Where to watch Esther Dale in the UK
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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…
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- Maverick (1957) as Ma Braus
- Four Star Playhouse (1952) as Mrs. Weston
- The Donna Reed Show (1958) Cast
- Thriller (1960) as Ellen the Maid
- M Squad (1957) as Julia Sheldon
- Lock-Up (1959) Cast
- The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959) Cast
- December Bride (1954) Cast
- Cavalcade of America (1952) as Aunt Tabitha
- Mr. & Mrs. North (1952) Cast
- North to Alaska (1960) as Woman at Picnic
- The Women (1939) as Ingrid (uncredited)
- Walk Softly, Stranger (1950) as Miss Thompson
- Dead End (1937) as Mrs. Fenner
- Fury (1936) as Mrs. Whipple
- Monkey Business (1952) as Mrs. Rhinelander
- Holiday Affair (1949) as Mrs. Ennis
- The Awful Truth (1937) as Mrs. Leeson
- A Song Is Born (1948) as Miss Bragg
- On Moonlight Bay (1951) Cast
- The Mortal Storm (1940) as Marta
- Margie (1946) as Grandma McSweeney
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941) as Mrs. Krausheimer
- Curly Top (1935) as Genevieve Graham
- Women Without Names (1940) as Head Matron Ingles
- The North Star (1943) as Anna Kurin
- The Sound and the Fury (1959) as Mrs. Maud Mansfield
- Made for Each Other (1939) as Annie (uncredited)
- Arise, My Love (1940) as Susie
- Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) as Lincoln's Cook (uncredited)
- Sergeant Madden (1939) as Mrs. McGillivray
- Blackmail (1939) as Sarah
- The Egg and I (1947) as Birdie Hicks
- I Live My Life (1935) as Brumbaugh, Mrs. Gage's Housekeeper
- Easy Living (1937) as Lillian
- Blondie Goes to College (1942) as Mrs. Carrie Dill, the Landlady
- Swing Your Partner (1943) as Caroline Bird, aka Anna Robbins
- Untamed (1940) as Mrs. Smith
- Dangerously They Live (1941) as Dawson, Goodwin's Housekeeper
- Private Worlds (1935) as Matron
- Outcast (1937) as Hattie Simmerson
- The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943) Cast
- A Child is Born (1939) as Prison Matron (uncredited)
- A Stolen Life (1946) as Mrs. Johnson
- No Man of Her Own (1950) as Josie
- Broadway Serenade (1939) as Mrs. Olsen, the Landlady
- Convicted Woman (1940) as Chief Matron Brackett
- Old Acquaintance (1943) as Harriet
- Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942) as Mrs. Thompson
- Bad Little Angel (1939) as Miss Brown, Orphanage Secretary (uncredited)
- Prison Farm (1938) as Cora Waxley
- Tell No Tales (1939) as Mrs. Haskins
- Maisie Gets Her Man (1942) as Mrs. McIntyre (Uncredited)
- My Reputation (1946) as Anna
- I Dream Too Much (1935) as Mrs. Dilley (uncredited)
- Hollywood Boulevard (1936) as Martha
- Swanee River (1939) as Temperance Woman
- The Case Against Mrs. Ames (1936) as Matilda
- The Oklahoman (1957) as Mrs. Fitzgerald
- Cross-Country Romance (1940) as Mrs. McGillicuddy
- Forty Little Mothers (1940) as Mrs. Mason the Landlady
- Murder in Times Square (1943) as Longacre Lil
- Bedside Manner (1945) as Martha Gravitt
- The Wedding Night (1935) as Mrs. Kaise Novak
- On Stage Everybody (1945) as Ma Cassidy
- Ma and Pa Kettle (1949) as Mrs. Birdie Hicks
- Smoky (1946) as Mrs. 'Gram' Richards
- Crime Without Passion (1934) as Miss Keeley (uncredited)
- Lady of Secrets (1936) as Miss Eccles
- The Farmer in the Dell (1936) as Ma Boyer
- Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935) as Kate
- Girls on Probation (1938) as Mrs. Engstrom
- Back Street (1941) as Mrs. Smith
- The Great Man Votes (1939) as Mrs. Markham
- Big Town Czar (1939) as Ma Daley
- On Such a Night (1937) as Miss Belinda Fentridge
- Aloma of the South Seas (1941) as Tarusa
- What's Cookin'? (1942) as Mrs. Murphy (uncredited)
- The Great Impersonation (1935) as Mrs. Unthank
- Condemned Women (1938) as Mrs. Clara Glover, Head Matron
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Most-watched Esther Dale films currently: North to Alaska (1960), The Women (1939), Walk Softly, Stranger (1950), Dead End (1937), Fury (1936).
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Selected TV credits: Maverick (1957), Four Star Playhouse (1952), The Donna Reed Show (1958), Thriller (1960), M Squad (1957).
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