Esther Dale (November 10, 1885 – July 23, 1961) was an American actress of the stage and screen.

Early years

Dale was born in

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. She attended Leland and Gray Seminary in

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. In

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, she studied music and enjoyed a successful career as a singer of ''

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'' on the concert stage. Her singing career included appearances with the

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and the

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. At one point, Dale was head of Smith College's vocal department.

Stage

In America, Dale transferred to the acting stage and cultivated a career as an actress in

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. She 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).

Film

Dale's first film was ''

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'' (1934) in an uncredited role. She played Birdie Hicks in the

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films ''

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'' (1947), ''

'' (1949), ''

Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair ''Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair'' is a 1952 American comedy film directed by Charles Barton. It is the fourth installment of Universal-International's ''Ma and Pa Kettle'' series starring Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride. Plot Ma and Pa Kettl ...

'' (1952), and ''

Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki ''Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki'' is a 1955 American comedy film directed by Lee Sholem. It is the seventh installment of Universal-International's ''Ma and Pa Kettle'' series starring Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride in his final starring role. Pl ...

'' (1955).

Television

Dale played many roles in television over the years. In 1957, she appeared in the 1957 ''

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'' episode " According to Hoyle" opposite

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. That same year, she guest-starred in the TV Western series ''

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'', playing Grandma Birch, in the episode “The Julie Gage Story”. In the 1958-1959 season of ''

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'', Dale played a job-seeking housekeeper who is frightened from the Stone home by Jeff Stone's pet mouse.

Death

Dale died in the summer of 1961 following surgery in Queen of Angels Hospital in Hollywood. Her husband, writer-director Arthur J. Beckhard, had died four months earlier.

Partial filmography

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'' (1934) as Miss Keeley (uncredited) * ''

The Wedding Night ''The Wedding Night'' is a 1935 American romantic drama film directed by King Vidor and starring Gary Cooper and Anna Sten. Written by Edith Fitzgerald and based on a story by Edwin H. Knopf, the film is about a financially strapped novelist who ...

'' (1935) as Mrs. Kaise Novak * ''

Private Worlds ''Private Worlds'' is a 1935 dramatic film which tells the story of the staff and patients at a mental hospital and the chief of the hospital, who has problems dealing with a female psychiatrist. The film stars Claudette Colbert, Charles Boyer, ...

'' (1935) as Matron * ''

Curly Top Curly Top is a 1935 American musical romantic comedy film starring Shirley Temple, John Boles and Rochelle Hudson. Plot A bachelor wants to adopt an orphan, but she refuses to leave behind her older sister, so he adopts them both. The man even ...

'' (1935) as Aunt Genevieve Graham * ''

I Live My Life ''I Live My Life'' is a 1935 American comedy-drama film starring Joan Crawford, Brian Aherne, and Frank Morgan, and is based on the story "Claustrophobia" by A. Carter Goodloe. Plot summary Kay Bentley (Joan Crawford), a bored socialite seeks a ...

'' (1935) as Brumbaugh, Mrs. Gage's Housekeeper * ''

Mary Burns, Fugitive ''Mary Burns, Fugitive'' is a 1935 American drama film directed by William K. Howard. Sylvia Sidney plays a small-town coffee-shop owner who falls for a gangster, ends up in prison and then released in a scheme to trap him. Plot Mary Burns (S ...

'' (1935) as Kate * '' In Old Kentucky'' (1935) as Dolly Breckenridge * '' I Dream Too Much'' (1935) as Mrs. Dilley (uncredited) * '' The Great Impersonation'' (1935) as Mrs. Unthank * ''

Timothy's Quest ''Timothy's Quest'' is a 1922 American silent drama film produced by Dirigo Films and distributed by American Releasing. It was directed by Sidney Olcott based on a story written by Kate Douglas Wiggin and starred the child actor Joseph Depew. ...

