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
- Thriller (1960) as Ellen the Maid
- The Donna Reed Show (1958) Cast
- M Squad (1957) as Julia Sheldon
- The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959) Cast
- Lock-Up (1959) Cast
- December Bride (1954) Cast
- Cavalcade of America (1952) as Aunt Tabitha
- Swing Your Partner (1943) as Caroline Bird, aka Anna Robbins
- Mr. & Mrs. North (1952) Cast
- Walk Softly, Stranger (1950) as Miss Thompson
- The Women (1939) as Ingrid (uncredited)
- The Awful Truth (1937) as Mrs. Leeson
- North to Alaska (1960) as Woman at Picnic
- Monkey Business (1952) as Mrs. Rhinelander
- Fury (1936) as Mrs. Whipple
- Dead End (1937) as Mrs. Fenner
- Blackmail (1939) as Sarah
- Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) as Lincoln's Cook (uncredited)
- The Mortal Storm (1940) as Marta
- Arise, My Love (1940) as Susie
- Margie (1946) as Grandma McSweeney
- Curly Top (1935) as Genevieve Graham
- On Moonlight Bay (1951) Cast
- The Sound and the Fury (1959) as Mrs. Maud Mansfield
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941) as Mrs. Krausheimer
- Women Without Names (1940) as Head Matron Ingles
- Made for Each Other (1939) as Annie (uncredited)
- Private Worlds (1935) as Matron
- The North Star (1943) as Anna Kurin
- The Oklahoman (1957) as Mrs. Fitzgerald
- Easy Living (1937) as Lillian
- A Stolen Life (1946) as Mrs. Johnson
- Tell No Tales (1939) as Mrs. Haskins
- Blondie Goes to College (1942) as Mrs. Carrie Dill, the Landlady
- Holiday Affair (1949) as Mrs. Ennis
- The Egg and I (1947) as Birdie Hicks
- I Live My Life (1935) as Brumbaugh, Mrs. Gage's Housekeeper
- Convicted Woman (1940) as Chief Matron Brackett
- I Dream Too Much (1935) as Mrs. Dilley (uncredited)
- Untamed (1940) as Mrs. Smith
- The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943) Cast
- Maisie Gets Her Man (1942) as Mrs. McIntyre (Uncredited)
- A Child is Born (1939) as Prison Matron (uncredited)
- Sergeant Madden (1939) as Mrs. McGillivray
- Prison Farm (1938) as Cora Waxley
- Dangerously They Live (1941) as Dawson, Goodwin's Housekeeper
- A Song Is Born (1948) as Miss Bragg
- No Man of Her Own (1950) as Josie
- Forty Little Mothers (1940) as Mrs. Mason the Landlady
- Outcast (1937) as Hattie Simmerson
- Old Acquaintance (1943) as Harriet
- Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942) as Mrs. Thompson
- Broadway Serenade (1939) as Mrs. Olsen, the Landlady
- Murder in Times Square (1943) as Longacre Lil
- The Great Impersonation (1935) as Mrs. Unthank
- On Stage Everybody (1945) as Ma Cassidy
- Bad Little Angel (1939) as Miss Brown, Orphanage Secretary (uncredited)
- The Case Against Mrs. Ames (1936) as Matilda
- Swanee River (1939) as Temperance Woman
- Hollywood Boulevard (1936) as Martha
- Girls on Probation (1938) as Mrs. Engstrom
- On Such a Night (1937) as Miss Belinda Fentridge
- Bedside Manner (1945) as Martha Gravitt
- Cross-Country Romance (1940) as Mrs. McGillicuddy
- Smoky (1946) as Mrs. 'Gram' Richards
- Too Young to Kiss (1951) as Mrs. Boykin
- All-American Co-Ed (1941) as Aunt Matilda Collinge
- My Reputation (1946) as Anna
- Unfinished Business (1941) as Aunt Mathilda
- Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935) as Kate
- The Wedding Night (1935) as Mrs. Kaise Novak
- Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair (1952) as Birdie Hicks
- The Farmer in the Dell (1936) as Ma Boyer
- Back Street (1941) as Mrs. Smith
- And One Was Beautiful (1940) as Margaret
- The Great Man Votes (1939) as Mrs. Markham
- Wrecking Crew (1942) as Mike O'Glendy
- Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (1955) as Birdie Hicks
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Most-watched Esther Dale films currently: Swing Your Partner (1943), Walk Softly, Stranger (1950), The Women (1939), The Awful Truth (1937), North to Alaska (1960).
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Selected TV credits: Maverick (1957), Four Star Playhouse (1952), Thriller (1960), The Donna Reed Show (1958), M Squad (1957).
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