Olive Tell
From Wikipedia Olive Tell (September 27, 1894 – June 6, 1951) was a stage and screen actress from New York City. She first appeared in motion pictures during World War I. Her early screen roles were in silent films like The Silent Master (1917), The Unforeseen (1917), Her Sister (1917), and National Red Cross Pageant (1917). Tell appeared opposite such popular film actors of the era as Donald Gallaher, Karl Dane, Ann Little, Rod La Rocque, Ethel Barrymore and a young Tallulah Bankhead. Tell married First National Pictures movie producer Henry M. Hobart in 1926. Her first husband was killed in World War I. Hobart and Tell moved to California in 1926 and stayed in Hollywood for twelve years. Her final screen credits came in the late 1930s. She performed in In His Steps (1936), Polo Joe (1936) with Joe E. Brown, Easy To Take (1936), and Under Southern Stars (1937). Tell's final screen appearance was in the George Cukor directed drama Zaza (1939), starring Claudette Colbert. Olive Tell died in Bellevue Hospital in 1951 after suffering a fractured skull at the Dryden Hotel, 150 East Thirty-Ninth Street, New York City, where she resided. She was fifty-six years old.
Filmography
Under Southern Stars
as Mrs. Jackson
Under Southern Stars
as Mrs. Jackson
Polo Joe
as Mrs. Hilton
Polo Joe
as Mrs. Hilton
Yours for the Asking
as Society Woman (uncredited)
Yours for the Asking
as Society Woman (uncredited)
Brilliant Marriage
as Mrs. Jane Taylor
Brilliant Marriage
as Mrs. Jane Taylor
Shanghai
as Mrs. Hilton
Shanghai
as Mrs. Hilton
Four Hours to Kill!
as Mrs. Madison
Four Hours to Kill!
as Mrs. Madison
Baby Take a Bow
as Mrs. Carson
Baby Take a Bow
as Mrs. Carson
The Scarlet Empress
as Princess Johanna Elizabeth
The Scarlet Empress
as Princess Johanna Elizabeth
The Witching Hour
as Mrs. Helen Thorne
The Witching Hour
as Mrs. Helen Thorne
Strictly Personal
as Mrs. Laura Castleton
Strictly Personal
as Mrs. Laura Castleton
False Faces
as Mrs. Day
False Faces
as Mrs. Day
Delicious
as Mrs. Van Bergh
Delicious
as Mrs. Van Bergh
Devotion
as Mrs. Trent
Devotion
as Mrs. Trent
Ladies' Man
as Mrs. Fendley
Ladies' Man
as Mrs. Fendley
Woman Hungry
as Betty Temple
Woman Hungry
as Betty Temple
Ten Cents a Dance
as Mrs. Carlton
Ten Cents a Dance
as Mrs. Carlton
The Right of Way
as Kathleen
The Right of Way
as Kathleen
Lawful Larceny
as Vivan Hepburn
Lawful Larceny
as Vivan Hepburn
Cock o' the Walk
as Rosa Vallejo
Cock o' the Walk
as Rosa Vallejo
The Very Idea
as Marion Green
The Very Idea
as Marion Green
Hearts in Exile
as Annna Reskova
Hearts in Exile
as Annna Reskova
The Trial of Mary Dugan
as Mrs. Gertrude Rice
The Trial of Mary Dugan
as Mrs. Gertrude Rice
Soft Living
as Mrs. Rodney S. Bowen
Soft Living
as Mrs. Rodney S. Bowen
Sailors' Wives
as Careth Lindsey
Sailors' Wives
as Careth Lindsey
Slaves of Beauty
as Anastasia Jones
Slaves of Beauty
as Anastasia Jones
Summer Bachelors
as Mrs. Preston Smith
Summer Bachelors
as Mrs. Preston Smith
The Prince of Tempters
as Duchess of Chatsfield
The Prince of Tempters
as Duchess of Chatsfield
Womanhandled
as Lucy Chatham
Womanhandled
as Lucy Chatham
Chickie
as Ila Moore
Chickie
as Ila Moore
Worlds Apart
as Elinor Ashe
Worlds Apart
as Elinor Ashe
Clothes
as Olivia Sherwood
Clothes
as Olivia Sherwood
Wings of Pride
as Olive Muir
Wings of Pride
as Olive Muir
A Woman's Business
as Barbara
A Woman's Business
as Barbara
Love Without Question
as Katherine
Love Without Question
as Katherine
The Trap
as The Schoolteacher Heroine
The Trap
as The Schoolteacher Heroine
Secret Strings
as Janet Newell
Secret Strings
as Janet Newell
To Hell with the Kaiser!
as Alice Monroe
To Hell with the Kaiser!
as Alice Monroe
National Red Cross Pageant
as Louvain - Flemish episode
National Red Cross Pageant
as Louvain - Flemish episode
The Unforseen
as Margaret Fielding
The Unforseen
as Margaret Fielding
The Silent Master
as Miss Virginia Arlen
The Silent Master
as Miss Virginia Arlen