Esther Dale

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

105

Gender

Female

Birthday

1885-11-10

Day of death

1961-07-23 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Beaufort, South Carolina, USA

Esther Dale

Biography

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.

Known For

  • The Donna Reed Show

    The Donna Reed Show

  • Maverick

    Maverick

  • December Bride

    December Bride

  • Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

  • Thriller

    Thriller

  • The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

    The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

  • M Squad

    M Squad

  • Lock-Up

    Lock-Up

  • On Moonlight Bay

    On Moonlight Bay

  • Cavalcade of America

    Cavalcade of America

  • Margie

    Margie

  • North to Alaska

    North to Alaska

  • Mr. & Mrs. North

    Mr. & Mrs. North

  • Arise, My Love

    Arise, My Love

  • Private Worlds

    Private Worlds

  • In Old Kentucky

    In Old Kentucky

  • The Mortal Storm

    The Mortal Storm

  • The Sound and the Fury

    The Sound and the Fury

  • A Tale of Two Cities

    A Tale of Two Cities

  • Broadway Serenade

    Broadway Serenade

  • On Stage Everybody

    On Stage Everybody

  • The Case Against Mrs. Ames

    The Case Against Mrs. Ames

  • Surrender

    Surrender

  • The Great Impersonation

    The Great Impersonation

  • Dead End

    Dead End

  • Abe Lincoln in Illinois

    Abe Lincoln in Illinois

  • The North Star

    The North Star

  • Monkey Business

    Monkey Business

  • The Awful Truth

    The Awful Truth

  • Betrayed Women

    Betrayed Women

  • The Great Man Votes

    The Great Man Votes

  • The Women

    The Women

  • Women Without Names

    Women Without Names

  • Blackmail

    Blackmail

  • Curly Top

    Curly Top

  • Fury

    Fury

  • Condemned Women

    Condemned Women

  • Prison Farm

    Prison Farm

  • Swanee River

    Swanee River

  • Murder in Times Square

    Murder in Times Square

  • Mary Burns, Fugitive

    Mary Burns, Fugitive

  • Smoky

    Smoky

  • A Song Is Born

    A Song Is Born

  • Crime Without Passion

    Crime Without Passion

  • Laddie

    Laddie

  • Holiday Affair

    Holiday Affair

  • Hollywood Boulevard

    Hollywood Boulevard

  • Walk Softly, Stranger

    Walk Softly, Stranger

  • Convicted Woman

    Convicted Woman

  • Ten Gentlemen from West Point

    Ten Gentlemen from West Point

  • The Wedding Night

    The Wedding Night

  • Girls on Probation

    Girls on Probation

  • Cross-Country Romance

    Cross-Country Romance

  • Timothy's Quest

    Timothy's Quest

  • My Reputation

    My Reputation

  • Tell No Tales

    Tell No Tales

  • Village Barn Dance

    Village Barn Dance

  • Blondie Has Servant Trouble

    Blondie Has Servant Trouble

  • Back Street

    Back Street

  • Unfinished Business

    Unfinished Business

  • Too Young to Kiss

    Too Young to Kiss

  • Wrecking Crew

    Wrecking Crew

  • The Egg and I

    The Egg and I

  • On Such a Night

    On Such a Night

  • Forty Little Mothers

    Forty Little Mothers

  • Bedside Manner

    Bedside Manner

  • The Farmer in the Dell

    The Farmer in the Dell

  • I Dream Too Much

    I Dream Too Much

  • You're Telling Me

    You're Telling Me

  • Mr. & Mrs. Smith

    Mr. & Mrs. Smith

  • The Oklahoman

    The Oklahoman

  • 6,000 Enemies

    6,000 Enemies

  • Wild Money

    Wild Money

  • Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki

    Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki

  • Easy Living

    Easy Living

  • The Unfinished Dance

    The Unfinished Dance

  • Outcast

    Outcast

  • Made for Each Other

    Made for Each Other

  • Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair

    Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair

  • The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

    The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

  • Bad Little Angel

    Bad Little Angel

  • And One Was Beautiful

    And One Was Beautiful

  • A Letter From Bataan

    A Letter From Bataan

  • A Child Is Born

    A Child Is Born

  • Untamed

    Untamed

  • Ma and Pa Kettle

    Ma and Pa Kettle

  • Swing Your Partner

    Swing Your Partner

  • No Man of Her Own

    No Man of Her Own

  • Blondie Goes to College

    Blondie Goes to College

  • Dangerously They Live

    Dangerously They Live

  • Aloma of the South Seas

    Aloma of the South Seas

  • Maisie Gets Her Man

    Maisie Gets Her Man

  • All-American Co-Ed

    All-American Co-Ed

  • What's Cookin'?

    What's Cookin'?

  • A Stolen Life

    A Stolen Life

  • Stolen Heaven

    Stolen Heaven

  • I Live My Life

    I Live My Life

  • Sergeant Madden

    Sergeant Madden

  • Behind City Lights

    Behind City Lights

  • Old Acquaintance

    Old Acquaintance

  • Big Town Czar

    Big Town Czar

  • Opened by Mistake

    Opened by Mistake

  • Damaged Goods

    Damaged Goods

  • Lady of Secrets

    Lady of Secrets

  • How to Sub-Let

    How to Sub-Let