Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 10, 1885
Died
Jul 23, 1961
Place of Birth
Beaufort, South Carolina, USA
Credits
105 titles
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
Filmography
North to Alaska
Woman at Picnic
Thriller
Ellen the Maid
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Lock-Up
The Sound and the Fury
Mrs. Maud Mansfield
The Donna Reed Show
Maverick
Ma Braus
M Squad
Julia Sheldon
The Oklahoman
Mrs. Fitzgerald
Betrayed Women
Head Matron Ballard
Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
Birdie Hicks
December Bride
A Tale of Two Cities
Pross
Mr. & Mrs. North
Cavalcade of America
Aunt Tabitha
Four Star Playhouse
Mrs. Weston
Monkey Business
Mrs. Rhinelander
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
Birdie Hicks
Too Young to Kiss
Mrs. Boykin
On Moonlight Bay
Walk Softly, Stranger
Miss Thompson
Surrender
Aunt May
No Man of Her Own
Josie
Holiday Affair
Mrs. Ennis
Ma and Pa Kettle
Mrs. Birdie Hicks
A Song Is Born
Miss Bragg
The Unfinished Dance
Olga
The Egg and I
Birdie Hicks
Margie
Grandma McSweeney
Smoky
Mrs. Richards
A Stolen Life
Mrs. Johnson
My Reputation
Anna
Behind City Lights
Sarah Lowell
On Stage Everybody
Ma Cassidy
Bedside Manner
Martha Gravitt
Old Acquaintance
Harriet
The North Star
Anna Kurin
Swing Your Partner
Caroline Bird, aka Anna Robbins
Murder in Times Square
Longacre Lil
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Wrecking Crew
Mike O'Glendy
A Letter From Bataan
Mrs. Jackson
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Mrs. Thompson
Maisie Gets Her Man
Mrs. McIntyre (Uncredited)
You're Telling Me
Aunt Fannie Handley
What's Cookin'?
Mrs. Murphy (uncredited)
Blondie Goes to College
Mrs. Carrie Dill, the Landlady
Dangerously They Live
Dawson, Goodwin's Housekeeper
All-American Co-Ed
Aunt Matilda Collinge
Aloma of the South Seas
Tarusa