Esther Dale
Actor
- Born
- November 10, 1885 · Beaufort, South Carolina, USA
- Died
- July 23, 1961 (age 75)
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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.
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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
The Awful Truth
October 21, 1937
Monkey Business
September 3, 1952
Fury
June 5, 1936
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
January 31, 1941
The Women
September 1, 1939
Dead End
August 27, 1937
North to Alaska
November 7, 1960
The Mortal Storm
June 20, 1940
Holiday Affair
December 12, 1949
Easy Living
July 16, 1937
A Stolen Life
May 1, 1946
Made for Each Other
February 10, 1939
Acting95
- 1960North to Alaska as Woman at Picnic
- 1959The Sound and the Fury as Mrs. Maud Mansfield
- 1957The Oklahoman as Mrs. Fitzgerald
- 1955Betrayed Women as Head Matron Ballard
- 1955Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki as Birdie Hicks
- 1953A Tale of Two Cities as Pross
- 1952Monkey Business as Mrs. Rhinelander
- 1952Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair as Birdie Hicks
- 1951Too Young to Kiss as Mrs. Boykin
- 1951On Moonlight Bay