Eve McVeagh

Eve McVeagh
McVeagh publicity photo for Snafu on Broadway (1945)
Born	Eva Elizabeth McVeagh (1919-07-15)15 July 1919 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Died	10 December 1997(1997-12-10) (aged 78) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1937–1989
Spouse(s)	Gene Rizzi (m. 1939–1947; divorced) William C. Appleby (m. 1947–1956; his death) Robert Cole (m. 1956; divorced) Clarke Gordon (m. 1957–her death)
Children	4 children Notable descendants: Paul Robert Appleby, Ph.D. (grandson)

Eve McVeagh (born Eva Elizabeth McVeagh; July 15, 1919 – December 10, 1997) was an American actress of film, television, stage, and radio. Her career spanned 52 years from her first stage role through her last stage appearance. McVeagh's roles included leading and supporting parts as well as smaller character roles in which she proved a gifted character actress.

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio to Hugh McVeagh, a railroad clerk, and Eva E. Johnson, she moved to Los Angeles in 1923 with her widowed mother and maternal grandmother, Molly Johnson, where she started acting in theater in her teens.

Following stage success in Hollywood, McVeagh moved to New York City in her 20s, performing on radio and on Broadway in several productions including the roles of Martha in Snafu (1944–1945) and Patsy Laverne in Too Hot for Maneuvers (1945). After the well received Broadway run of Snafu, McVeagh took over the female lead at The National Theater in Washington DC in 1945. In 1947, McVeagh played a supporting role opposite Billie Burke and Grant Mitchell in the original play "Accidentally Yours." The production received very favorable reviews on the West Coast and was en route to New York where it was predicted to be the "comedy smash hit of 1948" However, the production was not a commercial success and never made it to Broadway. Ms McVeagh did not perform on Broadway again, but after returning to Los Angeles, and working in film and television for years, she traveled back to New York to perform in the play Scuba Duba in 1971. After this stage work, McVeagh traveled back to her home base in Los Angeles. She starred in West Coast premieres of Broadway shows at the Pasadena Playhouse, most notably the lead in Come Back Little Sheba. Her Hollywood theater work included one year as Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. Her stage career continued in Las Vegas in 1981 in "The Ninety Day Mistress" playing the mother of June Wilkinson, British actress and model. She continued to act in small stage productions including several with the award winning Theatre Forty Company in Beverly Hills. In Hollywood, her final role was as a member of a lesbian couple in 1989 concluding an over 50 year stage career.