Esther Dale
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 th...
Known For
Filmography
North to Alaska
1960
as Woman at Picnic
Thriller
1960
as Ellen the Maid
The Sound and the Fury
1959
as Mrs. Maud Mansfield
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
Lock-Up
1959
as Mrs. Raymond
The Donna Reed Show
1958
The Oklahoman
1957
as Mrs. Fitzgerald
M Squad
1957
as Julia Sheldon
Maverick
1957
as Ma Braus
Betrayed Women
1955
as Head Matron Ballard
Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
1955
as Birdie Hicks
December Bride
1954
A Tale of Two Cities
1953
as Pross
Monkey Business
1952
as Mrs. Rhinelander
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
1952
as Birdie Hicks
Cavalcade of America
1952
as Aunt Tabitha
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Mrs. Weston
Too Young to Kiss
1951
as Mrs. Boykin
On Moonlight Bay
1951
No Man of Her Own
1950
as Josie
Walk Softly, Stranger
1950
as Miss Thompson
Surrender
1950
as Aunt May
Holiday Affair
1949
as Mrs. Ennis
Ma and Pa Kettle
1949
as Mrs. Birdie Hicks
A Song Is Born
1948
as Miss Bragg
The Unfinished Dance
1947
as Olga
The Egg and I
1947
as Birdie Hicks
A Stolen Life
1946
as Mrs. Johnson
My Reputation
1946
as Anna
Margie
1946
as Grandma McSweeney
Smoky
1946
as Mrs. Richards
Bedside Manner
1945
as Martha Gravitt
Behind City Lights
1945
as Sarah Lowell
On Stage Everybody
1945
as Ma Cassidy
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
Murder in Times Square
1943
as Longacre Lil
The North Star
1943
as Anna Kurin
Old Acquaintance
1943
as Harriet
Swing Your Partner
1943
as Caroline Bird, aka Anna Robbins
Maisie Gets Her Man
1942
as Mrs. McIntyre (Uncredited)
A Letter From Bataan
1942
as Mrs. Jackson
What's Cookin'?
1942
as Mrs. Murphy (uncredited)
Blondie Goes to College
1942
as Mrs. Carrie Dill, the Landlady
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942
as Mrs. Thompson
You're Telling Me
1942
as Aunt Fannie Handley
Wrecking Crew
1942
as Mike O'Glendy
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
1941
as Mrs. Krausheimer
Dangerously They Live
1941
as Dawson, Goodwin's Housekeeper
All-American Co-Ed
1941
as Aunt Matilda Collinge
Back Street
1941
as Mrs. Smith
Aloma of the South Seas
1941
as Tarusa
Unfinished Business
1941
as Aunt Mathilda
The Mortal Storm
1940
as Marta
Blondie Has Servant Trouble
1940
as Anna Vaughn
Convicted Woman
1940
as Chief Matron Brackett
And One Was Beautiful
1940
as Margaret
Women Without Names
1940
as Head Matron Ingles
Arise, My Love
1940
as Susie
Laddie
1940
as Sarah, the Housekeeper
Village Barn Dance
1940
as Minerva Withers
Untamed
1940
as Mrs. Smith
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
as Lincoln's Cook (uncredited)
Cross-Country Romance
1940
as Mrs. McGillicuddy
Forty Little Mothers
1940
as Mrs. Mason the Landlady
Opened by Mistake
1940
as Mrs. Anthony DeBorest
Bad Little Angel
1939
as Miss Brown, Orphanage Secretary (uncredited)
Blackmail
1939
as Sarah
Broadway Serenade
1939
as Mrs. Olsen, the Landlady
6,000 Enemies
1939
as Prison Matron
The Great Man Votes
1939
as Mrs. Markham
Tell No Tales
1939
as Mrs. Haskins
Made for Each Other
1939
as Annie (uncredited)
A Child is Born
1939
as Prison Matron (uncredited)
The Women
1939
as Ingrid (uncredited)
Swanee River
1939
as Temperance Woman
Sergeant Madden
1939
as Mrs. McGillivray
How to Sub-Let
1939
as Mrs. Mustavas
Big Town Czar
1939
as Ma Daley
Stolen Heaven
1938
as Lieschen
Condemned Women
1938
as Mrs. Clara Glover, Head Matron
Prison Farm
1938
as Cora Waxley
Girls on Probation
1938
as Mrs. Engstrom
Dead End
1937
as Mrs. Fenner
The Awful Truth
1937
as Mrs. Leeson
Easy Living
1937
as Lillian
Damaged Goods
1937
as Mrs. Dupont
On Such a Night
1937
as Miss Belinda Fentridge
Wild Money
1937
as Jenny Hawkins
Outcast
1937
as Hattie Simmerson
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
1936
as Matilda
Fury
1936
as Mrs. Whipple
Timothy's Quest
1936
as Hitty Tarbox
Hollywood Boulevard
1936
as Martha
The Farmer in the Dell
1936
as Ma Boyer
Lady of Secrets
1936
as Miss Eccles
Curly Top
1935
as Genevieve Graham
I Dream Too Much
1935
as Mrs. Dilley (uncredited)
Private Worlds
1935
as Matron
The Wedding Night
1935
as Mrs. Kaise Novak
In Old Kentucky
1935
as Dolly Breckenridge
I Live My Life
1935
as Brumbaugh, Mrs. Gage's Housekeeper
Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935
as Kate
The Great Impersonation
1935
as Mrs. Unthank
Crime Without Passion
1934
as Miss Keeley (uncredited)