List of the best Gale Sondergaard movies: The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler(1943), The Return of a Man Called Horse(1976), The Spider Woman Strikes Back(1946), Monsoon(1943), The Cat and the Canary(1939), My Favorite Blonde(1942), The Life of Emile Zola(1937), Anthony Adverse(1936), Savage Intruder(1970), Sherlock Holmes and the Spider Woman(1944), The Mark of Zorro(1940), Seventh Heaven(1937) ... ...
Drama
USA
1943
72 Minutes
A man who does a good Hitler impression is made to look like Hitler as a decoy for assassination attempts.
Western
Mexico|USA
1976
129 Minutes
Elk Woman
Richard Harris Gale Sondergaard Geoffrey Lewis Bill Lucking Jorge Luke Claudio Brook Enrique Lucero Jorge Russek Ana De Sade Pedro Damián Humberto López
lord fur trapper tribal leader passionate engaging wild west indian territory england sioux land grab land ownership american west justice murder revenge rise 1840s
The English gentleman known as Horse, returns to the American west to save his adopted Indian tribe from extinction.
Horror
USA
1946
59 Minutes
Miss Zenobia Dollard
A young girl goes to work as a live-in caretaker for a spooky old woman. She doesn't know that every night, the woman drains some blood from her to feed her strange plant.
Action
1943
82 Minutes
John Carradine Gale Sondergaard Sidney Toler Frank Fenton Veda Ann Borg Rita Quigley Rick Vallin
seaman diver madam treasure hunter captain chief brash suspenseful melodramatic raw south sea island nightclub brothel underwater ship sunken treasure island life deep-sea diving double-cross
A diver (John Carradine) and his partner fight a captain (Sidney Toler) and a purser for gold from their scuttled ship.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1939
72 Minutes
Miss Lu
Bob Hope Paulette Goddard Gale Sondergaard John Beal Douglass Montgomery Nydia Westman George Zucco
relative friend attorney housekeeper maniac playful creepy new orleans mansion study bedroom secret passageway haunted houses inheritance impersonation lawyers insanity murder mystery quest
When an eccentric family meets in their uncle's remote, decaying mansion on the tenth anniversary of his death for the reading of his will, murder and madness follow.
Comedy
USA
1942
78 Minutes
Madame Stephanie Runick
Bob Hope Madeleine Carroll Gale Sondergaard George Zucco Lionel Royce Walter Kingsford Victor Varconi Otto Reichow Charles Cane Crane Whitley Erville Alderson
spy beautiful woman vaudevillian nazi fugitive amusing cheery spirited new york city train chicago california theater show business espionage frame-up mistaken identity secret codes world war ii escape
Karen Bentley, an English secret agent, links up with Larry Haines and his star penguin Percy in an attempt to outwit German spies.
Biography
USA
1937
116 Minutes
Lucie Dreyfus
Paul Muni Joseph Schildkraut Gale Sondergaard Gloria Holden Donald Crisp Erin O'Brien-Moore John Litel Henry O'Neill Morris Carnovsky Louis Calhern Ralph Morgan
author paul cézanne victim soldier wife prostitute engaging gripping moving france paris prison england courtroom household emile zola court battles friendship journalism historical events
CHAP. 1, HI YO SILVER: An outlaw leader planning to take control of Texas after the Civil War kills Colonel Jeffries, a man empowered to levy taxes, and assumes his identity. His men then ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1936
140 Minutes
Faith Paleologus
Fredric March Olivia de Havilland Gale Sondergaard Edmund Gwenn Claude Rains Anita Louise Louis Hayward Steffi Duna Billy Mauch Donald Woods Akim Tamiroff
hero pretty woman father mother grandfather melodramatic emotional passionate italy europe france africa cuba abandonment illegitimate child expedition romance adventure discovery quest
In 18th-century Italy, an orphan's debt to the man who raised him threatens to separate him forever from the woman he loves.