'' (1936) as Hitty Tarbox * ''

Lady of Secrets ''Lady of Secrets'' is a 1936 American drama film directed by Marion Gering and starring Ruth Chatterton, Otto Kruger and Lionel Atwill.Monaco p.111 Plot Celia Whittaker, a reclusive socialite who has long eschewed romantic opportunities, learns ...

'' (1936) as Miss Eccles * ''

The Farmer in the Dell "The Farmer in the Dell" is a singing game, nursery rhyme, and children's song. It probably originated in Germany and was brought to America by immigrants.I. Opie and P. Opie, ''The Singing Game'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1985), pp. 183� ...

'' (1936) as Louella 'Ma' Boyer * ''

The Case Against Mrs. Ames ''The Case Against Mrs. Ames'' is a 1936 mystery-drama film written by C. Graham Baker and Gene Towne based on a serial of the same name by Arthur Somers Roche originally published in ''Collier's Weekly'' magazine in 1934, and then as a novel ...

'' (1936) as Matilda * '' Fury'' (1936) as Mrs. Whipple * ''

Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood Boulevard is a major east–west street in Los Angeles, California. It begins in the east at Sunset Boulevard in the Los Feliz district and proceeds to the west as a major thoroughfare through Little Armenia and Thai Town, Hollywoo ...

'' (1936) as Martha * '' The Magnificent Brute'' (1936) as Mrs. Randolph (uncredited) * '' Outcast'' (1937) as Hattie Simmerson * ''

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'' (1937) as Mrs. Dupont * '' Easy Living'' (1937) as Lillian * ''

Wild Money ''Wild Money'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Louis King and written by Paul Gallico, Edward T. Lowe, Jr., Marguerite Roberts and Eddie Welch. The film stars Edward Everett Horton, Louise Campbell, Lynne Overman, Lucien Littlefield, ...

'' (1937) as Jenny Hawkins * ''

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'' (1937) as Mrs. Fenner * '' On Such a Night'' (1937) as Miss Belinda Fentridge * ''

The Awful Truth ''The Awful Truth'' is a 1937 American screwball comedy film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant. Based on the 1923 play ''The Awful Truth'' by Arthur Richman, the film recounts how a distrustful rich couple begins d ...

'' (1937) as Mrs. Leeson * ''

Of Human Hearts ''Of Human Hearts'' is a 1938 American drama film directed by Clarence Brown and starring Walter Huston, James Stewart and Beulah Bondi. Stewart plays a proud and ungrateful son who rebels against his preacher father and (after his father's de ...

'' (1938) as Mrs. Cantwell (uncredited) * ''

Condemned Women ''Condemned Women'' is a 1938 American drama film directed by Lew Landers and written by Lionel Houser. The film stars Sally Eilers, Louis Hayward, Anne Shirley, Esther Dale and Lee Patrick. The film was released on March 18, 1938. Plot Linda ...

'' (1938) as Mrs. Clara Glover, Head Matron * '' Stolen Heaven'' (1938) as Lieschen * ''

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'' (1938) as Cora Waxley * ''

Girls on Probation ''Girls on Probation'' is a 1938 American crime film directed by William C. McGann and written by Crane Wilbur. The film stars Jane Bryan, Ronald Reagan, Anthony Averill, Sheila Bromley, Henry O'Neill and Elisabeth Risdon. The film was relea ...

'' (1938) as Nrs, Engstrom (uncredited) * '' Dramatic School'' (1938) as Forewoman in Factory (uncredited) * ''

The Great Man Votes ''The Great Man Votes'' is a 1939 American drama film starring John Barrymore as a widowed professor turned drunkard who has the deciding vote in an election for mayor. It was based on the short story of the same name by Gordon Malherbe Hillman p ...

'' (1939) as Ms. Markham (uncredited) * '' Made for Each Other'' (1939) as Annie, Cook #1 (uncredited) * ''

Sergeant Madden ''Sergeant Madden'' is a 1939 film noir forerunner directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Wallace Beery. The supporting cast in this dark police crime drama, noted for its imaginative and evocative cinematography, includes Tom Brown, Lara ...

