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Esther Dale was an American actress of the stage and screen, best known perhaps for her role as Aunt Genevieve in the 1935 Shirley Temple vehicle, Curly Top.
Born
Tuesday, 10 November 1885
Died
Sunday, 23 July 1961
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| North to Alaska | Woman at Picnic | 1960 |
| Checkmate | Mrs. Kenyon | 1960 |
| Thriller | Ellen the Maid | 1960 |
| The Alaskans | Matilda Miller | 1959 |
| The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | Mrs. Finch / Grandma | 1959 |
| Lock Up | Mrs. Raymond | 1959 |
| The Sound and the Fury | Mrs. Maud Mansfield | 1959 |
| The Donna Reed Show | Mrs. Abrogast | 1958 |
| Maverick | Ma Braus | 1957 |
| M Squad | Julia Sheldon | 1957 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| North to Alaska | Woman at Picnic | 1960 |
| Checkmate | Mrs. Kenyon | 1960 |
| Thriller | Ellen the Maid | 1960 |
| The Alaskans | Matilda Miller | 1959 |
| The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | Mrs. Finch / Grandma | 1959 |
| Lock Up | Mrs. Raymond | 1959 |
| The Sound and the Fury | Mrs. Maud Mansfield | 1959 |
| The Donna Reed Show | Mrs. Abrogast | 1958 |
| Maverick | Ma Braus | 1957 |
| M Squad | Julia Sheldon | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Grandma Birch | 1957 |
| The Oklahoman | Mrs. Fitzgerald | 1957 |
| Betrayed Women | Head Matron Ballard | 1955 |
| Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki | Birdie Hicks | 1955 |
| TV Reader's Digest | Sister Margaret | 1955 |
| December Bride | Harvey's mother | 1954 |
| Studio 57 | Clara | 1954 |
| Public Defender | Maggie DiMagori | 1954 |
| The Ray Milland Show | Mrs. Schermerhorn | 1953 |
| The Plymouth Playhouse | Pross | 1953 |
| Mr. & Mrs. North | Mrs. Dunstan Noble | 1952 |
| Cavalcade of America | Aunt Tabitha | 1952 |
| Four Star Playhouse | Mrs. Weston | 1952 |
| Monkey Business | Mrs. Rhinelander | 1952 |
| Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair | Birdie Hicks | 1952 |
| Too Young to Kiss | Mrs. Boykin | 1951 |
| Schlitz Playhouse | Mrs. Carter | 1951 |
| On Moonlight Bay | Aunt Martha Robertson | 1951 |
| Walk Softly, Stranger | Miss Thompson | 1950 |
| Surrender | Aunt May | 1950 |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | Sketch Performer | 1950 |
| No Man of Her Own | Josie | 1950 |
| Holiday Affair | Mrs. Ennis | 1949 |
| Anna Lucasta | Mrs. Polaski | 1949 |
| Ma and Pa Kettle | Mrs. Birdie Hicks | 1949 |
| A Song Is Born | Miss Bragg | 1948 |
| The Unfinished Dance | Olga | 1947 |
| The Egg and I | Birdie Hicks / Mrs. Hicks | 1947 |
| Margie | Grandma McSweeney | 1946 |
| Smoky | Mrs. 'Gram' Richards / Gram | 1946 |
| A Stolen Life | Mrs. Johnson | 1946 |
| My Reputation | Anna | 1946 |
| Behind City Lights | Sarah Lowell | 1945 |
| On Stage Everybody | Ma Cassidy | 1945 |
| Out of This World | Abbie Pringle | 1945 |
| Bedside Manner | Martha Gravitt | 1945 |
| Old Acquaintance | Harriet | 1943 |
| The North Star | Anna Kurin | 1943 |
| Murder in Times Square | Longacre Lil | 1943 |
| Hello Frisco, Hello | Aunt Harriet | 1943 |
| The Amazing Mrs. Holliday | Lucy | 1943 |
| Wrecking Crew | Mike O'Glendy | 1942 |
