Esther Dale
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1885-11-10 (76 years old)
Deathday
1961-07-23
Place of Birth
Beaufort, South Carolina, USA
Also known As
Ester 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 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 a...
Acting
1940
as Marta
1940
as Anna Vaughn
1952
as Mrs. Rhinelander
1941
as Mrs. Krausheimer
1949
as Mrs. Ennis
1937
as Mrs. Fenner
1950
as Josie
1935
as Genevieve Graham
1937
as Mrs. Leeson
1945
as Martha Gravitt
1946
as Mrs. Johnson
1941
as Dawson, Goodwin's Housekeeper
1939
as Miss Brown, Orphanage Secretary (uncredited)
1941
as Aunt Matilda Collinge
1935
as Mrs. Dilley (uncredited)
1950
as Miss Thompson
1942
as Mrs. McIntyre (Uncredited)
1947
as Olga
1935
as Matron
1946
as Anna
1957
as Mrs. Fitzgerald
1939
as Sarah
1943
as Longacre Lil
1941
as Mrs. Smith
1946
as Grandma McSweeney
1939
as Mrs. Olsen, the Landlady
1940
as Chief Matron Brackett
1940
as Margaret
1941
as Tarusa
1938
as Lieschen
1936
as Matilda
1938
as Mrs. Clara Glover, Head Matron
1940
as Head Matron Ingles
1940
as Susie
1946
as Mrs. 'Gram' Richards
1939
as Prison Matron
1939
as Mrs. Markham
1935
as Mrs. Kaise Novak
1943
as Anna Kurin
1940
as Sarah, the Housekeeper
1937
as Lillian
1939
as Mrs. Haskins
1938
as Cora Waxley
1938
as Mrs. Engstrom
1943
as Harriet
1937
as Mrs. Dupont
1939
as Annie (uncredited)
1942
as Mrs. Jackson
1939
as Prison Matron (uncredited)
1939
as Ingrid (uncredited)
1935
as Dolly Breckenridge
1939
as Temperance Woman
1939
as Mrs. McGillivray
1937
as Miss Belinda Fentridge
1940
as Minerva Withers
1936
as Mrs. Whipple
1936
as Hitty Tarbox
1940
as Mrs. Smith
1936
as Martha
1955
as Head Matron Ballard
1940
as Lincoln's Cook (uncredited)
1937
as Jenny Hawkins
1942
as Mrs. Murphy (uncredited)
1936
as Ma Boyer
1945
as Sarah Lowell
1940
as Mrs. McGillicuddy
1935
as Brumbaugh, Mrs. Gage's Housekeeper
1935
as Kate
1942
as Mrs. Carrie Dill, the Landlady
1950
as Aunt May
1940
as Mrs. Mason the Landlady
1942
as Mrs. Thompson
1939
as Mrs. Mustavas
1939
as Ma Daley
1937
as Hattie Simmerson
1960
as Woman at Picnic
1941
as Aunt Mathilda
1942
as Aunt Fannie Handley
1948
as Miss Bragg
1942
as Mike O'Glendy
1959
as Mrs. Maud Mansfield
1947
as Birdie Hicks
1952
as Birdie Hicks
1955
as Birdie Hicks
1949
as Mrs. Birdie Hicks
1943
as Caroline Bird, aka Anna Robbins
1935
as Mrs. Unthank
1945
as Ma Cassidy
1951
as Mrs. Boykin
1934
as Miss Keeley (uncredited)
1953
as Pross
1936
as Miss Eccles
1940
as Mrs. Anthony DeBorest
1951
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