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
December Bride
1954
Lock-Up
1959
Cavalcade of America
1952
as Aunt Tabitha
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
Movies (95)
The Women
1939
as Ingrid (uncredited)
Monkey Business
1952
as Mrs. Rhinelander
Dead End
1937
as Mrs. Fenner
North to Alaska
1960
as Woman at Picnic
Fury
1936
as Mrs. Whipple
The Oklahoman
1957
as Mrs. Fitzgerald
Curly Top
1935
as Genevieve Graham
Hollywood Boulevard
1936
as Martha
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
1941
as Mrs. Krausheimer
Margie
1946
as Grandma McSweeney
Blackmail
1939
as Sarah
Blondie Has Servant Trouble
1940
as Anna Vaughn
Surrender
1950
as Aunt May
Broadway Serenade
1939
as Mrs. Olsen, the Landlady
Holiday Affair
1949
as Mrs. Ennis
A Song Is Born
1948
as Miss Bragg
Wrecking Crew
1942
as Mike O'Glendy
Prison Farm
1938
as Cora Waxley
A Stolen Life
1946
as Mrs. Johnson
The North Star
1943
as Anna Kurin
Stolen Heaven
1938
as Lieschen
Easy Living
1937
as Lillian
My Reputation
1946
as Anna
The Awful Truth
1937
as Mrs. Leeson
Old Acquaintance
1943
as Harriet
On Moonlight Bay
1951
The Mortal Storm
1940
as Marta
Made for Each Other
1939
as Annie (uncredited)
The Egg and I
1947
as Birdie Hicks
Sergeant Madden
1939
as Mrs. McGillivray
Dangerously They Live
1941
as Dawson, Goodwin's Housekeeper
Unfinished Business
1941
as Aunt Mathilda
Walk Softly, Stranger
1950
as Miss Thompson
The Unfinished Dance
1947
as Olga
Crime Without Passion
1934
as Miss Keeley (uncredited)
Untamed
1940
as Mrs. Smith
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942
as Mrs. Thompson
Back Street
1941
as Mrs. Smith
Tell No Tales
1939
as Mrs. Haskins
I Dream Too Much
1935
as Mrs. Dilley (uncredited)
The Great Man Votes
1939
as Mrs. Markham
The Sound and the Fury
1959
as Mrs. Maud Mansfield
Women Without Names
1940
as Head Matron Ingles
Swanee River
1939
as Temperance Woman
The Wedding Night
1935
as Mrs. Kaise Novak
Too Young to Kiss
1951
as Mrs. Boykin
Forty Little Mothers
1940
as Mrs. Mason the Landlady
Opened by Mistake
1940
as Mrs. Anthony DeBorest
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
as Lincoln's Cook (uncredited)
No Man of Her Own
1950
as Josie
Convicted Woman
1940
as Chief Matron Brackett
I Live My Life
1935
as Brumbaugh, Mrs. Gage's Housekeeper
Aloma of the South Seas
1941
as Tarusa
In Old Kentucky
1935
as Dolly Breckenridge
Lady of Secrets
1936
as Miss Eccles
Blondie Goes to College
1942
as Mrs. Carrie Dill, the Landlady
Wild Money
1937
as Jenny Hawkins
Arise, My Love
1940
as Susie
Laddie
1940
as Sarah, the Housekeeper
Smoky
1946
as Mrs. 'Gram' Richards
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
1936
as Matilda
On Such a Night
1937
as Miss Belinda Fentridge
On Stage Everybody
1945
as Ma Cassidy
Maisie Gets Her Man
1942
as Mrs. McIntyre (Uncredited)
Ma and Pa Kettle
1949
as Mrs. Birdie Hicks
Swing Your Partner
1943
as Caroline Bird, aka Anna Robbins
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
1955
as Birdie Hicks
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
1952
as Birdie Hicks
Bedside Manner
1945
as Martha Gravitt
And One Was Beautiful
1940
as Margaret
Private Worlds
1935
as Matron
All-American Co-Ed
1941
as Aunt Matilda Collinge
Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935
as Kate
Outcast
1937
as Hattie Simmerson
Cross-Country Romance
1940
as Mrs. McGillicuddy
Behind City Lights
1945
as Sarah Lowell
Timothy's Quest
1936
as Hitty Tarbox
What's Cookin'?
1942
as Mrs. Murphy (uncredited)
Girls on Probation
1938
as Mrs. Engstrom
The Farmer in the Dell
1936
as Ma Boyer
You're Telling Me
1942
as Aunt Fannie Handley
Village Barn Dance
1940
as Minerva Withers
6,000 Enemies
1939
as Prison Matron
A Tale of Two Cities
1953
as Pross
A Letter From Bataan
1942
as Mrs. Jackson
Condemned Women
1938
as Mrs. Clara Glover, Head Matron
The Great Impersonation
1935
as Mrs. Unthank
A Child is Born
1939
as Prison Matron (uncredited)
Damaged Goods
1937
as Mrs. Dupont
Bad Little Angel
1939
as Miss Brown, Orphanage Secretary (uncredited)
Betrayed Women
1955
as Head Matron Ballard
Big Town Czar
1939
as Ma Daley
Murder in Times Square
1943
as Longacre Lil
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)
- Monkey Business (1952) — as Mrs. Rhinelander
- Dead End (1937) — as Mrs. Fenner
- North to Alaska (1960) — as Woman at Picnic
- Fury (1936) — as Mrs. Whipple
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