Esther Dale
Known for Acting · 105 credits
- Born
- 1885-11-10
- Died
- 1961-07-23
- Place of birth
- Beaufort, South Carolina, USA
- Also known as
- Ester Dale
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Esther Dale (November 10, 1885 – July 23, 1961) was an American actress, best known perhaps for her role as Aunt Genevieve in the 1935 Shirley Temple vehicle, Curly Top.
On the stage, Dale starred in Carrie Nation on Broadway in 1933. Her other Broadway credits include Harvest of Years (1947), And Be My Love (1944), and Another Language (1932).
Dale's first film was Crime Without Passion (1934) in an uncredited role. She was a familiar face in films of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, frequently playing stern, authoritarian characters such as prison matrons and head nurses, although she was equally adept at playing grande dames and ladies of the aristocracy.
Dale played many roles in television over the years. In the 1958-1959 season of The Donna Reed Show, Dale played a job-seeking housekeeper who is frightened from the Stone home by Jeff Stone's pet mouse, and she appeared in the 1957 Maverick episode "According to Hoyle" opposite James Garner.
Known For
TV Shows (10)
Maverick
1957
as Ma Braus
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Mrs. Weston
The Donna Reed Show
1958
Thriller
1960
as Ellen the Maid
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
M Squad
1957
as Julia Sheldon
Cavalcade of America
1952
as Aunt Tabitha
Lock-Up
1959
December Bride
1954
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
Movies (95)
The Women
1939
as Ingrid (uncredited)
The Awful Truth
1937
as Mrs. Leeson
Fury
1936
as Mrs. Whipple
North to Alaska
1960
as Woman at Picnic
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
1941
as Mrs. Krausheimer
Monkey Business
1952
as Mrs. Rhinelander
The Mortal Storm
1940
as Marta
Dead End
1937
as Mrs. Fenner
The Egg and I
1947
as Birdie Hicks
The North Star
1943
as Anna Kurin
A Song Is Born
1948
as Miss Bragg
My Reputation
1946
as Anna
Hollywood Boulevard
1936
as Martha
Margie
1946
as Grandma McSweeney
Easy Living
1937
as Lillian
Made for Each Other
1939
as Annie (uncredited)
A Stolen Life
1946
as Mrs. Johnson
Holiday Affair
1949
as Mrs. Ennis
On Moonlight Bay
1951
The Sound and the Fury
1959
as Mrs. Maud Mansfield
The Oklahoman
1957
as Mrs. Fitzgerald
No Man of Her Own
1950
as Josie
Walk Softly, Stranger
1950
as Miss Thompson
Broadway Serenade
1939
as Mrs. Olsen, the Landlady
Blackmail
1939
as Sarah
Curly Top
1935
as Genevieve Graham
Arise, My Love
1940
as Susie
Old Acquaintance
1943
as Harriet
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942
as Mrs. Thompson
On Such a Night
1937
as Miss Belinda Fentridge
Maisie Gets Her Man
1942
as Mrs. McIntyre (Uncredited)
Private Worlds
1935
as Matron
Smoky
1946
as Mrs. 'Gram' Richards
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
as Lincoln's Cook (uncredited)
Swing Your Partner
1943
as Caroline Bird, aka Anna Robbins
Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
1955
as Birdie Hicks
Back Street
1941
as Mrs. Smith
The Unfinished Dance
1947
as Olga
Untamed
1940
as Mrs. Smith
Stolen Heaven
1938
as Lieschen
Crime Without Passion
1934
as Miss Keeley (uncredited)
Blondie Has Servant Trouble
1940
as Anna Vaughn
The Wedding Night
1935
as Mrs. Kaise Novak
Sergeant Madden
1939
as Mrs. McGillivray
Bedside Manner
1945
as Martha Gravitt
Dangerously They Live
1941
as Dawson, Goodwin's Housekeeper
Surrender
1950
as Aunt May
I Live My Life
1935
as Brumbaugh, Mrs. Gage's Housekeeper
I Dream Too Much
1935
as Mrs. Dilley (uncredited)
Lady of Secrets
1936
as Miss Eccles
The Great Man Votes
1939
as Mrs. Markham
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
1936
as Matilda
Ma and Pa Kettle
1949
as Mrs. Birdie Hicks
Swanee River
1939
as Temperance Woman
All-American Co-Ed
1941
as Aunt Matilda Collinge
Blondie Goes to College
1942
as Mrs. Carrie Dill, the Landlady
Wild Money
1937
as Jenny Hawkins
Big Town Czar
1939
as Ma Daley
Aloma of the South Seas
1941
as Tarusa
Forty Little Mothers
1940
as Mrs. Mason the Landlady
Laddie
1940
as Sarah, the Housekeeper
Too Young to Kiss
1951
as Mrs. Boykin
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
Unfinished Business
1941
as Aunt Mathilda
Timothy's Quest
1936
as Hitty Tarbox
Murder in Times Square
1943
as Longacre Lil
What's Cookin'?
1942
as Mrs. Murphy (uncredited)
A Letter From Bataan
1942
as Mrs. Jackson
A Tale of Two Cities
1953
as Pross
Convicted Woman
1940
as Chief Matron Brackett
In Old Kentucky
1935
as Dolly Breckenridge
Behind City Lights
1945
as Sarah Lowell
Outcast
1937
as Hattie Simmerson
Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935
as Kate
Girls on Probation
1938
as Mrs. Engstrom
Prison Farm
1938
as Cora Waxley
The Farmer in the Dell
1936
as Ma Boyer
Tell No Tales
1939
as Mrs. Haskins
Wrecking Crew
1942
as Mike O'Glendy
And One Was Beautiful
1940
as Margaret
Cross-Country Romance
1940
as Mrs. McGillicuddy
6,000 Enemies
1939
as Prison Matron
Women Without Names
1940
as Head Matron Ingles
A Child is Born
1939
as Prison Matron (uncredited)
Opened by Mistake
1940
as Mrs. Anthony DeBorest
Bad Little Angel
1939
as Miss Brown, Orphanage Secretary (uncredited)
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
1952
as Birdie Hicks
The Great Impersonation
1935
as Mrs. Unthank
Betrayed Women
1955
as Head Matron Ballard
On Stage Everybody
1945
as Ma Cassidy
Condemned Women
1938
as Mrs. Clara Glover, Head Matron
Village Barn Dance
1940
as Minerva Withers
You're Telling Me
1942
as Aunt Fannie Handley
Damaged Goods
1937
as Mrs. Dupont
How to Sub-Let
1939
as Mrs. Mustavas
About Esther Dale
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Esther Dale (November 10, 1885 – July 23, 1961) was an American actress, best known perhaps for her role as Aunt Genevieve in the 1935 Shirley Temple vehicle, Curly Top. On the stage, Dale starred in Carrie Nation on Broadway in 1933. Her other Broadway credits include Harvest of Years (1947), And Be My Love (1944), and Another Language (1932). Dale's first film was Crime Without Passion (1934) in an uncredited role. She was a familiar face in films of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, frequently playing stern,… With 105 credits spanning from 1934 to 1960, Esther Dale has appeared in 95 films and 10 TV shows.
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Most Popular Esther Dale Movies
- The Women (1939) — as Ingrid (uncredited)
- The Awful Truth (1937) — as Mrs. Leeson
- Fury (1936) — as Mrs. Whipple
- North to Alaska (1960) — as Woman at Picnic
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941) — as Mrs. Krausheimer
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