Horror
1970
87 Minutes
Leslie
A broken-down movie queen (Miriam Hopkins) lets a mutilator (John David Garfield) move into her Hollywood mansion.
Mystery & Thriller
1944
63 Minutes
Adrea Spedding
Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce Gale Sondergaard Dennis Hoey Mary Gordon Arthur Hohl Alec Craig Vernon Downing Lydia Bilbrook John Burton Harry Cording
sherlock holmes doctor watson villain inspector detective assistant crafty intricate suspenseful engaging london gambling house fair house murder suicide insurance poison detective work seduction
Holmes (Basil Rathbone) poses as a foreigner to bait the woman (Gale Sondergaard) behind so-called "pajama suicides."
Adventure
USA
1940
93 Minutes
Inez Quintero
Tyrone Power Linda Darnell Basil Rathbone Gale Sondergaard Eugene Pallette J. Edward Bromberg Montagu Love Janet Beecher Robert Lowery Chris-Pin Martin George Regas
zorro governor captain niece wife thrilling spirited uplifting frenetic california mansion corruption heroism justice defending the helpless rescue quest sacrifice 19th century
A young Spanish aristocrat must masquerade as a fop in order to maintain his secret identity of Zorro as he restores justice to early California.
Romance
USA
1937
102 Minutes
Nana
Simone Simon James Stewart Jean Hersholt Gale Sondergaard Gregory Ratoff J. Edward Bromberg John Qualen Victor Kilian Thomas Beck Sig Ruman
sewer cleaner girl priest sister neighbor friend engaging moving uplifting paris café apartment hospital trenches church faith love devotion family violence
A Parisian sewer worker longs for a rise in status and a beautiful wife. He rescues a girl from the police, lives with her in a barren flat on the seventh floor, and then marches away to ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1947
100 Minutes
Catherine Vail
Bing Crosby Bob Hope Dorothy Lamour Gale Sondergaard Frank Faylen The Wiere Brothers George Meeker
singer trumpeter love interest guardian brother lighthearted charming ocean liner rio de janeiro arranged marriage stowaway love triangle hypnosis deception adventure love 1940s
Two inept vaudevillians stow away on a Brazilian-bound ocean liner and foil a plot by a sinister hypnotist to marry off her niece to a greedy fortune hunter.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1937
86 Minutes
Martha
Claudette Colbert Fred MacMurray Harvey Stephens Gale Sondergaard Louise Dresser Bennie Bartlett Edward Ellis Beulah Bondi Bonita Granville Virginia Weidler Donald Meek
lover adventurer young woman judge townsperson passionate thrilling emotional salem, mass. courtroom town hall town square puritanism affair repression wrongfully accused witch trials witchcraft love wretched excess
Young lovers fall afoul of repressive society as Salem elders get caught up in the witch hunts and trials of 17th century Massachusetts. One family in particular uses the hysteria to its ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1943
77 Minutes
Gretta Van Leyden
George Sanders Marguerite Chapman Onslow Stevens Gale Sondergaard Alan Napier Jack Lee H.P. Sanders Don Douglas Alec Craig Leonard Mudie Frederick Worlock
A former RAF officer is enlisted in the British secret service. Germany recruits him for propaganda broadcasts to England. He uses codes in his broadcasts. When his cover is blown, he and his German girlfriend must try to escape.
Kids & Family, Fantasy
USA
1940
88 Minutes
Tylette
Shirley Temple Spring Byington Nigel Bruce Gale Sondergaard Eddie Collins Edwin Maxwell Thurston Hall Sterling Holloway Claire DuBrey Dorothy Dearing
daughter mother fairy brother lumberjack creative emotional heartwarming moving positive uplifting forest home past future war growing up fairies journey adventure
Mytyl and her brother Tyltyl, a woodchopper's children, are led by the Fairy Berylune on a magical trip through the past, present, and future to locate the Blue Bird of Happiness.
