Acting
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
Film · 1960
Thriller
Series · 1960
The Sound and the Fury
Film · 1959
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Series · 1959
Lock-Up
Series · 1959
The Donna Reed Show
Series · 1958
The Oklahoman
Film · 1957
M Squad
Series · 1957
Maverick
Series · 1957
Betrayed Women
Film · 1955
Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
Film · 1955
December Bride
Series · 1954
A Tale of Two Cities
Film · 1953
Monkey Business
Film · 1952
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
Film · 1952
Cavalcade of America
Series · 1952
Mr. & Mrs. North
Series · 1952
Four Star Playhouse
Series · 1952
Too Young to Kiss
Film · 1951
On Moonlight Bay
Film · 1951
No Man of Her Own
Film · 1950
Walk Softly, Stranger
Film · 1950
Surrender
Film · 1950
Holiday Affair
Film · 1949
Ma and Pa Kettle
Film · 1949
A Song Is Born
Film · 1948
The Unfinished Dance
Film · 1947
The Egg and I
Film · 1947
A Stolen Life
Film · 1946
My Reputation
Film · 1946
Margie
Film · 1946
Smoky
Film · 1946
Bedside Manner
Film · 1945
Behind City Lights
Film · 1945
On Stage Everybody
Film · 1945
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Film · 1943
Murder in Times Square
Film · 1943
The North Star
Film · 1943
Old Acquaintance
Film · 1943
Swing Your Partner
Film · 1943
Maisie Gets Her Man
Film · 1942
A Letter From Bataan
Film · 1942
What's Cookin'?
Film · 1942
Blondie Goes to College
Film · 1942
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Film · 1942
You're Telling Me
Film · 1942
Wrecking Crew
Film · 1942
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Film · 1941
Dangerously They Live
Film · 1941
All-American Co-Ed
Film · 1941
Back Street
Film · 1941
Aloma of the South Seas
Film · 1941
Unfinished Business
Film · 1941
The Mortal Storm
Film · 1940
Blondie Has Servant Trouble
Film · 1940
Convicted Woman
Film · 1940
And One Was Beautiful
Film · 1940
Women Without Names
Film · 1940
Arise, My Love
Film · 1940
Laddie
Film · 1940
Village Barn Dance
Film · 1940
Untamed
Film · 1940
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Film · 1940
Cross-Country Romance
Film · 1940
Forty Little Mothers
Film · 1940
Opened by Mistake
Film · 1940
Bad Little Angel
Film · 1939
Blackmail
Film · 1939
Broadway Serenade
Film · 1939
6,000 Enemies
Film · 1939
The Great Man Votes
Film · 1939
Tell No Tales
Film · 1939
Made for Each Other
Film · 1939
A Child is Born
Film · 1939
The Women
Film · 1939
Swanee River
Film · 1939
Sergeant Madden
Film · 1939
How to Sub-Let
Film · 1939
Big Town Czar
Film · 1939
Stolen Heaven
Film · 1938
Condemned Women
Film · 1938
Prison Farm
Film · 1938
Girls on Probation
Film · 1938
Dead End
Film · 1937
The Awful Truth
Film · 1937
Easy Living
Film · 1937
Damaged Goods
Film · 1937
On Such a Night
Film · 1937
Wild Money
Film · 1937
Outcast
Film · 1937
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
Film · 1936
Fury
Film · 1936
Timothy's Quest
Film · 1936
Hollywood Boulevard
Film · 1936
The Farmer in the Dell
Film · 1936
Lady of Secrets
Film · 1936
Curly Top
Film · 1935
I Dream Too Much
Film · 1935
Private Worlds
Film · 1935
The Wedding Night
Film · 1935
In Old Kentucky
Film · 1935
I Live My Life
Film · 1935
Mary Burns, Fugitive
Film · 1935
The Great Impersonation
Film · 1935
Crime Without Passion
Film · 1934