'' (1939) as Mrs. McGillivray (uncredited) * ''

Broadway Serenade ''Broadway Serenade'' (also known as ''Serenade'') is a 1939 musical drama film distributed by MGM, produced and directed by Robert Z. Leonard. The screenplay was written by Charles Lederer, based on a story by Lew Lipton, John Taintor Foote an ...

'' (1939) as Mrs. Olsen * ''

Big Town Czar ''Big Town Czar'' is a 1939 American mystery film directed by Arthur Lubin starring Barton MacLane and Tom Brown. Plot New York City newspaper columnist Ed Sullivan relates the story of crime boss Phil Daley's rise and fall. To the disappointmen ...

'' (1939) as Ma Daley * ''

Tell No Tales ''Tell No Tales'' is the third studio album by the Norwegian hard rock band TNT. It was the best-selling TNT album in the U.S., according to their bass guitarist Morty Black. This album diverted from the power metal style of '' Knights of the ...

'' (1939) as Mrs. Haskins * '' 6,000 Enemies'' (1939) as Matron * '' The Women'' (1939) as Ingrid (uncredited) * ''

Blackmail Blackmail is an act of coercion using the threat of revealing or publicizing either substantially true or false information about a person or people unless certain demands are met. It is often damaging information, and it may be revealed to fa ...

'' (1939) as Sarah * ''

Bad Little Angel ''Bad Little Angel'' is a 1939 inspirational drama film starring Virginia Weidler as an orphan named Patsy Sanderson, living in America around 1900. The film was based on the story "Looking After Sandy" by Margaret Turnbull. Plot Treated with c ...

'' (1939) as Miss Brown, Orphanage Secretary (uncredited) * '' A Child Is Born'' (1939) as Prison Matron (uncredited) * '' Swanee River'' (1939) as Temperance Woman * '' Laddie'' (1940) as Sarah, the Housekeeper * '' Abe Lincoln in Illinois'' (1940) as Lincoln's Cook (uncredited) * ''

Village Barn Dance ''Village Barn Dance'' is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Frank McDonald, written by Dorrell McGowan and Stuart E. McGowan, and starring Richard Cromwell, Doris Day, George Barbier, Esther Dale, Robert Baldwin and Andrew Tombes. It was r ...

'' (1940) as Minerva Withers * ''

Convicted Woman ''Convicted Woman'' is a 1940 crime film starring Rochelle Hudson and directed by Nick Grinde Nick Grinde (January 12, 1893 – June 19, 1979) was an American film director and screenwriter. He directed 57 films between 1928 and 1945. Bi ...

'' (1940) as Chief Matron Brackett * ''

Women Without Names ''Women Without Names'' is a 1940 American drama film directed by Robert Florey. Plot Cast * Ellen Drew as Joyce King * Robert Paige as Fred MacNeil * Judith Barrett as Peggy Athens * John Miljan as District Attorney John Marlin * ...

'' (1940) as Head Matron Ingles * ''

And One Was Beautiful ''And One Was Beautiful'' is a 1940 romantic drama film directed by Robert B. Sinclair and starring Robert Cummings, Laraine Day, and Jean Muir. It is based on the story of the same name by Alice Duer Miller. Two sisters are attracted to a rich p ...

'' (1940) as Margaret * ''

Forty Little Mothers ''Forty Little Mothers'' is a 1940 American comedy-drama film directed by Busby Berkeley and starring Eddie Cantor. Plot Out-of-work professor Gilbert Jordan Thompson stops a suicidal stranger named Marian Edwards from jumping off a pier and he ...

'' (1940) as Mrs. Mason, Landlady (uncredited) * ''

Opened by Mistake ''Opened by Mistake'' is a 1940 film starring Charlie Ruggles and Janice Logan. Plot Journalist buddies Jimmie Daniels and Buzz Nelson have decided to spend their vacation together at the Latonia horse race track on Yucatán, Mexico. Their plans ...

