Hester Sondergaard

Hester Sondergaard (July 5, 1903 – February 26, 1994) was an American actress.

Early years Born in Litchfield, Minnesota, Sondergaard was the daughter of Hans T. Søndergaard, a dairy instructor at a university, and the sister of actress Gale Sondergaard. where she was active in productions of the Masquers Club.

Career Sondergaard's first professional speaking part came in 1924.

On radio, Sondergaard was an organizer of The American School of the Air. An article in the December 1949 issue of Radio and Television Mirror magazine described Sondergaard as having "one of the largest repertories [sic] of dialects of any actress", being able to sound authentic in roles using any of 11 accents.