 She also played the school principal in the musicals "Grease" (1978) and "Grease 2" (1982).Eve Arden was born Eunice Mary Quedens on April 30, 1908, in Mill Valley, California, to Charles Peter Quedens (son of Charles Henry Augustus and Meta (née Dierks) Quedens) and Lucille (née Frank) Quedens, (daughter of Bernard and Louisa (née Mertens) Frank) both of German descent.Lucille, a milliner, divorced Charles over his gambling, and went into business for herself.