Esther Dale

Esther Dale

1885-11-10 – 1961-07-23 (age 75) Beaufort, South Carolina, USA
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Biography

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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.

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Known For

Monkey Business
Monkey Business

1952

as Mrs. Rhinelander

North to Alaska
North to Alaska

1960

as Woman at Picnic

Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Smith

1941

as Mrs. Krausheimer

Dead End
Dead End

1937

as Mrs. Fenner

Holiday Affair
Holiday Affair

1949

as Mrs. Ennis

The Awful Truth
The Awful Truth

1937

as Mrs. Leeson

The Egg and I
The Egg and I

1947

as Birdie Hicks

The Women
The Women

1939

as Ingrid (uncredited)

Curly Top
Curly Top

1935

as Genevieve Graham

Made for Each Other
Made for Each Other

1939

as Annie (uncredited)

The Oklahoman
The Oklahoman

1957

as Mrs. Fitzgerald

A Song Is Born
A Song Is Born

1948

as Miss Bragg

My Reputation
My Reputation

1946

as Anna

Fury
Fury

1936

as Mrs. Whipple

On Moonlight Bay
Easy Living
Easy Living

1937

as Lillian

The Mortal Storm
The Mortal Storm

1940

as Marta

No Man of Her Own
No Man of Her Own

1950

as Josie

Murder in Times Square
Murder in Times Square

1943

as Longacre Lil

The North Star
The North Star

1943

as Anna Kurin