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Esther Dale
Actor
Died July 23, 1961 (75 years)
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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.
Filmography
| 1960 | North to Alaska · as Woman at Picnic |
| 1960 | Thriller (TV Series) · as Ellen the Maid |
| 1960 | Checkmate (TV Series) · as Mrs. Kenyon |
| 1959 | The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1959 | Lock-Up (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1958 | The Donna Reed Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1957 | The Oklahoman · as Mrs. Fitzgerald |
| 1957 | M Squad (TV Series) · as Julia Sheldon |
| 1957 | Maverick (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Grandma Birch |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1954 | Public Defender (TV Series) · as Maggie DiMagori |
| 1952 | Mr. & Mrs. North (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America (TV Series) · as Aunt Tabitha |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse (TV Series) · as Mrs. Weston |
| 1952 | Monkey Business · as Mrs. Rhinelander |
| 1951 | On Moonlight Bay · as Unknown |
| 1950 | No Man of Her Own · as Josie |
| 1950 | Walk Softly, Stranger · as Miss Thompson |
| 1950 | The Bigelow Theatre (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV Series) · as Sketch Performer |
| 1949 | Holiday Affair · as Mrs. Ennis |
| 1949 | Ma and Pa Kettle · as Mrs. Birdie Hicks |
| 1948 | A Song Is Born · as Miss Bragg |
| 1947 | The Egg and I · as Birdie Hicks |
| 1947 | The Unfinished Dance · as Olga |
| 1946 | A Stolen Life · as Mrs. Johnson |
| 1946 | My Reputation · as Anna |
| 1946 | Smoky · as Mrs. 'Gram' Richards |
| 1945 | Bedside Manner · as Martha Gravitt |
| 1943 | Hello Frisco, Hello · as Aunt Harriet |
| 1943 | Old Acquaintance · as Harriet |
| 1943 | The North Star · as Anna Kurin |
| 1942 | Blondie Goes to College · as Mrs. Carrie Dill, the Landlady |
| 1942 | I Married an Angel · as Mrs. Gherkin |
| 1942 | Maisie Gets Her Man · as Mrs. McIntyre (Uncredited) |
| 1941 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith · as Mrs. Krausheimer |
| 1941 | All-American Co-Ed · as Aunt Matilda Collinge |
| 1940 | The Mortal Storm · as Marta |
| 1940 | Blondie Has Servant Trouble · as Anna Vaughn |
| 1940 | Abe Lincoln in Illinois · as Lincoln's Cook (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Arise, My Love · as Susie |
| 1939 | Made for Each Other · as Annie - Cook #1 |
| 1939 | The Women · as Ingrid (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Broadway Serenade · as Mrs. Olsen, the Landlady |
| 1939 | The Great Man Votes · as Mrs. Markham |
| 1938 | Of Human Hearts · as Mrs. Cantwell |
| 1938 | Stolen Heaven · as Lieschen |
| 1937 | Dead End · as Mrs. Fenner |
| 1937 | Damaged Goods · as Mrs. Dupont |
| 1937 | The Awful Truth · as Mrs. Leeson |
| 1936 | Fury · as Mrs. Whipple |
| 1935 | Curly Top · as Genevieve Graham |
| 1935 | The Wedding Night · as Mrs. Kaise Novak |
| 1935 | I Live My Life · as Brumbaugh, Mrs. Gage's Housekeeper |