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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.
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Filmography (Movies)
North to Alaska
Character:Woman at Picnic
Release Date:07/11/1960
The Sound and the Fury
Character:Mrs. Maud Mansfield
Release Date:27/03/1959
The Oklahoman
Character:Mrs. Fitzgerald
Release Date:19/05/1957
Betrayed Women
Character:Head Matron Ballard
Release Date:17/07/1955
Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
Character:Birdie Hicks
Release Date:01/04/1955
A Tale of Two Cities
Character:Pross
Release Date:03/05/1953
Monkey Business
Character:Mrs. Rhinelander
Release Date:03/09/1952
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
Character:Birdie Hicks
Release Date:11/07/1952
Too Young to Kiss
Character:Mrs. Boykin
Release Date:22/11/1951
On Moonlight Bay
Character:
Release Date:26/07/1951
Walk Softly, Stranger
Character:Miss Thompson
Release Date:14/10/1950
Surrender
Character:Aunt May
Release Date:15/09/1950
No Man of Her Own
Character:Josie
Release Date:21/02/1950
Holiday Affair
Character:Mrs. Ennis
Release Date:12/12/1949
Ma and Pa Kettle
Character:Mrs. Birdie Hicks
Release Date:01/04/1949
A Song Is Born
Character:Miss Bragg
Release Date:19/10/1948
The Unfinished Dance
Character:Olga
Release Date:19/09/1947
The Egg and I
Character:Birdie Hicks
Release Date:01/05/1947
Margie
Character:Grandma McSweeney
Release Date:15/10/1946
Smoky
Character:Mrs. 'Gram' Richards
Release Date:26/06/1946
A Stolen Life
Character:Mrs. Johnson
Release Date:01/05/1946
My Reputation
Character:Anna
Release Date:25/01/1946
Behind City Lights
Character:Sarah Lowell
Release Date:10/09/1945
On Stage Everybody
Character:Ma Cassidy
Release Date:13/07/1945
Bedside Manner
Character:Martha Gravitt
Release Date:22/06/1945
Old Acquaintance
Character:Harriet
Release Date:27/11/1943
The North Star
Character:Anna Kurin
Release Date:04/11/1943
Swing Your Partner
Character:Caroline Bird, aka Anna Robbins
Release Date:20/05/1943
Murder in Times Square
Character:Longacre Lil
Release Date:01/04/1943
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Character:
Release Date:19/02/1943
Wrecking Crew
Character:Mike O'Glendy
Release Date:07/11/1942
A Letter From Bataan
Character:Mrs. Jackson
Release Date:15/09/1942
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Character:Mrs. Thompson
Release Date:26/06/1942
Maisie Gets Her Man
Character:Mrs. McIntyre (Uncredited)
Release Date:01/06/1942
You're Telling Me
Character:Aunt Fannie Handley
Release Date:03/05/1942
What's Cookin'?
Character:Mrs. Murphy (uncredited)
Release Date:20/02/1942
Blondie Goes to College
Character:Mrs. Carrie Dill, the Landlady
Release Date:15/01/1942
Dangerously They Live
Character:Dawson, Goodwin's Housekeeper
Release Date:24/12/1941
All-American Co-Ed
Character:Aunt Matilda Collinge
Release Date:31/10/1941
Aloma of the South Seas
Character:Tarusa
Release Date:27/08/1941
Unfinished Business
Character:Aunt Mathilda
Release Date:27/08/1941
Back Street
Character:Mrs. Smith
Release Date:07/02/1941
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Character:Mrs. Krausheimer
Release Date:31/01/1941
Arise, My Love
Character:Susie
Release Date:08/11/1940
Blondie Has Servant Trouble
Character:Anna Vaughn
Release Date:25/07/1940
Untamed
Character:Mrs. Smith
Release Date:24/07/1940
Cross-Country Romance
Character:Mrs. McGillicuddy
Release Date:12/07/1940
The Mortal Storm
Character:Marta
Release Date:20/06/1940
Opened by Mistake
Character:Mrs. Anthony DeBorest
