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

  • Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

  • Maverick

    Maverick

  • The Donna Reed Show

    The Donna Reed Show

  • The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

    The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

  • Thriller

    Thriller

  • M Squad

    M Squad

  • Back Street

    Back Street

  • Betrayed Women

    Betrayed Women

  • December Bride

    December Bride

  • Cavalcade of America

    Cavalcade of America

  • Smoky

    Smoky

  • The Case Against Mrs. Ames

    The Case Against Mrs. Ames

  • Lock-Up

    Lock-Up

  • Curly Top

    Curly Top

  • The Women

    The Women

  • Holiday Affair

    Holiday Affair

  • Dead End

    Dead End

  • The Oklahoman

    The Oklahoman

  • Wrecking Crew

    Wrecking Crew

  • Mr. & Mrs. North

    Mr. & Mrs. North

  • Wild Money

    Wild Money

  • Surrender

    Surrender

  • Margie

    Margie

  • Laddie

    Laddie

  • North to Alaska

    North to Alaska

  • Prison Farm

    Prison Farm

  • Broadway Serenade

    Broadway Serenade

  • Hollywood Boulevard

    Hollywood Boulevard

  • Unfinished Business

    Unfinished Business

  • Stolen Heaven

    Stolen Heaven

  • Outcast

    Outcast

  • My Reputation

    My Reputation

  • Easy Living

    Easy Living

  • The Awful Truth

    The Awful Truth

  • Mr. & Mrs. Smith

    Mr. & Mrs. Smith

  • Bedside Manner

    Bedside Manner

  • Murder in Times Square

    Murder in Times Square

  • The Sound and the Fury

    The Sound and the Fury

  • A Song Is Born

    A Song Is Born

  • On Such a Night

    On Such a Night

  • Girls on Probation

    Girls on Probation

  • Abe Lincoln in Illinois

    Abe Lincoln in Illinois

  • Ten Gentlemen from West Point

    Ten Gentlemen from West Point

  • On Moonlight Bay

    On Moonlight Bay

  • The Mortal Storm

    The Mortal Storm

  • No Man of Her Own

    No Man of Her Own

  • Too Young to Kiss

    Too Young to Kiss

  • Crime Without Passion

    Crime Without Passion

  • Mary Burns, Fugitive

    Mary Burns, Fugitive

  • The Farmer in the Dell

    The Farmer in the Dell

  • The Great Impersonation

    The Great Impersonation

  • Made for Each Other

    Made for Each Other

  • Arise, My Love

    Arise, My Love

  • Walk Softly, Stranger

    Walk Softly, Stranger

  • Cross-Country Romance

    Cross-Country Romance

  • On Stage Everybody

    On Stage Everybody

  • Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair

    Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair

  • I Dream Too Much

    I Dream Too Much

  • Women Without Names

    Women Without Names

  • Aloma of the South Seas

    Aloma of the South Seas

  • The Great Man Votes

    The Great Man Votes

  • Village Barn Dance

    Village Barn Dance

  • Fury

    Fury

  • A Child Is Born

    A Child Is Born

  • Tell No Tales

    Tell No Tales

  • Monkey Business

    Monkey Business

  • 6,000 Enemies

    6,000 Enemies

  • The Egg and I

    The Egg and I

  • The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

    The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

  • A Tale of Two Cities

    A Tale of Two Cities

  • Blondie Has Servant Trouble

    Blondie Has Servant Trouble

  • The Wedding Night

    The Wedding Night

  • Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki

    Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki

  • You're Telling Me

    You're Telling Me

  • In Old Kentucky

    In Old Kentucky

  • The Unfinished Dance

    The Unfinished Dance

  • Dangerously They Live

    Dangerously They Live

  • Forty Little Mothers

    Forty Little Mothers

  • Bad Little Angel

    Bad Little Angel

  • The North Star

    The North Star

  • A Letter From Bataan

    A Letter From Bataan

  • Blondie Goes to College

    Blondie Goes to College

  • And One Was Beautiful

    And One Was Beautiful

  • All-American Co-Ed

    All-American Co-Ed

  • Old Acquaintance

    Old Acquaintance

  • Ma and Pa Kettle

    Ma and Pa Kettle

  • Private Worlds

    Private Worlds

  • How to Sub-Let

    How to Sub-Let

  • Blackmail

    Blackmail

  • A Stolen Life

    A Stolen Life

  • Opened by Mistake

    Opened by Mistake

  • Condemned Women

    Condemned Women

  • Convicted Woman

    Convicted Woman

  • I Live My Life

    I Live My Life

  • Maisie Gets Her Man

    Maisie Gets Her Man

  • What's Cookin'?

    What's Cookin'?

  • Swanee River

    Swanee River

  • Swing Your Partner

    Swing Your Partner

  • Untamed

    Untamed

  • Lady of Secrets

    Lady of Secrets

  • Timothy's Quest

    Timothy's Quest

  • Sergeant Madden

    Sergeant Madden

  • Big Town Czar

    Big Town Czar

  • Damaged Goods

    Damaged Goods

  • Behind City Lights

    Behind City Lights