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Esther Dale (1885–1961)

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Esther Dale was born on November 10, 1885 in Beaufort, South Carolina. She attended Leland and Gray Seminary in Townsend, Vermont, and then studied music in Berlin, Germany, and had a successful career as a lieder singer. Later, she became an actress in summer stock. She had the title role on Broadway of Carrie Nation in 1933... See full bio »

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in Beaufort, South Carolina, USA

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(age 75) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1961 Checkmate (TV series)
Mrs. Kenyon
– The Thrill Seeker (1961) … Mrs. Kenyon
 
1960-1961 The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (TV series)
Grandma / Mrs. Finch, landlady
– Will Success Spoil Dobie's Mother? (1961) … Grandma
– Live Alone and Like It (1960) … Mrs. Finch, landlady
 
1960 Thriller (TV series)
Ellen the Maid
– Girl with a Secret (1960) … Ellen the Maid
 
1960 North to Alaska
Woman at Picnic (uncredited)
 
1960 Lock Up (TV series)
Mrs. Raymond
– Flying High (1960) … Mrs. Raymond
 
1959 The Donna Reed Show (TV series)
Mrs. Abrogast
– Miss Lovelace Comes to Tea (1959) … Mrs. Abrogast
 
1959 The Sound and the Fury
Mrs. Maud Mansfield (uncredited)
 
1958 M Squad (TV series)
Julia Sheldon
– The Frightened Wife (1958) … Julia Sheldon
 
1957 Wagon Train (TV series)
Grandma Birch
– The Julie Gage Story (1957) … Grandma Birch
 
1957 Maverick (TV series)
Ma Braus
– According to Hoyle (1957) … Ma Braus
 
1957 The Oklahoman
Mrs. Fitzgerald
 
1956 Studio 57 (TV series)
Clara
– The Great Wide World (1956) … Clara
 
1956 Big Town (TV series)
– Country Editor (1956)
 
1955 Betrayed Women
Head Matron Ballard
 
1955 Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
Birdie Hicks
 
1954 The Public Defender (TV series)
Maggie DiMagori
– Road to Nowhere (1954) … Maggie DiMagori
 
1954 Four Star Playhouse (TV series)
Mrs. Weston
– The Bad Streak (1954) … Mrs. Weston
 
1953 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
– Fresh Start (1953)
 
1953 The Plymouth Playhouse (TV series)
Pross
– A Tale of Two Cities: Part 2 (1953) … Pross
– A Tale of Two Cities: Part 1 (1953) … Pross
 
1952 Mr. & Mrs. North (TV series)
Mrs. Dunstan Noble
– The Nobles (1952) … Mrs. Dunstan Noble
 
1952 Cavalcade of America (TV series)
Aunt Tabitha
– All's Well with Lydia (1952) … Aunt Tabitha
 
1952 Monkey Business
Mrs. Rhinelander
 
1952 Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
Birdie Hicks
 
1952 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Sketch Performer
– Episode #2.21 (1952) … Sketch Performer
 
