Esther Dale
Acting
Born November 10, 1885 · Beaufort, South Carolina, USA
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.
Films (95)
North to Alaska
1960
The Sound and the Fury
1959
The Oklahoman
1957
Betrayed Women
1955
Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
1955
A Tale of Two Cities
1953
Monkey Business
1952
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
1952
Too Young to Kiss
1951
On Moonlight Bay
1951
Walk Softly, Stranger
1950
Surrender
1950
No Man of Her Own
1950
Holiday Affair
1949
Ma and Pa Kettle
1949
A Song Is Born
1948
The Unfinished Dance
1947
The Egg and I
1947
Margie
1946
Smoky
1946
A Stolen Life
1946
My Reputation
1946
Behind City Lights
1945
On Stage Everybody
1945
Bedside Manner
1945
Old Acquaintance
1943
The North Star
1943
Swing Your Partner
1943
Murder in Times Square
1943
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
Wrecking Crew
1942
A Letter From Bataan
1942
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942
Maisie Gets Her Man
1942
You're Telling Me
1942
What's Cookin'?
1942
Blondie Goes to College
1942
Dangerously They Live
1941
All-American Co-Ed
1941
Aloma of the South Seas
1941
Unfinished Business
1941
Back Street
1941
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
1941
Arise, My Love
1940
Blondie Has Servant Trouble
1940
Untamed
1940
Cross-Country Romance
1940
The Mortal Storm
1940
Opened by Mistake
1940
Forty Little Mothers
1940
And One Was Beautiful
1940
Women Without Names
1940
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
Convicted Woman
1940
Village Barn Dance
1940
Laddie
1940
Swanee River
1939
A Child is Born
1939
Bad Little Angel
1939
Blackmail
1939
The Women
1939
Tell No Tales
1939
6,000 Enemies
1939
Big Town Czar
1939
Broadway Serenade
1939
Sergeant Madden
1939
Made for Each Other
1939
How to Sub-Let
1939
The Great Man Votes
1939
Girls on Probation
1938
Prison Farm
1938
Stolen Heaven
1938
Condemned Women
1938
The Awful Truth
1937
Dead End
1937
On Such a Night
1937
Easy Living
1937
Wild Money
1937
Damaged Goods
1937
Outcast
1937
Hollywood Boulevard
1936
Fury
1936
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
1936
The Farmer in the Dell
1936
Lady of Secrets
1936
Timothy's Quest
1936
The Great Impersonation
1935
I Dream Too Much
1935
In Old Kentucky
1935
Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935
I Live My Life
1935
Curly Top
1935
Private Worlds
1935
The Wedding Night
1935
Crime Without Passion
1934