally cast as the Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz (1939), she was replaced by Margaret Hamilton when MGM decided to change the Wicked Witch from a glamorous character to an ugly one.

Walt Disney Studios used her as the main inspiration for the Wicked Queen in the animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). Her career as a supporting actress flourished during the 1930s. She made her first film appearance in Anthony Adverse (1936) and became the first recipient of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for this performance. Born Edith Holm Sondergaard in Litchfield, Minnesota to Danish parents, Sondergaard began her acting career in the theater.

Gale Sondergaard (February 15, 1899 - August 13, 1985) was a US film actress.