The Great Eve Arden! Trivia Quiz

Answer: Connie

It was short for Constance. She once pretended to be her twin sister "Bonnie" when she was caught moonlighting waiting tables. (She claimed it was short for "Bonstance".) "Our Miss Brooks" ran for four successful seasons. When the show started, Eve already had over FIFTY films to her credit.

Answer: False

Eve was born EUNICE QUEDENS in Mill Valley, California. She only used that name in her very first role in a 1929 musical called "Song of Love". That film was found in 2001 after having been missing for decades, and was shown at a Los Angeles film festival that same year.

She started using the name "Eve Arden" in 1937 for her third film. It is believed she got the name from Elizabeth Arden cosmetics and a perfume called "EVEning in Paris".

Answer: Stage Door

The film was about a boarding house for young actors. Hepburn played a young woman born into privilege who takes up residence in the house in order to make it on her own. Eve played one of the boarders. Ann Miller was fourteen years old during filming.

Answer: Mildred Pierce

All four are film noir era classics, but Eve only appeared in "Mildred Pierce". She played the no-nonsense restaurant manager who gets Mildred into the business. Her co-star Ann Blyth was also nominated, but that year the award went to Anne Revere for her somber role as Velvet Brown's mother in the family classic, "National Velvet".

Answer: One Touch of Venus

Eve played another of her many sarcastic supporting roles in this lighthearted film. The main character kisses the statue of the famed love goddess, and she falls in love with him! The premise was updated in 1987 with the film "Mannequin", which critics loathed, but audiences liked enough to warrant a sequel.

Answer: True

The radio show premiered in 1948, the television show began in 1952, and the film was released in 1956. The cast was pretty much the same in all versions. Richard Crenna played dimwitted student Walter Denton, Gale Gordon was principal Osgood Conklin, Jane Morgan was Connie's kind older landlady and friend, and Robert Rockwell was heartthrob Mr. Boynton. Surprisingly, Rockwell and Crenna died within eight days of each other in January, 2003.

Answer: Anatomy of a Murder

Even in a serious film like this, Eve played a wisecracking assistant, providing much needed comic relief. Her character works for a dedicated lawyer who does a lot of pro bono work (and therefore owes her a lot of back pay), played by James Stewart. Stewart's task is to defend a young Ben Gazzara for murdering a man who assaulted his girlfriend (Lee Remick), even though he admits to killing him.

The film received several Oscar nominations and has an avant garde poster which is still in print.

Answer: The Mothers-in-Law

As was common for well-established stars at the time, Eve and Kaye used their own first names as the title characters in this show. Arnaz himself appeared on the program, but that didn't help keep it going long enough to make it into syndicated reruns.

The show ended in 1969. Eve's daughter was played by Deborah Walley, who was very popular in the early 1960's. (She took over the role of Gidget from Sandra Dee in the film's sequel.) Deborah died of cancer in 2001.

Answer: McGee

The principal's name is given in the beginning when Sonny is warned by his fellow T-Birds that if he wasn't careful, he'd be spending all year serving detention in "McGee's office". She shows up and chastises him for "dawdling". He then mutters an Italian epithet and she sentences him to a week of banging erasers. Eve also appeared in the unsuccessful sequel, but she managed to surprise her "students" by showing up on the set as a blonde!

The original character in the Broadway play is an older teacher named "Miss Lynch". (There was a male teacher in the film named Lynch. He's the one who almost catches Sonny spiking the punch at the dance.)

Answer: 1990

Eve died of cardiac arrest due to arteriosclerosis Novermber 12, 1990. She was buried beside her husband of thirty-one years, Brooks West. Her final television appearance was as a guest on "Falcon Crest" three years prior. (She also showed up on "Amazing Stories" in 1986.) For her unique line delivery and comic timing, she will be remembered by television and film buffs for generations to come. Thanks for playing!