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Esther Dale
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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.
As actor
North to Alaska
The Sound and the Fury
The Oklahoman
Betrayed Women
Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
A Tale of Two Cities
Monkey Business
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
Too Young to Kiss
On Moonlight Bay
No Man of Her Own
Walk Softly, Stranger
Surrender
Holiday Affair
Ma and Pa Kettle
A Song Is Born
The Unfinished Dance
The Egg and I
A Stolen Life
My Reputation
Margie
Smoky
Bedside Manner
Behind City Lights
On Stage Everybody
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Murder in Times Square
The North Star
Old Acquaintance
Swing Your Partner