Gale Sondergaard
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About
She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her roles as sly, manipulative characters.
Before Fame
He debut film appearance was in the 1936 drama, Anthony Adverse, which won her an Oscar Award.
Trivia
As one of the Hollywood Ten who defied McCarthy's House Un-American Activities Commission, she was blacklisted by Hollywood. Her film career ended in the early 1950s.
Family Life
She was born Edith Holm Sondergaard, in Litchfield, Minnesota. Her parents were of Danish descent.
Associated With
She auditioned for the part of the Wicked Witch in the Wizard of Oz, but withdrew after the producers decided to make the witch ugly. The part eventually went to Margaret Hamilton.
