Olive Tell
Known for Acting · 40 credits
- Born
- 1894-09-27
- Died
- 1951-06-06
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia
Olive Tell (September 27, 1894 – June 6, 1951) was a stage and screen actress from New York City. She first appeared in motion pictures during World War I.
Her early screen roles were in silent films like The Silent Master (1917), The Unforeseen (1917), Her Sister (1917), and National Red Cross Pageant (1917). Tell appeared opposite such popular film actors of the era as Donald Gallaher, Karl Dane, Ann Little, Rod La Rocque, Ethel Barrymore and a young Tallulah Bankhead.
Tell married First National Pictures movie producer Henry M. Hobart in 1926. Her first husband was killed in World War I. Hobart and Tell moved to California in 1926 and stayed in Hollywood for twelve years.
Her final screen credits came in the late 1930s. She performed in In His Steps (1936), Polo Joe (1936) with Joe E. Brown, Easy To Take (1936), and Under Southern Stars (1937). Tell's final screen appearance was in the George Cukor directed drama Zaza (1939), starring Claudette Colbert.
Known For
Movies (40)
Woman Hungry
1931
as Betty Temple
The Scarlet Empress
1934
as Princess Johanna Elizabeth
Shanghai
1935
as Mrs. Hilton
Baby Take a Bow
1934
as Mrs. Carson
Strictly Personal
1933
as Mrs. Laura Castleton
Lawful Larceny
1930
as Vivan Hepburn
Sailors' Wives
1928
as Careth Lindsey
The Right of Way
1930
as Kathleen
Worlds Apart
1921
as Elinor Ashe
Ten Cents a Dance
1931
as Mrs. Carlton
Ladies' Man
1931
as Mrs. Fendley
Soft Living
1928
as Mrs. Rodney S. Bowen
False Faces
1932
as Mrs. Day
Secret Strings
1918
as Janet Newell
Polo Joe
1936
as Mrs. Hilton
Yours for the Asking
1936
as Society Woman (uncredited)
The Trap
1919
as The Schoolteacher Heroine
Devotion
1931
as Mrs. Trent
Clothes
1920
as Olivia Sherwood
Cock o' the Walk
1930
as Rosa Vallejo
Four Hours to Kill!
1935
as Mrs. Madison
Hearts in Exile
1929
as Annna Reskova
The Witching Hour
1934
as Mrs. Helen Thorne
Brilliant Marriage
1936
as Mrs. Jane Taylor
The Unforseen
1917
as Margaret Fielding
The Trial of Mary Dugan
1929
as Mrs. Gertrude Rice
Delicious
1931
as Mrs. Van Bergh
The Silent Master
1917
as Miss Virginia Arlen
A Woman's Business
1920
as Barbara
Summer Bachelors
1926
as Mrs. Preston Smith
National Red Cross Pageant
1917
as Louvain - Flemish episode
Love Without Question
1920
as Katherine
The Very Idea
1929
as Marion Green
Chickie
1925
as Ila Moore
Womanhandled
1925
as Lucy Chatham
Slaves of Beauty
1927
as Anastasia Jones
Wings of Pride
1920
as Olive Muir
To Hell with the Kaiser!
1918
as Alice Monroe
Under Southern Stars
1937
as Mrs. Jackson
The Prince of Tempters
1926
as Duchess of Chatsfield
About Olive Tell
From Wikipedia Olive Tell (September 27, 1894 – June 6, 1951) was a stage and screen actress from New York City. She first appeared in motion pictures during World War I. Her early screen roles were in silent films like The Silent Master (1917), The Unforeseen (1917), Her Sister (1917), and National Red Cross Pageant (1917). Tell appeared opposite such popular film actors of the era as Donald Gallaher, Karl Dane, Ann Little, Rod La Rocque, Ethel Barrymore and a young Tallulah Bankhead. Tell married First National Pictures movie producer Henry… With 40 credits spanning from 1917 to 1937, Olive Tell has appeared in 40 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Olive Tell Movies
- Woman Hungry (1931) — as Betty Temple
- The Scarlet Empress (1934) — as Princess Johanna Elizabeth
- Shanghai (1935) — as Mrs. Hilton
- Baby Take a Bow (1934) — as Mrs. Carson
- Strictly Personal (1933) — as Mrs. Laura Castleton
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