LOCAL : Actress Eve Arden Dies at 82
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Actress Eve Arden, the wisecracking and thoroughly delightful English teacher of television’s “Our Miss Brooks,” died of heart failure today. She was 82.
Arden, famous for her quick ripostes, died in Los Angeles at her Doheny Estates home at 2:30 a.m. with one of her daughters, Liza West, at her bedside, said her personal manager, Glenn Rose.
The tall, blonde comedienne had a distinguished career in movies and on the stage, but she was best known for her years as Miss Brooks, including four on radio and four in television’s early years.
Arden began the series in 1947 and made the switch to television in 1952. She won an Emmy in 1953 for best female personality.
Arden’s character earned her a lifelong image as a schoolmarm and wisecrack artist, with her put-downs delivered in an expressionless twang. Countless motion pictures and stage appearances and two other television series failed to rid her of the Connie Brooks image.
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