Release Date:10/05/1940
Forty Little Mothers
Character:Mrs. Mason the Landlady
Release Date:26/04/1940
And One Was Beautiful
Character:Margaret
Release Date:05/04/1940
Women Without Names
Character:Head Matron Ingles
Release Date:14/03/1940
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Character:Lincoln's Cook (uncredited)
Release Date:22/02/1940
Convicted Woman
Character:Chief Matron Brackett
Release Date:31/01/1940
Village Barn Dance
Character:Minerva Withers
Release Date:30/01/1940
Laddie
Character:Sarah, the Housekeeper
Release Date:18/01/1940
Swanee River
Character:Temperance Woman
Release Date:29/12/1939
A Child Is Born
Character:Prison Matron (uncredited)
Release Date:07/12/1939
Bad Little Angel
Character:Miss Brown, Orphanage Secretary (uncredited)
Release Date:27/10/1939
Blackmail
Character:Sarah
Release Date:08/09/1939
The Women
Character:Ingrid (uncredited)
Release Date:01/09/1939
Tell No Tales
Character:Mrs. Haskins
Release Date:12/06/1939
6,000 Enemies
Character:Prison Matron
Release Date:09/06/1939
Big Town Czar
Character:Ma Daley
Release Date:03/05/1939
Broadway Serenade
Character:Mrs. Olsen, the Landlady
Release Date:07/04/1939
Sergeant Madden
Character:Mrs. McGillivray
Release Date:24/03/1939
Made for Each Other
Character:Annie (uncredited)
Release Date:10/02/1939
How to Sub-Let
Character:Mrs. Mustavas
Release Date:29/01/1939
The Great Man Votes
Character:Mrs. Markham
Release Date:13/01/1939
Girls on Probation
Character:Mrs. Engstrom
Release Date:22/10/1938
Prison Farm
Character:Cora Waxley
Release Date:17/06/1938
Stolen Heaven
Character:Lieschen
Release Date:11/05/1938
Condemned Women
Character:Mrs. Clara Glover, Head Matron
Release Date:18/03/1938
The Awful Truth
Character:Mrs. Leeson
Release Date:21/10/1937
Dead End
Character:Mrs. Fenner
Release Date:27/08/1937
On Such a Night
Character:Miss Belinda Fentridge
Release Date:27/08/1937
Easy Living
Character:Lillian
Release Date:16/07/1937
Wild Money
Character:Jenny Hawkins
Release Date:09/07/1937
Damaged Goods
Character:Mrs. Dupont
Release Date:22/05/1937
Outcast
Character:Hattie Simmerson
Release Date:05/02/1937
Hollywood Boulevard
Character:Martha
Release Date:20/08/1936
Fury
Character:Mrs. Whipple
Release Date:05/06/1936
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
Character:Matilda
Release Date:08/05/1936
The Farmer in the Dell
Character:Ma Boyer
Release Date:27/03/1936
Lady of Secrets
Character:Miss Eccles
Release Date:21/02/1936
Timothy's Quest
Character:Hitty Tarbox
Release Date:31/01/1936
The Great Impersonation
Character:Mrs. Unthank
Release Date:08/12/1935
I Dream Too Much
Character:Mrs. Dilley (uncredited)
Release Date:29/11/1935
In Old Kentucky
Character:Dolly Breckenridge
Release Date:28/11/1935
Mary Burns, Fugitive
Character:Kate
Release Date:15/11/1935
I Live My Life
Character:Brumbaugh, Mrs. Gage's Housekeeper
Release Date:04/10/1935
Curly Top
Character:Genevieve Graham
Release Date:26/07/1935
Private Worlds
Character:Matron
Release Date:19/04/1935
The Wedding Night
Character:Mrs. Kaise Novak
Release Date:08/03/1935
Crime Without Passion
Character:Miss Keeley (uncredited)
Release Date:30/08/1934
Television Appearances
Thriller
Character:Ellen the Maid
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Character:
Lock-Up
Character:
The Donna Reed Show
Character:
Maverick
Character:Ma Braus
M Squad
Character:Julia Sheldon
December Bride
Character:
Mr. & Mrs. North
Character:
Cavalcade of America
Character:Aunt Tabitha
Four Star Playhouse
Character:Mrs. Weston
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