Esther Dale
Acting
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
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movieNorth to Alaska
1960
Woman at Picnic
tvThriller
1960
Ellen the Maid
movieThe Sound and the Fury
1959
Mrs. Maud Mansfield
tvMaverick
1957
Ma Braus
tvM Squad
1957
Julia Sheldon
movieThe Oklahoman
1957
Mrs. Fitzgerald
movieBetrayed Women
1955
Head Matron Ballard
movieMa and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
1955
Birdie Hicks
tvCavalcade of America
1952
Aunt Tabitha
tvFour Star Playhouse
1952
Mrs. Weston
movieMonkey Business
1952
Mrs. Rhinelander
movieMa and Pa Kettle at the Fair
1952
Birdie Hicks
movieToo Young to Kiss
1951
Mrs. Boykin
movieWalk Softly, Stranger
1950
Miss Thompson
movieSurrender
1950
Aunt May
movieHoliday Affair
1949
Mrs. Ennis
movieMa and Pa Kettle
1949
Mrs. Birdie Hicks
movieA Song Is Born
1948
Miss Bragg
movieThe Egg and I
1947
Birdie Hicks
movieMargie
1946
Grandma McSweeney
movieSmoky
1946
Mrs. Richards
movieA Stolen Life
1946
Mrs. Johnson
movieBehind City Lights
1945
Sarah Lowell
movieOn Stage Everybody
1945
Ma Cassidy
movieBedside Manner
1945
Martha Gravitt
movieOld Acquaintance
1943
Harriet
movieThe North Star
1943
Anna Kurin
movieSwing Your Partner
1943
Caroline Bird, aka Anna Robbins
movieMurder in Times Square
1943
Longacre Lil
movieWrecking Crew
1942
Mike O'Glendy
movieA Letter From Bataan
1942
Mrs. Jackson
movieTen Gentlemen from West Point
1942
Mrs. Thompson
movieMaisie Gets Her Man
1942
Mrs. McIntyre (Uncredited)
movieYou're Telling Me
1942
Aunt Fannie Handley
movieWhat's Cookin'?
1942
Mrs. Murphy (uncredited)
movieBlondie Goes to College
1942
Mrs. Carrie Dill, the Landlady
movieDangerously They Live
1941
Dawson, Goodwin's Housekeeper
movieAll-American Co-Ed
1941
Aunt Matilda Collinge
movieUnfinished Business
1941
Aunt Mathilda
movieBack Street
1941
Mrs. Smith
movieMr. & Mrs. Smith
1941
Mrs. Krausheimer
movieBlondie Has Servant Trouble
1940
Anna Vaughn
movieUntamed
1940
Mrs. Smith
movieCross-Country Romance
1940
Mrs. McGillicuddy
movieOpened by Mistake
1940
Mrs. Anthony DeBorest
movieForty Little Mothers
1940
Mrs. Mason the Landlady
movieAnd One Was Beautiful
1940
Margaret
movieWomen Without Names
1940
Head Matron Ingles
movieAbe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
Lincoln's Cook (uncredited)
movieConvicted Woman
1940
Chief Matron Brackett
Village Barn Dance
1940
Minerva Withers
movieLaddie
1940
Sarah, the Housekeeper
movieSwanee River
1939
Temperance Woman
movieA Child is Born
1939
Prison Matron (uncredited)
movieBad Little Angel
1939
Miss Brown, Orphanage Secretary (uncredited)
movieBlackmail
1939
Sarah
movieThe Women
1939
Ingrid (uncredited)
movieTell No Tales
1939
Mrs. Haskins
movie6,000 Enemies
1939
Prison Matron
movieBig Town Czar
1939
Ma Daley
movieBroadway Serenade
1939
Mrs. Olsen, the Landlady
movieSergeant Madden
1939
Mrs. McGillivray
movieMade for Each Other
1939
Annie (uncredited)
movieHow to Sub-Let
1939
Mrs. Mustavas
movieThe Great Man Votes
1939
Mrs. Markham
movieGirls on Probation
1938
Mrs. Engstrom
moviePrison Farm
1938
Cora Waxley
movieStolen Heaven
1938
Lieschen
movieCondemned Women
1938
Mrs. Clara Glover, Head Matron
movieThe Awful Truth
1937
Mrs. Leeson
movieDead End
1937
Mrs. Fenner
movieOn Such a Night
1937
Miss Belinda Fentridge
movieEasy Living
1937
Lillian
movieWild Money
1937
Jenny Hawkins
movieDamaged Goods
1937
Mrs. Dupont
movieOutcast
1937
Hattie Simmerson
movieFury
1936
Mrs. Whipple
movieThe Farmer in the Dell
1936
Ma Boyer
movieLady of Secrets
1936
Miss Eccles
movieTimothy's Quest
1936
Hitty Tarbox
movieThe Great Impersonation
1935
Mrs. Unthank
movieI Dream Too Much
1935
Mrs. Dilley (uncredited)
movieIn Old Kentucky
1935
Dolly Breckenridge
movieI Live My Life
1935
Brumbaugh, Mrs. Gage's Housekeeper
movieCurly Top
1935
Genevieve Graham
moviePrivate Worlds
1935
Matron
movieThe Wedding Night
1935
Mrs. Kaise Novak
movieCrime Without Passion
1934
Miss Keeley (uncredited)