Comedy
USA
1939
80 Minutes
Juno Marko
Martha Raye Bob Hope Andy Devine Alan Mowbray Gale Sondergaard Sig Ruman Ernest Cossart
A wealthy hypochondriac and an heiress are both experiencing romantic complications, prompting them to marry each other.
Drama
USA
1946
128 Minutes
Sondergaard
Irene Dunne Rex Harrison Linda Darnell Lee J. Cobb Gale Sondergaard Mikhail Rasumny Dennis Hoey Tito Renaldo
king teacher wife son daughter engaging spirited thailand bangkok royal palace school culture clash friendship jealousy social change westernization discovery transformation 1860s
In 1862, a young Englishwoman becomes royal tutor in Siam and befriends the King.
Horror
USA
1941
70 Minutes
Abigail Doone
Basil Rathbone Hugh Herbert Bela Lugosi Broderick Crawford Gale Sondergaard Anne Gwynne Gladys Cooper Claire Dodd Alan Ladd Cecilia Loftus
elderly woman real estate agent housekeeper nephew niece guardian dark tense amusing estate garden bedroom attic town inheritance family murder false accusations infidelity superstition
Elderly Henrietta Winslow lives in an isolated mansion with her housekeeper and beloved cats. As her health fails, her greedy relatives gather in anticipation of her death.
Biography
USA
1939
132 Minutes
Empress Eugenie
Paul Muni Bette Davis Brian Aherne Claude Rains John Garfield Gale Sondergaard Donald Crisp Gilbert Roland Louis Calhern Grant Mitchell
emperor empress president rebel soldier napoleon iii tense emotional mexico france government offices mansion democracy government power struggle breakdown benito juérez maximilian i quest fall
Louis Napoleon III takes advantage of the American Civil War to circumvent the Monroe Doctrine and expand his power by helping Emperor Maximillian Hapsburg to add Mexico to his empire.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1942
91 Minutes
Mrs. Devoe
Loretta Young Brian Aherne Sidney Toler Jeff Donnell William Wright Gale Sondergaard Donald MacBride Lee Patrick Don Costello Blanche Yurka Richard Gaines
writer wife landlord housekeeper husband amusing engaging suspenseful apartment new york city greenwich village murder blackmail deception mystery discovery 1940s
A mystery writer and his newlywed wife move into a Greenwich Village apartment and find themselves with a corpse and a half dozen red herrings.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
92 Minutes
Mrs. Manette
Deanna Durbin Gene Kelly Richard Whorf Dean Harens Gladys George Gale Sondergaard David Bruce
A young femme fatale-type woman realizes that the man she married is an incorrigible wastrel.
Drama
USA
1938
86 Minutes
Doris Clandon
Freddie Bartholomew Mickey Rooney Charles Coburn Herbert Mundin Terry Kilburn Gale Sondergaard Peter Lawford Walter Tetley Peter Ellis George Zucco Matthew Boulton
delinquent thief headmaster wife schoolboy friend cheeky confident london jewelry shop boys school woods ship party reform orphanage trust loyalty friendship crime
A spoiled orphan, raised by a couple of con artists, gets sent to a mercantile marine vocational school for orphaned boys, where he learns about friendship and ethics, and uncovers a new future.
Sci-Fi
USA
1944
78 Minutes
Irene
Jon Hall John Carradine Leon Errol Alan Curtis Evelyn Ankers Gale Sondergaard Lester Matthews Halliwell Hobbes
An eccentric scientist helps a fugitive from the law become invisible, unwittingly giving him the power to exact revenge on his former friends.
Comedy
USA
1946
82 Minutes
Emily
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Marjorie Reynolds Binnie Barnes John Shelton Jess Barker Gale Sondergaard Robert Barrat Donald MacBride Ann Gillis Lynne Baggett
A psychiatrist stays in a mansion haunted by prankish ghosts from the Revolutionary War.