Joined Henry Duffy stock company performing in San Francisco and Los Angeles; made stage debut in company's "Alias The Deacon"

Joined Bandbox Repertory Theater, touring "citrus circuit" in Southern California

Film acting debut (as Eunice Quedens) in "The Song of Love"

Broadway debut in "Ziegfeld Follies"

First credited as Eve Arden

First Broadway accolade as Eve Arden in "Parade" opposite Jimmy Savo

Understudied and went on for Fanny Brice in "Ziegfeld Follies"

Breakthrough film role in "Stage Door"

Returned to Broadway in Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II musical, "Very Warm For May"

Received Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actress for one of her best-remembered role, Ida in "Mildred Pierce"

Starred on CBS radio as "Our Miss Brooks"

"Our Miss Brooks" transferred to TV series while continuing on radio

Last film, "Grease 2"

Appeared in archival footage used in the documentary on female comediennes, "Wisecracks"