| A Letter from Bataan | Mrs. Jackson | 1942 |
| I Married an Angel | Mrs. Gherkin | 1942 |
| Ten Gentlemen from West Point | Mrs. Thompson | 1942 |
| Maisie Gets Her Man | Mrs. Myra McIntyre, Elsie's Mother / Mrs. McIntyre (Uncredited) | 1942 |
| You're Telling Me | Aunt Fannie Handley | 1942 |
| What's Cookin' | Mrs. Murphy | 1942 |
| Blondie Goes to College | Mrs. Carrie Dill, the Landlady | 1942 |
| Dangerously They Live | Dawson / Dawson, Goodwin's Housekeeper | 1941 |
| All-American Co-Ed | Aunt Matilda Collinge | 1941 |
| Aloma of the South Seas | Tarusa | 1941 |
| Unfinished Business | Aunt Mathilda | 1941 |
| The Hard-Boiled Canary | Miss Clark | 1941 |
| Back Street | Mrs. Smith | 1941 |
| Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Mrs. Krausheimer | 1941 |
| Arise, My Love | Susie | 1940 |
| Blondie has Servant Trouble | Anna Vaughn | 1940 |
| Cross-Country Romance | Mrs. McGillicuddy | 1940 |
| Untamed | Mrs. Smith | 1940 |
| The Mortal Storm | Marta | 1940 |
| Opened by Mistake | Mrs. Anthony DeBorest | 1940 |
| Forty Little Mothers | Mrs. Mason the Landlady / Mrs. Mason - Landlady | 1940 |
| And One Was Beautiful | Margaret | 1940 |
| Women Without Names | Head Matron Ingles | 1940 |
| Abe Lincoln in Illinois | Lincoln's Cook | 1940 |
| Convicted Woman | Chief Matron Brackett | 1940 |
| Village Barn Dance | Minerva Withers | 1940 |
| Laddie | Sarah, the Housekeeper | 1940 |
| A Child Is Born | Prison Matron | 1940 |
| Swanee River | Temperance Woman | 1940 |
| Bad Little Angel | Miss Brown - Orphanage Secretary | 1939 |
| Blackmail | Sarah | 1939 |
| The Women | Ingrid | 1939 |
| 6, 000 Enemies | Matron / Prison Matron | 1939 |
| Tell No Tales | Mrs. Haskins | 1939 |
| Big Town Czar | Ma Daley | 1939 |
| Broadway Serenade | Mrs. Olsen / Mrs. Olsen, the Landlady | 1939 |
| Sergeant Madden | Mrs. McGillivray | 1939 |
| Made for Each Other | Annie - Cook #1 | 1939 |
| The Great Man Votes | Mrs. Markham / Ms. Markham | 1939 |
| Dramatic School | Forewoman in Factory | 1938 |
| Girls on Probation | Mrs. Engstrom / Nrs, Engstrom | 1938 |
| Prison Farm | Cora Waxley | 1938 |
| Stolen Heaven | Lieschen | 1938 |
| Condemned Women | Mrs. Clara Glover, Head Matron | 1938 |
| Of Human Hearts | Mrs. Cantwell | 1938 |
| The Awful Truth | Mrs. Leeson | 1937 |
| On Such a Night | Miss Belinda Fentridge | 1937 |
| Dead End | Mrs. Fenner | 1937 |
| Easy Living | Lillian | 1937 |
| Damaged Goods | Mrs. Dupont | 1937 |
| The Magnificent Brute | Mrs. Randolph | 1936 |
| Hollywood Boulevard | Martha | 1936 |
| Fury | Mrs. Whipple | 1936 |
| The Case Against Mrs. Ames | Matilda | 1936 |
| The Farmer in the Dell | Louella 'Ma' Boyer / Ma Boyer | 1936 |
| Lady of Secrets | Miss Eccles | 1936 |
| Timothy's Quest | Hitty Tarbox | 1936 |
| The Great Impersonation | Mrs. Unthank | 1935 |
| I Dream Too Much | Mrs. Dilley | 1935 |
| In Old Kentucky | Dolly Breckenridge | 1935 |
| Mary Burns, Fugitive | Kate | 1935 |
| I Live My Life | Brumbaugh, Mrs. Gage's Housekeeper / Brumbaugh | 1935 |
| Curly Top | Aunt Genevieve Graham / Genevieve Graham | 1935 |
| Private Worlds | Matron | 1935 |
| The Wedding Night | Mrs. Kaise Novak | 1935 |
| Crime Without Passion | Miss Keeley | 1934 |
