Gale Sondergaard--1980 TV Interview/"Spider Woman," "The Letter"

[@robcardinal8430]

A highly unsung performer....vividly remember her from " The Letter" 1940, and " Anna and The King" 1946...so unfortunate for her and her husband regarding the " blacklist"

[@catlover34fl]

Fascinating interview with Gale Sondergaard. I'll never forget her performance in "The Letter." What a story!

[@boke75]

I'm here because of her in the Abbott & Costello ghost comedy "The Time of Their Lives (1946)". She was great in it - a lot of gravitas.

[@alwaysblake148]

This interview is extraordinary. She was always known as a great actress. But she proves to be a great interviewee as well. It's a shame she didn't do more. A great fearless woman.

[@vestibulate]

Always Blake Of course, she would have liked to do more. But she was blacklisted for many years.

[@kensigman7079]

What a treat to see this interview...A lovely talented lady....

[@drianej]

Great interview. Thanks for uploading it. Gale Sondergaard was a cerebral, progressive woman as well as a great actor.

[@Vejur9000]

Amen.

[@JSB1882]

She was heroic during the Blacklist and Minnesotans should be so proud of her.

[@stephenwilliams1269]

What an absolute joy to listen to this wonderful actress. How intelligent and interesting talking about her career.. very classy and still beautiful. Interviews are no longer conducted in this manner sadly. It’s all Flash & Trash now. Thank you for downloading and sharing this video.

[@russellcampbell9198]

Loved her in everything she did. Highly intelligent and brought it to each role.

[@divaplavalaguna86]

What a wonderful interview of this classy, elegant and extremely talented character actress.

[@michaeldewhirst8117]

One of my favorites.

[@DAVEJJR]

What a magnificent woman! When she was on the screen she overshadowed everyone! I’m so surprised to know she is the child of Danes! She was such an exotic, beautiful woman….

[@Vejur9000]

Brilliant woman, and actress. Her villains always were elegant, charismatic, dripping with charm, intellect, and venom. Every bit the equal of the men in her films, and ahead of her time. Watching Gale Sandergaard play the villain was always a delight. No one threw shade quite like her. And her performance as the heartbroken, vengeful widow in The Letter? A masterclass in acting, without big exposition. Well done, Ms. Sondergaard.

[@gforceeatingcorrect]

Wow... you are wonderful with descriptive

[@Vejur9000]

@@gforceeatingcorrect Thanks Deux! But all props, go to this woman. :) She was simply extraordinary.

[@bettiblanchard873]

She always gave me the chills. No one was as spooky and scary than her. For some reason I just remember her in those kind of parts.

[@TrangPakbaby]

She was adorable in the Shirley Temple film “the blue bird” as the cat Tylette

[@michaelklein5242]

One of the things I truly respected about Dick was his seeking out guests who ordinarily wouldn't be found on the talk show circuit, and interesting, accomplished people, like Gale Sondergaard here, a brilliant actress and a longtime favorite of film fans.

[@plappin]

An inspiring human being and an excellent interview.

[@thewanted43000]

Mr. Eichler, thank you for this! I am the age now that Gale Sondergaard was then and have enjoyed (and am enjoying) many of the movies she was in. I would have no idea how articulate, intelligent, ladylike, beautiful (on and on) she was away from the movie screen if you had not posted this. Again, thank you!

[@MovieJon]

I love seeing her with some wrinkles and creases, yet still elegant and attractive (at 80!) Too many of today's women freeze their faces into a taut, immobile mask and wind up looking like plastic, phony, waxen figures. She has so much expression and interest going on with her face. Intellectual person.

[@90defaz]

So fascinating. I didn’t know anything about her and have probably only seen her in The Letter. The story told she told about that movie was amazing.

[@timothyhopkins6960]

She was always wonderful.

[@rickack8176]

So pleasing to watch and listen to. 🔵

[@GrantTarredus]

A magnificent actor and more importantly a magnificent human being, this extraordinary woman has entertained me for years. I’m very grateful to you for sharing this valuable interview with us. Thank you!

[@Magnetron33]

Fascinating woman of great intellect and incredible acting skills. The social issues she talks about are just as much a problem now as they were then.I liked her in The Time of their Lives, with Lou Costello.

