Esther Dale
Acting
- Born:
- 1885-11-10
- Died:
- 1961-07-23
- Place of birth:
- Beaufort, South Carolina, USA
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 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
Filmography
North to Alaska
Thriller
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Lock-Up
The Sound and the Fury
The Donna Reed Show
Maverick
M Squad
The Oklahoman
Betrayed Women
Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
December Bride
A Tale of Two Cities
Mr. & Mrs. North
Cavalcade of America
Four Star Playhouse
Monkey Business
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
Too Young to Kiss
On Moonlight Bay
Walk Softly, Stranger
Surrender
No Man of Her Own
Holiday Affair
Ma and Pa Kettle
A Song Is Born
The Unfinished Dance
The Egg and I
Margie
Smoky
A Stolen Life
My Reputation
Behind City Lights
On Stage Everybody
Bedside Manner
Old Acquaintance
The North Star
Swing Your Partner
Murder in Times Square
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Wrecking Crew
A Letter From Bataan
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Maisie Gets Her Man
You're Telling Me
What's Cookin'?
Blondie Goes to College
Dangerously They Live
All-American Co-Ed
Aloma of the South Seas
Unfinished Business
Back Street
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Arise, My Love
Blondie Has Servant Trouble
Untamed
Cross-Country Romance
The Mortal Storm
Opened by Mistake
Forty Little Mothers
And One Was Beautiful
Women Without Names
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Convicted Woman
Village Barn Dance
Laddie
Swanee River
A Child is Born
Bad Little Angel
Blackmail
The Women
Tell No Tales
6,000 Enemies
Big Town Czar
Broadway Serenade
Sergeant Madden
Made for Each Other
How to Sub-Let
The Great Man Votes
Girls on Probation
Prison Farm
Stolen Heaven
Condemned Women
The Awful Truth
Dead End
On Such a Night
Easy Living
Wild Money
Damaged Goods
Outcast
Hollywood Boulevard
Fury
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
The Farmer in the Dell
Lady of Secrets
Timothy's Quest
The Great Impersonation
I Dream Too Much
In Old Kentucky
Mary Burns, Fugitive
I Live My Life
Curly Top
Private Worlds
The Wedding Night
Crime Without Passion