Life and work
Eve Arden was an American actress. Born: 30 April 1908. Died: 12 November 1990. Citizenship recorded in the biographical source: United States.
Actor · 1908–1990
Eve Arden
Eve Arden was an American actress. Born on 30 April 1908, this profile follows Eve Arden through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Grease (1978). The location trail reaches Venice High School, Leo Carrillo State Park and John Marshall High School. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
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Grease · Venice High School
Eve Arden is credited as cast member on Grease. The work’s existing location story leads to Venice High School. Venice High provides the school’s recognisable exterior. It remains an educational campus, with no general film-location access.
Grease — credits ↗︎Venice High School (Los Angeles) ↗︎Venice High School — recent history ↗︎Grease · Venice High School ↗︎
THE PLACES BEHIND THE STORY
A life on the map.
Explore 4 connections. Each connection links to its evidence; outlined circles mark approximate areas, not exact buildings or camera positions.
Venice High School ↗︎
Filming location · Rydell High
Venice High provides the school’s recognisable exterior. It remains an educational campus, with no general film-location access.
Venice High School (Los Angeles) ↗︎Venice High School — recent history ↗︎Grease · Venice High School ↗︎
13000 Venice Boulevard
Open street map ↗︎Leo Carrillo State Park ↗︎
Filming location · Danny and Sandy’s summer
The opening beach sequence was filmed at Leo Carrillo. The coastline supplies the memory that the rest of the school-year romance keeps returning to.
Leo Carrillo State Park ↗︎Grease · Leo Carrillo State Park ↗︎
35000 Pacific Coast Highway
Open street map ↗︎John Marshall High School ↗︎
Filming location · the closing carnival
John Marshall’s grounds supplied the carnival finale. The fairground attractions were production dressing, not permanent features visitors can find today.
John Marshall High School (Los Angeles) ↗︎Grease · Venice High School ↗︎
3939 Tracy Street
Open street map ↗︎Sixth Street Viaduct — original bridge site ↗︎
The former location
The original Sixth Street Viaduct is listed among the locations for Grease. That bridge was demolished in 2016; today’s bridge is a replacement at the same crossing.
6th Street over the Los Angeles River
Open street map ↗︎IN THE STORY1908-04-30 1990-11-12
Born 30 April 1908
Died 12 November 1990
Explore a shared connection.
WORKS
Culture, connected.
Follow the work through its real places.
Grease ↗︎
Randal Kleiser
KEEP EXPLORING
Cities and Worlds.
Los Angeles ↗︎
Follow a scene into the hills. A song onto the Strip. A story all the way to the ocean.
Grease ↗︎
Lightning: three schools made one Rydell; race the river under a bridge that was rebuilt.
PEOPLE IN THE STORY
Creative connections.
Follow collaborators through their work and the real places tied to it.
Olivia Newton-John ↗︎
Olivia Newton-John was a British and Australian singer. Born on 26 September 1948, this profile follows Olivia Newton-John through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Grease (1978). The location trail reaches Venice High School, Leo Carrillo State Park and John Marshall High School. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
Barry Gibb ↗︎
Barry Gibb is a British musician. Born on 1 September 1946, this profile follows Barry Gibb through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Grease (1978). The location trail reaches Venice High School, Leo Carrillo State Park and John Marshall High School. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
Stockard Channing ↗︎
Stockard Channing is an American actress. Born on 13 February 1944, this profile follows Stockard Channing through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Grease (1978). The location trail reaches Venice High School, Leo Carrillo State Park and John Marshall High School. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
Joan Blondell ↗︎
Joan Blondell was an American actress. Born on 30 August 1906, this profile follows Joan Blondell through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Grease (1978). The location trail reaches Venice High School, Leo Carrillo State Park and John Marshall High School. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
Eddie Deezen ↗︎
Eddie Deezen is an American actor. Born on 6 March 1958, this profile follows Eddie Deezen through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Grease (1978). The location trail reaches Venice High School, Leo Carrillo State Park and John Marshall High School. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
Lorenzo Lamas ↗︎
Lorenzo Lamas is an American actor. Born on 20 January 1958, this profile follows Lorenzo Lamas through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Grease (1978). The location trail reaches Venice High School, Leo Carrillo State Park and John Marshall High School. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.