[@michaelklein5242]

Trivia: Gale almost played "The Wicked Witch of the West". Hers would have been a more glamorous version, but when MGM wanted to make the character less attractive, she backed out, being sensitive about her looks. Too see how she might have appeared in "Oz", her makeup in the Shirley Temple film, "The Blue Bird", will give you an idea of what might have been. I wonder if Dick reads these KZbin comments about his show. Dick, if so, please respond with a quick "hi"!

[@tonycanabal1659]

I I found her portrayl of the cat in The Blue Bird great as the character was far more evil.

[@raya472]

My first seeing of this woman is from the spider woman. So beautiful and seductive, looking at her here as an aged woman, I have a message for everyone reading this; enjoy your youth and do great things for when you get old and your beauty and strength has faded, there only remains great memories or great regret.

[@jaykauffman4775]

There are stills of her as both the beautiful snd ugly witch in Wizard of Oz. She was right to refuse the role. The film industry suffered for losing her for 20 years due to the blacklist

[@michaelschmitten989]

Great actress !!!

[@piustwelfth]

She was also a murderess in "The Letter". She was instrumental in the murder of Leslie Crosbie -- the character played by Bette Davis.

[@EarRam-u6c]

A remarkable woman 👠♀️ great humor and for 83 years old so in tuned at the time. 🎉 Yes "the Letter" with Bette Davis, "time of their lives" (Abbott and Costello 1946), "Sherlock Holmes and the 🕷️🕸️ spider woman".

[@steveblette9043]

She was awesome in the spider woman and loved her in the road to rio I loved the hats she wore with the vails on them she was very exotic to bad she suffered a lot through the blacklisting and didn't work for 20 yrs that's a shame that happened in this country kind of like now

[@derrickivory226]

Oh my god I love this lady, watch her late night in black and white movies, as a kid I remember seeing her in the life and time of Emile Zola, and the letter, she was so seductive, do yourself a favor watch her movies, u will see what a treat,

[@robertszvetics210]

WHAT A CHARMING WOMAN AND A GREAT ACTOR.

[@Pdjohnners]

Fascinating woman. And clearly doesn't suffer fools, and the interview is better for it. I couldn't help thinking she would have been perfect casting to play a three dimensional Wallis Simpson. Thank you for posting.

[@vestibulate]

Pdjohnners "a three dimensional Wallis Simpson." In that case, Sondergaard would be adding to her modest total of fantasy films.

[@derrickivory226]

I loved this woman, she was very beautiful, and seductive, her movies the letter, the life and times of Emile Zola, she lives on in her movies

[@joepepi7394]

In the spider woman she looks absolutely stunning!

[@TrangPakbaby]

Although Anna May Wong should have played the role in The Letter, Gale was fabulous

[@theflorgeormix]

Joan Collins captivating in The Spider Woman. I am floored by her performance

[@January.]

I wish many more people appreciated this channel, the great talent of yesteryear, and Dick Cavett.

[@robertmccrimon6891]

Cavett is the worst interviewer ever at least one of the worst

[@robertmccrimon6891]

@@paulsmith2279 what the heck does that mean

[@TS-bn7zt]

Fantastic lady.❤️

[@kevinmasterson5733]

What a delight she was.

[@maryelinormays7286]

Loved her in the spider woman

[@BellaFirenze]

Sondergaard was born in Litchfield, Minnesota, to Danish immigrants, Hans Sondergaard (born Hans Tjellesen Schmidt Søndergaard) and Anna Kirstine Søndergaard (née Holm). Her father taught at the University of Minnesota, where she was a drama student. Following several strokes, Sondergaard died from cerebral vascular thrombosis in the Motion Picture and Television Hospital in Woodland Hills, California in 1985, aged 86. She had been admitted to the hospital in 1982.

[@ronvertone6426]

She was villainous again in "Sherlock Holmes and the Spider Woman."

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

She was beautiful

[@Rob78169]

She was great in The Bluebird with Shirley Temple.

[@TheGuillermo519]

Enjoyed that.

[@Mikado8848]

Wow.

[@michaelmcgee8543]

Oh, it's Chicago. Interesting, the golden age of Hollywood character actresses.

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

Gale in the bluebird was great as tylette

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

She was the original witch of the west wizard of oz she would of made a great snow white queen

[@michaelmcgee8543]

I didn't know he did a t.v show for p.b.s?

[@epsteinisms1483]

Butter scorer, eh? Well, not to brag, but I can do the same thing with tap water! One little sip, and I immediately know whose faucet it came out of!

[@garymazzeo3490]

Lovely lady, and very attractive in her films.