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Esther Dale
Actor
Born November 10, 1885Died 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.
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.
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Filmography
| 1960 | North to Alaska · as Woman At Picnic |
| 1960 | Checkmate (TV Series) · as Mrs. Kenyon |
| 1960 | Thriller (TV Series) · as Ellen The Maid |
| 1959 | The Alaskans (TV Series) · as Matilda Miller |
| 1959 | The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (TV Series) |
| 1959 | Lock-Up (TV Series) |
| 1959 | The Sound and the Fury · as Mrs. Maud Mansfield |
| 1958 | The Donna Reed Show (TV Series) |
| 1957 | Maverick (TV Series) · as Ma Braus |
| 1957 | M Squad (TV Series) · as Julia Sheldon |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Grandma Birch |
| 1957 | The Oklahoman · as Mrs. Fitzgerald |
| 1955 | Betrayed Women · as Head Matron Ballard |
| 1955 | Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki · as Birdie Hicks |
| 1955 | TV Reader's Digest (TV Series) · as Sister Margaret |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1954 | December Bride (TV Series) |
| 1954 | Studio 57 (TV Series) · as Clara |
| 1954 | Public Defender (TV Series) · as Maggie Dimagori |
| 1953 | Meet Mr. McNutley (TV Series) · as Mrs. Schermerhorn |
| 1952 | Mr. & Mrs. North (TV Series) |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America (TV Series) · as Aunt Tabitha |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse (TV Series) · as Mrs. Weston |
| 1952 | Monkey Business · as Mrs. Rhinelander |
| 1952 | Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair · as Birdie Hicks |
| 1951 | Too Young to Kiss · as Mrs. Boykin |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) · as Mrs. Carter |
| 1951 | |
| 1950 | The Bigelow Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | Walk Softly, Stranger · as Miss Thompson |
| 1950 | Ashley Banjo’s Big Town Dance (TV Series) · as Sarah Henderson |
| 1950 | Surrender · as Aunt May |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV Series) · as Sketch Performer |
| 1950 | No Man of Her Own · as Josie |
| 1949 | Holiday Affair · as Mrs. Ennis |
| 1949 | Anna Lucasta · as Mrs. Polaski |
| 1949 | Ma and Pa Kettle · as Mrs. Birdie Hicks |
| 1948 | A Song Is Born · as Miss Bragg |
| 1947 | The Unfinished Dance · as Olga |
| 1947 | The Egg and I · as Birdie Hicks |
| 1946 | Margie · as Grandma Mcsweeney |
| 1946 | Smoky · as Mrs. 'gram' Richards |
| 1946 | A Stolen Life · as Mrs. Johnson |
| 1946 | My Reputation · as Anna |
| 1945 | Out of This World · as Abbie Pringle |
| 1945 | Bedside Manner · as Martha Gravitt |
| 1943 | Old Acquaintance · as Harriet |
| 1943 | The North Star · as Anna Kurin |
| 1943 | Murder in Times Square · as Longacre Lil |
| 1943 | Hello Frisco, Hello · as Aunt Harriet |
| 1943 | |
| 1942 | Wrecking Crew · as Mike O'glendy |
| 1942 | I Married an Angel · as Mrs. Gherkin |
| 1942 | Ten Gentlemen from West Point · as Mrs. Thompson |
| 1942 | Maisie Gets Her Man · as Mrs. Mcintyre (uncredited) |
| 1942 | What's Cookin' · as Mrs. Murphy (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Blondie Goes to College · as Mrs. Carrie Dill, The Landlady |
| 1941 | Dangerously They Live · as Dawson, Goodwin's Housekeeper |
| 1941 | All-American Co-Ed · as Aunt Matilda Collinge |
| 1941 | Unfinished Business · as Aunt Mathilda |
| 1941 | Aloma of the South Seas · as Tarusa |
| 1941 | There's Magic in Music · as Miss Clark |
| 1941 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith · as Mrs. Krausheimer |
| 1941 | Back Street · as Mrs. Smith |
| 1940 | Arise, My Love · as Susie |
| 1940 | Laddie · as Sarah, The Housekeeper |
| 1940 | Blondie Has Servant Trouble · as Anna Vaughn |
| 1940 | Untamed · as Mrs. Smith |
| 1940 | Cross-Country Romance · as Mrs. Mcgillicuddy |
| 1940 | The Mortal Storm · as Marta |
| 1940 | Forty Little Mothers · as Mrs. Mason The Landlady |
| 1940 | Abe Lincoln in Illinois · as Lincoln's Cook (uncredited) |
| 1940 | And One Was Beautiful · as Margaret |
| 1940 | Convicted Woman · as Chief Matron Brackett |
| 1939 | Swanee River · as Temperance Woman |
| 1939 | A Child Is Born · as Prison Matron (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Bad Little Angel · as Miss Brown, Orphanage Secretary (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Blackmail · as Sarah |
| 1939 | The Women · as Ingrid (uncredited) |
| 1939 | 6,000 Enemies · as Prison Matron |
| 1939 | Tell No Tales · as Mrs. Haskins |
| 1939 | Broadway Serenade · as Mrs. Olsen, The Landlady |
| 1939 | Sergeant Madden · as Mrs. Mcgillivray |
| 1939 | Made for Each Other · as Annie (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Great Man Votes · as Mrs. Markham |
| 1938 | Dramatic School · as Forewoman In Factory |
| 1938 | Girls on Probation · as Mrs. Engstrom |
| 1938 | Prison Farm · as Cora Waxley |
| 1938 | Stolen Heaven · as Lieschen |
| 1938 | Condemned Women · as Mrs. Clara Glover, Head Matron |
| 1938 | Of Human Hearts · as Mrs. Cantwell |
| 1937 | The Awful Truth · as Mrs. Leeson |
| 1937 | |
| 1937 | Easy Living · as Lillian |
| 1937 | Damaged Goods · as Mrs. Dupont |
| 1937 | Outcast · as Hattie Simmerson |
| 1936 | The Magnificent Brute · as Mrs. Randolph |
| 1936 | Hollywood Boulevard · as Martha |
| 1936 | Fury · as Mrs. Whipple |
| 1936 | The Case Against Mrs. Ames · as Matilda |
| 1936 | Lady of Secrets · as Miss Eccles |
| 1935 | The Great Impersonation · as Mrs. Unthank |
| 1935 | I Dream Too Much · as Mrs. Dilley (uncredited) |
| 1935 | In Old Kentucky · as Dolly Breckenridge |
| 1935 | Mary Burns, Fugitive · as Kate |
| 1935 | I Live My Life · as Brumbaugh, Mrs. Gage's Housekeeper |
| 1935 | Curly Top · as Genevieve Graham |
| 1935 | Private Worlds · as Matron |
| 1935 | The Wedding Night · as Mrs. Kaise Novak |
| 1934 | Crime Without Passion · as Miss Keeley (uncredited) |