1951 Too Young to Kiss
Mrs. Boykin
 
1951 On Moonlight Bay
Aunt Martha Robertson (uncredited)
 
1950 Walk Softly, Stranger
Miss Thompson
 
1950 Surrender
Aunt May
 
1950 No Man of Her Own
Josie
 
1949 Holiday Affair
Mrs. Ennis
 
1949 Anna Lucasta
Mrs. Polaski (uncredited)
 
1949 Ma and Pa Kettle
Mrs. Birdie Hicks
 
1948 A Song Is Born
Miss Bragg
 
1947 The Unfinished Dance
Olga
 
1947 The Egg and I
Birdie Hicks
 
1946 Margie
Grandma McSweeney
 
1946 A Stolen Life
Mrs. Johnson
 
1946 Smoky
Mrs. 'Gram' Richards
 
1946 My Reputation
Anna
 
1945 Behind City Lights
Sarah Lowell
 
1945 Out of This World
Abbie Pringle (uncredited)
 
1945 On Stage Everybody
Ma Cassidy
 
1945 Bedside Manner
Martha Gravitt
 
1943 Old Acquaintance
Harriet
 
1943 The North Star
Anna Kurin
 
1943/I Swing Your Partner
Caroline Bird, aka Anna Robbins
 
1943 Murder in Times Square
Longacre Lil
 
1943 Hello Frisco, Hello
Aunt Harriet (uncredited)
 
1943 The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Lucy
 
1942 Wrecking Crew
Mike O'Glendy
 
1942 Paramount Victory Short No. T2-1: A Letter from Bataan (short)
Mrs. Jackson
 
1942 I Married an Angel
Mrs. Gherkin (uncredited)
 
1942 Maisie Gets Her Man
Mrs. Myra McIntyre, Elsie's Mother (uncredited)
 
1942 Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Mrs. Thompson
 
1942 You're Telling Me
Aunt Fannie Handley
 
1942 What's Cookin'?
Mrs. Murphy (uncredited)
 
1942 Blondie Goes to College
Mrs. Carrie Dill, the Landlady (uncredited)
 
1941 Dangerously They Live
Dawson, Goodwin's Housekeeper
 
1941 All-American Co-Ed
Aunt Matilda Collinge
 
1941 Unfinished Business
Aunt Mathilda
 
1941 Aloma of the South Seas
Tarusa
 
1941 The Hard-Boiled Canary
Miss Clark
 
1941 Back Street
Mrs. Smith
 
1941 Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Mrs. Krausheimer
 
1940 Arise, My Love
Susie
 
1940 Blondie Has Servant Trouble
Anna Vaughn
 
1940 Untamed
Mrs. Smith
 
1940 Cross-Country Romance
Mrs. McGillicuddy (uncredited)
 
1940 The Mortal Storm
Marta
 
1940 Opened by Mistake
Mrs. DeBorest
 
1940 Forty Little Mothers
Mrs. Mason - Landlady (uncredited)
 
1940 And One Was Beautiful
Margaret
 
1940 Women Without Names
Head Matron Ingles
 
1940 Convicted Woman
Chief Matron Brackett
 
1940 Village Barn Dance
Minerva Withers
 
1940 Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Lincoln's Cook (uncredited)
 
1940 Laddie
Sarah, the Housekeeper
 
1939 Swanee River
Temperance Woman
 
1939 A Child Is Born
Prison Matron (uncredited)
 
1939 Bad Little Angel
Miss Brown, Orphanage Secretary (uncredited)
 
1939 Blackmail
Sarah
 
1939 The Women
Ingrid (uncredited)
 
1939 6,000 Enemies
Matron
 
1939 Tell No Tales
Mrs. Haskins
 
1939 Big Town Czar
Ma Daley
 
1939 Broadway Serenade
Mrs. Olsen
 
1939 Sergeant Madden
Mrs. McGillivray (uncredited)
 
1939 Made for Each Other
Annie - Cook #1 (uncredited)
 
1939 How to Sub-Let (short)
Mrs. Mustavas (uncredited)
 
1939 The Great Man Votes
Ms. Markham (uncredited)
 
1938 Dramatic School
Forewoman in Factory (uncredited)
 
1938 Girls on Probation
Nrs, Engstrom (uncredited)
 
1938 Prison Farm
Cora Waxley
 
1938 Stolen Heaven
Lieschen
 
1938 Condemned Women
Mrs. Clara Glover, Head Matron
 
1938 Of Human Hearts
Mrs. Cantwell (uncredited)
 
1937 The Awful Truth
Mrs. Leeson
 
1937 On Such a Night
Miss Belinda Fentridge
 
1937 Dead End
Mrs. Fenner
 
1937 Wild Money
Jenny Hawkins
 
1937 Easy Living
Lillian
 
1937 Damaged Goods
Mrs. Dupont
 
1937 Outcast
Hattie Simmerson
 
1936 Magnificent Brute
Mrs. Randolph (uncredited)
 
1936 Hollywood Boulevard
Martha
 
1936 Fury
Mrs. Whipple
 
1936 The Case Against Mrs. Ames
Matilda
 
1936 The Farmer in the Dell
Louella 'Ma' Boyer
 
1936 Lady of Secrets
Miss Eccles
 
1936 Timothy's Quest
Hitty Tarbox
 
1935 The Great Impersonation
Mrs. Unthank
 
1935 I Dream Too Much
Mrs. Dilley (uncredited)
 
1935 In Old Kentucky
Dolly Breckenridge
 
1935 Mary Burns, Fugitive
Kate
 
1935 I Live My Life
Brumbaugh, Mrs. Gage's Housekeeper
 
1935 Curly Top
Aunt Genevieve Graham
 
1935 Private Worlds
Matron
 
1935 The Wedding Night
Mrs. Kaise Novak
 
1934 Crime Without Passion
Miss Keeley
 
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1935 Curly Top ("When I Grow Up" 1935 - uncredited)
 

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And Be My Love (1945). Comedy. Written by Edward Caulfield. Scenic Design by Raymond Sovey. Directed by Arthur J. Beckhard. National Theatre: 21 Feb 1945- 3 Mar 1945 (14 performances). Cast: Charles Colby, Esther Dale (as "Martha Webster"), Viola Dean, Sydney Grant, Walter Hampden (as "Henry")... See more »
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