Esther Dale
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.
Filmography
North to Alaska
as Woman at Picnic
North to Alaska
as Woman at Picnic
The Sound and the Fury
as Mrs. Maud Mansfield
The Sound and the Fury
as Mrs. Maud Mansfield
The Oklahoman
as Mrs. Fitzgerald
The Oklahoman
as Mrs. Fitzgerald
Betrayed Women
as Head Matron Ballard
Betrayed Women
as Head Matron Ballard
Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
as Birdie Hicks
Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
as Birdie Hicks
A Tale of Two Cities
as Pross
A Tale of Two Cities
as Pross
Monkey Business
as Mrs. Rhinelander
Monkey Business
as Mrs. Rhinelander
Too Young to Kiss
as Mrs. Boykin
Too Young to Kiss
as Mrs. Boykin
On Moonlight Bay
On Moonlight Bay
Walk Softly, Stranger
as Miss Thompson
Walk Softly, Stranger
as Miss Thompson
Surrender
as Aunt May
Surrender
as Aunt May
No Man of Her Own
as Josie
No Man of Her Own
as Josie
Holiday Affair
as Mrs. Ennis
Holiday Affair
as Mrs. Ennis
Ma and Pa Kettle
as Mrs. Birdie Hicks
Ma and Pa Kettle
as Mrs. Birdie Hicks
A Song Is Born
as Miss Bragg
A Song Is Born
as Miss Bragg
The Egg and I
as Birdie Hicks
The Egg and I
as Birdie Hicks
Smoky
as Mrs. Richards
Smoky
as Mrs. Richards
My Reputation
as Anna
My Reputation
as Anna
Behind City Lights
as Sarah Lowell
Behind City Lights
as Sarah Lowell
On Stage Everybody
as Ma Cassidy
On Stage Everybody
as Ma Cassidy
Swing Your Partner
as Caroline Bird, aka Anna Robbins
Swing Your Partner
as Caroline Bird, aka Anna Robbins
Murder in Times Square
as Longacre Lil
Murder in Times Square
as Longacre Lil
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Wrecking Crew
as Mike O'Glendy
Wrecking Crew
as Mike O'Glendy
A Letter From Bataan
as Mrs. Jackson
A Letter From Bataan
as Mrs. Jackson
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
as Mrs. Thompson
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
as Mrs. Thompson
Maisie Gets Her Man
as Mrs. McIntyre (Uncredited)
Maisie Gets Her Man
as Mrs. McIntyre (Uncredited)
Dangerously They Live
as Dawson, Goodwin's Housekeeper
Dangerously They Live
as Dawson, Goodwin's Housekeeper
All-American Co-Ed
as Aunt Matilda Collinge
All-American Co-Ed
as Aunt Matilda Collinge
Aloma of the South Seas
as Tarusa
Aloma of the South Seas
as Tarusa
Back Street
as Mrs. Smith
Back Street
as Mrs. Smith
Blondie Has Servant Trouble
as Anna Vaughn
Blondie Has Servant Trouble
as Anna Vaughn
Untamed
as Mrs. Smith
Untamed
as Mrs. Smith
The Mortal Storm
as Marta
The Mortal Storm
as Marta
Opened by Mistake
as Mrs. Anthony DeBorest
Opened by Mistake
as Mrs. Anthony DeBorest
Forty Little Mothers
as Mrs. Mason the Landlady
Forty Little Mothers
as Mrs. Mason the Landlady
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Lincoln's Cook (uncredited)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Lincoln's Cook (uncredited)
Convicted Woman
as Chief Matron Brackett
Convicted Woman
as Chief Matron Brackett
Laddie
as Sarah, the Housekeeper
Laddie
as Sarah, the Housekeeper
Swanee River
as Temperance Woman
Swanee River
as Temperance Woman
A Child is Born
as Prison Matron (uncredited)
A Child is Born
as Prison Matron (uncredited)
Bad Little Angel
as Miss Brown, Orphanage Secretary (uncredited)
Bad Little Angel
as Miss Brown, Orphanage Secretary (uncredited)
Big Town Czar
as Ma Daley
Big Town Czar
as Ma Daley
Broadway Serenade
as Mrs. Olsen, the Landlady
Broadway Serenade
as Mrs. Olsen, the Landlady
Sergeant Madden
as Mrs. McGillivray
Sergeant Madden
as Mrs. McGillivray
Condemned Women
as Mrs. Clara Glover, Head Matron
Condemned Women
as Mrs. Clara Glover, Head Matron
The Awful Truth
as Mrs. Leeson
The Awful Truth
as Mrs. Leeson
Dead End
as Mrs. Fenner
Dead End
as Mrs. Fenner
Easy Living
as Lillian
Easy Living
as Lillian
Hollywood Boulevard
as Martha
Hollywood Boulevard
as Martha
I Live My Life
as Brumbaugh, Mrs. Gage's Housekeeper
I Live My Life
as Brumbaugh, Mrs. Gage's Housekeeper
The Wedding Night
as Mrs. Kaise Novak
The Wedding Night
as Mrs. Kaise Novak