Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderFemale
- Birthday1885-11-10
- Day of Death1961-07-23 (75 years)
- Place of BirthBeaufort, South Carolina, USA
- Also Known AsEster Dale
Esther 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...Read More
Acting Career
- 1960
North to Alaska
As: Woman at Picnic
- 1960
Thriller
As: Ellen the Maid
- 1959
The Sound and the Fury
As: Mrs. Maud Mansfield
- 1957
Maverick
As: Ma Braus
- 1957
M Squad
As: Julia Sheldon
- 1957
The Oklahoman
As: Mrs. Fitzgerald
- 1955
Betrayed Women
As: Head Matron Ballard
1955Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
As: Birdie Hicks
1953A Tale of Two Cities
As: Pross
1952Cavalcade of America
As: Aunt Tabitha
- 1952
Monkey Business
As: Mrs. Rhinelander
1952Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
As: Birdie Hicks
1951Too Young to Kiss
As: Mrs. Boykin
1950Walk Softly, Stranger
As: Miss Thompson
1950Surrender
As: Aunt May
1950No Man of Her Own
As: Josie
1949Holiday Affair
As: Mrs. Ennis
1949Ma and Pa Kettle
As: Mrs. Birdie Hicks
1948A Song Is Born
As: Miss Bragg
1947The Unfinished Dance
As: Olga
1947The Egg and I
As: Birdie Hicks
1946Margie
As: Grandma McSweeney
1946Smoky
As: Mrs. 'Gram' Richards
1946A Stolen Life
As: Mrs. Johnson
1946My Reputation
As: Anna
1945Behind City Lights
As: Sarah Lowell
1945On Stage Everybody
As: Ma Cassidy
1945Bedside Manner
As: Martha Gravitt
1943Old Acquaintance
As: Harriet
1943The North Star
As: Anna Kurin
1943Swing Your Partner
As: Caroline Bird, aka Anna Robbins
1943Murder in Times Square
As: Longacre Lil
1942Wrecking Crew
As: Mike O'Glendy
1942A Letter From Bataan
As: Mrs. Jackson
1942Ten Gentlemen from West Point
As: Mrs. Thompson
1942Maisie Gets Her Man
As: Mrs. McIntyre (Uncredited)
1942You're Telling Me
As: Aunt Fannie Handley
1942What's Cookin'?
As: Mrs. Murphy (uncredited)
1942Blondie Goes to College
As: Mrs. Carrie Dill, the Landlady
1941Dangerously They Live
As: Dawson, Goodwin's Housekeeper
1941All-American Co-Ed
As: Aunt Matilda Collinge
1941Aloma of the South Seas
As: Tarusa
1941Unfinished Business
As: Aunt Mathilda
1941Back Street
As: Mrs. Smith
- 1941
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
As: Mrs. Krausheimer
1940Arise, My Love
As: Susie
1940Blondie Has Servant Trouble
As: Anna Vaughn
1940Untamed
As: Mrs. Smith
1940Cross-Country Romance
As: Mrs. McGillicuddy
1940The Mortal Storm
As: Marta
1940Opened by Mistake
As: Mrs. Anthony DeBorest
1940Forty Little Mothers
As: Mrs. Mason the Landlady
1940And One Was Beautiful
As: Margaret
1940Women Without Names
As: Head Matron Ingles
1940Abe Lincoln in Illinois
As: Lincoln's Cook (uncredited)
1940Convicted Woman
As: Chief Matron Brackett
1940Laddie
As: Sarah, the Housekeeper
1939Swanee River
As: Temperance Woman
1939A Child Is Born
As: Prison Matron (uncredited)
1939Bad Little Angel
As: Miss Brown, Orphanage Secretary (uncredited)
1939Blackmail
As: Sarah
- 1939
The Women
As: Ingrid (uncredited)
1939Tell No Tales
As: Mrs. Haskins
19396,000 Enemies
As: Prison Matron
1939Big Town Czar
As: Ma Daley
1939Broadway Serenade
As: Mrs. Olsen, the Landlady
1939Sergeant Madden
As: Mrs. McGillivray
1939Made for Each Other
As: Annie (uncredited)
1939How to Sub-Let
As: Mrs. Mustavas
1939The Great Man Votes
As: Mrs. Markham
1938Girls on Probation
As: Mrs. Engstrom
1938Prison Farm
As: Cora Waxley
1938Stolen Heaven
As: Lieschen
1938Condemned Women
As: Mrs. Clara Glover, Head Matron
- 1937
The Awful Truth
As: Mrs. Leeson
1937Dead End
As: Mrs. Fenner
1937On Such a Night
As: Miss Belinda Fentridge
1937Easy Living
As: Lillian
1937Wild Money
As: Jenny Hawkins
1937Damaged Goods
As: Mrs. Dupont
1937Outcast
As: Hattie Simmerson
1936Hollywood Boulevard
As: Martha
- 1936
Fury
As: Mrs. Whipple
1936The Case Against Mrs. Ames
As: Matilda
1936The Farmer in the Dell
As: Ma Boyer
1936Lady of Secrets
As: Miss Eccles
1936Timothy's Quest
As: Hitty Tarbox
1935The Great Impersonation
As: Mrs. Unthank
1935I Dream Too Much
As: Mrs. Dilley (uncredited)
1935In Old Kentucky
As: Dolly Breckenridge
1935Mary Burns, Fugitive
As: Kate
1935I Live My Life
As: Brumbaugh, Mrs. Gage's Housekeeper
1935Curly Top
As: Genevieve Graham
1935Private Worlds
As: Matron
1935The Wedding Night
As: Mrs. Kaise Novak
1934Crime Without Passion
As: Miss Keeley (uncredited)