Esther Dale
Born in Beaufort, South Carolina, USA — Nov 10 1885• Died Jul 23 1961
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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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Maverick
Ma Braus
Four Star Playhouse
Mrs. Weston
The Donna Reed Show
M Squad
Julia Sheldon
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Thriller
Ellen the Maid
December Bride
Cavalcade of America
Aunt Tabitha
Lock-Up
Mr. & Mrs. North
The Women
Ingrid (uncredited)
Dead End
Mrs. Fenner
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Mrs. Krausheimer
Made for Each Other
Annie (uncredited)
Monkey Business
Mrs. Rhinelander
The Awful Truth
Mrs. Leeson
North to Alaska
Woman at Picnic
My Reputation
Anna
The Wedding Night
Mrs. Kaise Novak
Fury
Mrs. Whipple
The North Star
Anna Kurin
The Egg and I
Birdie Hicks
Arise, My Love
Susie
The Mortal Storm
Marta
The Oklahoman
Mrs. Fitzgerald
Holiday Affair
Mrs. Ennis
Blondie Goes to College
Mrs. Carrie Dill, the Landlady
Swanee River
Temperance Woman
Easy Living
Lillian
Broadway Serenade
Mrs. Olsen, the Landlady
Prison Farm
Cora Waxley
Smoky
Mrs. 'Gram' Richards
6,000 Enemies
Prison Matron
No Man of Her Own
Josie
A Stolen Life
Mrs. Johnson
Margie
Grandma McSweeney
Too Young to Kiss
Mrs. Boykin
The Great Man Votes
Mrs. Markham
Murder in Times Square
Longacre Lil
On Moonlight Bay
A Song Is Born
Miss Bragg
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Lincoln's Cook (uncredited)
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Mrs. Thompson
Untamed
Mrs. Smith
Sergeant Madden
Mrs. McGillivray
The Sound and the Fury
Mrs. Maud Mansfield
Private Worlds
Matron
Outcast
Hattie Simmerson
Walk Softly, Stranger
Miss Thompson
Wild Money
Jenny Hawkins
I Dream Too Much
Mrs. Dilley (uncredited)
Crime Without Passion
Miss Keeley (uncredited)
A Child is Born
Prison Matron (uncredited)
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
Matilda
Old Acquaintance
Harriet
Back Street
Mrs. Smith
Girls on Probation
Mrs. Engstrom
Tell No Tales
Mrs. Haskins
And One Was Beautiful
Margaret
Dangerously They Live
Dawson, Goodwin's Housekeeper
On Stage Everybody
Ma Cassidy
Bad Little Angel
Miss Brown, Orphanage Secretary (uncredited)
I Live My Life
Brumbaugh, Mrs. Gage's Housekeeper
Unfinished Business
Aunt Mathilda
Timothy's Quest
Hitty Tarbox
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
Birdie Hicks
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Big Town Czar
Ma Daley
Women Without Names
Head Matron Ingles
Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
Birdie Hicks
Blondie Has Servant Trouble
Anna Vaughn
Maisie Gets Her Man
Mrs. McIntyre (Uncredited)
Hollywood Boulevard
Martha
The Unfinished Dance
Olga
Blackmail
Sarah
Aloma of the South Seas
Tarusa
On Such a Night
Miss Belinda Fentridge
A Tale of Two Cities
Pross
Ma and Pa Kettle
Mrs. Birdie Hicks
Stolen Heaven
Lieschen
Forty Little Mothers
Mrs. Mason the Landlady
Opened by Mistake
Mrs. Anthony DeBorest
The Great Impersonation
Mrs. Unthank
Surrender
Aunt May
Curly Top
Genevieve Graham
Wrecking Crew
Mike O'Glendy
In Old Kentucky
Dolly Breckenridge
Lady of Secrets
Miss Eccles
All-American Co-Ed
Aunt Matilda Collinge
Convicted Woman
Chief Matron Brackett
You're Telling Me
Aunt Fannie Handley
What's Cookin'?
Mrs. Murphy (uncredited)
Bedside Manner
Martha Gravitt
Condemned Women
Mrs. Clara Glover, Head Matron
Cross-Country Romance
Mrs. McGillicuddy
Village Barn Dance
Minerva Withers
Damaged Goods
Mrs. Dupont
A Letter From Bataan
Mrs. Jackson
The Farmer in the Dell
Ma Boyer
Laddie
Sarah, the Housekeeper
Mary Burns, Fugitive
Kate
Betrayed Women
Head Matron Ballard
Behind City Lights
Sarah Lowell
How to Sub-Let
Mrs. Mustavas
Swing Your Partner
Caroline Bird, aka Anna Robbins