Born in Beaufort, South Carolina, USA — Nov 10 1885• Died Jul 23 1961

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, authori…
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Ma Braus
Mrs. Weston


Julia Sheldon


Ellen the Maid


Aunt Tabitha



Ingrid (uncredited)

Mrs. Fenner

Mrs. Krausheimer

Annie (uncredited)

Mrs. Rhinelander

Mrs. Leeson

Woman at Picnic

Anna

Mrs. Kaise Novak

Mrs. Whipple

Anna Kurin

Birdie Hicks

Susie

Marta

Mrs. Fitzgerald

Mrs. Ennis

Mrs. Carrie Dill, the Landlady

Temperance Woman

Lillian

Mrs. Olsen, the Landlady

Cora Waxley

Mrs. 'Gram' Richards

Prison Matron

Josie

Mrs. Johnson

Grandma McSweeney

Mrs. Boykin

Mrs. Markham

Longacre Lil


Miss Bragg

Lincoln's Cook (uncredited)

Mrs. Thompson

Mrs. Smith

Mrs. McGillivray

Mrs. Maud Mansfield

Matron

Hattie Simmerson

Miss Thompson

Jenny Hawkins

Mrs. Dilley (uncredited)

Miss Keeley (uncredited)

Prison Matron (uncredited)

Matilda

Harriet

Mrs. Smith

Mrs. Engstrom

Mrs. Haskins

Margaret

Dawson, Goodwin's Housekeeper

Ma Cassidy

Miss Brown, Orphanage Secretary (uncredited)

Brumbaugh, Mrs. Gage's Housekeeper

Aunt Mathilda

Hitty Tarbox

Birdie Hicks


Ma Daley

Head Matron Ingles

Birdie Hicks

Anna Vaughn

Mrs. McIntyre (Uncredited)

Martha

Olga

Sarah

Tarusa

Miss Belinda Fentridge

Pross

Mrs. Birdie Hicks

Lieschen

Mrs. Mason the Landlady

Mrs. Anthony DeBorest

Mrs. Unthank

Aunt May

Genevieve Graham

Mike O'Glendy

Dolly Breckenridge

Miss Eccles

Aunt Matilda Collinge

Chief Matron Brackett

Aunt Fannie Handley

Mrs. Murphy (uncredited)

Martha Gravitt

Mrs. Clara Glover, Head Matron

Mrs. McGillicuddy
Minerva Withers

Mrs. Dupont

Mrs. Jackson

Ma Boyer

Sarah, the Housekeeper

Kate

Head Matron Ballard

Sarah Lowell

Mrs. Mustavas

Caroline Bird, aka Anna Robbins