Esther Dale
Acting
1885-11-10 · 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.
Filmography
North to Alaska
1960 · Movie
Thriller
1960 · Series
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959 · Series
Lock-Up
1959 · Series
The Sound and the Fury
1959 · Movie
The Donna Reed Show
1958 · Series
Maverick
1957 · Series
M Squad
1957 · Series
The Oklahoman
1957 · Movie
Betrayed Women
1955 · Movie
Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
1955 · Movie
December Bride
1954 · Series
A Tale of Two Cities
1953 · Movie
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952 · Series
Cavalcade of America
1952 · Series
Four Star Playhouse
1952 · Series
Monkey Business
1952 · Movie
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
1952 · Movie
Too Young to Kiss
1951 · Movie
On Moonlight Bay
1951 · Movie
Walk Softly, Stranger
1950 · Movie
Surrender
1950 · Movie
No Man of Her Own
1950 · Movie
Holiday Affair
1949 · Movie
Ma and Pa Kettle
1949 · Movie
A Song Is Born
1948 · Movie
The Unfinished Dance
1947 · Movie
The Egg and I
1947 · Movie
Margie
1946 · Movie
Smoky
1946 · Movie
A Stolen Life
1946 · Movie
My Reputation
1946 · Movie
Behind City Lights
1945 · Movie
On Stage Everybody
1945 · Movie
Bedside Manner
1945 · Movie
Old Acquaintance
1943 · Movie
The North Star
1943 · Movie
Swing Your Partner
1943 · Movie
Murder in Times Square
1943 · Movie
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943 · Movie
Wrecking Crew
1942 · Movie
A Letter From Bataan
1942 · Movie
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942 · Movie
Maisie Gets Her Man
1942 · Movie
You're Telling Me
1942 · Movie
What's Cookin'?
1942 · Movie
Blondie Goes to College
1942 · Movie
Dangerously They Live
1941 · Movie
All-American Co-Ed
1941 · Movie
Aloma of the South Seas
1941 · Movie
Unfinished Business
1941 · Movie
Back Street
1941 · Movie
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
1941 · Movie
Arise, My Love
1940 · Movie
Blondie Has Servant Trouble
1940 · Movie
Untamed
1940 · Movie
Cross-Country Romance
1940 · Movie
The Mortal Storm
1940 · Movie
Opened by Mistake
1940 · Movie
Forty Little Mothers
1940 · Movie
And One Was Beautiful
1940 · Movie
Women Without Names
1940 · Movie
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940 · Movie
Convicted Woman
1940 · Movie
Village Barn Dance
1940 · Movie
Laddie
1940 · Movie
Swanee River
1939 · Movie
A Child is Born
1939 · Movie
Bad Little Angel
1939 · Movie
Blackmail
1939 · Movie
The Women
1939 · Movie
Tell No Tales
1939 · Movie
6,000 Enemies
1939 · Movie
Big Town Czar
1939 · Movie
Broadway Serenade
1939 · Movie
Sergeant Madden
1939 · Movie
Made for Each Other
1939 · Movie
How to Sub-Let
1939 · Movie
The Great Man Votes
1939 · Movie
Girls on Probation
1938 · Movie
Prison Farm
1938 · Movie
Stolen Heaven
1938 · Movie
Condemned Women
1938 · Movie
The Awful Truth
1937 · Movie
Dead End
1937 · Movie
On Such a Night
1937 · Movie
Easy Living
1937 · Movie
Wild Money
1937 · Movie
Damaged Goods
1937 · Movie
Outcast
1937 · Movie
Hollywood Boulevard
1936 · Movie
Fury
1936 · Movie
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
1936 · Movie
The Farmer in the Dell
1936 · Movie
Lady of Secrets
1936 · Movie
Timothy's Quest
1936 · Movie
The Great Impersonation
1935 · Movie
I Dream Too Much
1935 · Movie
In Old Kentucky
1935 · Movie
Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935 · Movie
I Live My Life
1935 · Movie
Curly Top
1935 · Movie
Private Worlds
1935 · Movie
The Wedding Night
1935 · Movie
Crime Without Passion
1934 · Movie