'' (1940) as Mrs. Anthony DeBorest * ''

The Mortal Storm ''The Mortal Storm'' is a 1940 American drama film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.''Harrison's Reports'' film review; June 22, 1940, page 98. It was directed by Frank Borzage and stars Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart. The film shows the ...

'' (1940) as Marta * '' Untamed'' (1940) as Mrs. Smith * ''

Cross-Country Romance ''Cross-Country Romance'' is a 1940 American romantic comedy film directed by Frank Woodruff and starring Gene Raymond and Wendy Barrie. With the huge success of ''It Happened One Night'', the 1934 American romantic comedy film directed by Fran ...

'' (1940) as Mrs. McGillicuddy (uncredited) * '' Blondie Has Servant Trouble'' (1940) as Anna Vaughn * ''

Arise, My Love ''Arise, My Love'' is a 1940 American romantic comedy film directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland and Dennis O'Keefe. It was made by Paramount Pictures and written by Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett and Jacques T ...

'' (1940) as Susie * '' Mr. & Mrs. Smith'' (1941) as Mrs. Krausheimer * '' Back Street'' (1941) as Mrs. Smith * ''

The Hard-Boiled Canary ''The Hard-Boiled Canary'' is a 1941 American musical comedy film directed by Andrew L. Stone and written by Robert Lively and Andrew L. Stone. It was later reissued as ''There's Magic in Music''. The film stars Allan Jones, Susanna Foster, ...

'' (1941) as Miss Clark * '' Unfinished Business'' (1941) as Aunt Mathilda * '' Aloma of the South Seas'' (1941) as Tarusa * '' All-American Co-Ed'' (1941) as Aunt Matilda Collinge * ''

Dangerously They Live ''Dangerously They Live'' is a 1941 American World War II spy film directed by Robert Florey and starring John Garfield, Nancy Coleman and Raymond Massey. The plot concerns Nazi spies who try to pry information out of a British agent. Plot I ...

'' (1941) as Dawson * ''

Blondie Goes to College ''Blondie Goes to College'' is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Frank R. Strayer. The film is a part of the ''Blondie'' series, starring Penny Singleton in the title role. It is the tenth of twenty-eight Blondie movies starring Penny Sing ...

'' (1942) as Mrs. Carrie Dill, the Landlady (uncredited) * '' What's Cookin'?'' (1942) as Mrs. Murphy (uncredited) * '' You're Asking Me'' (1942) as Aunt Fannie Handley * ''

Ten Gentlemen from West Point ''Ten Gentlemen from West Point'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring George Montgomery, Maureen O'Hara and John Sutton. Its cinematography was nominated for an Academy Award in 1943. George Montgomery replac ...

'' (1942) as Mrs. Thompson * ''

Maisie Gets Her Man ''Maisie Gets Her Man'' is a 1942 American romance film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Ann Sothern and Red Skelton. It is the sixth of the ten-film ''Maisie'' series. Cast * Ann Sothern as Maisie Rivier * Red Skelton as Herbert P. 'Hap' H ...

'' (1942) as Mrs. Myra McIntyre, Elsie's Mother (uncredited) * ''

I Married an Angel ''I Married An Angel'' is a 1938 musical comedy by Rodgers and Hart. It was adapted from a play by Hungarian playwright János Vaszary, entitled ''Angyalt Vettem Felesegul''. The book was by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, with music by Rodge ...

'' (1942) as Mrs. Gherkin (uncredited) * '' Wrecking Crew'' (1942) as Mike O'Glendy * '' The Amazing Mrs. Holliday'' (1943) as Lucy * ''

Hello, Frisco, Hello ''Hello, Frisco, Hello'' is a 1943 American musical film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and starring Alice Faye, John Payne, Lynn Bari, and Jack Oakie. The film was made in Technicolor and released by 20th Century-Fox. This was one of the last ...

'' (1943) as Aunt Harriet (uncredited) * ''

Murder in Times Square ''Murder in Times Square'' is a 1943 American mystery film directed by Lew Landers and starring Edmund Lowe, Marguerite Chapman and John Litel.Morton & Adamson p.181-82 The film's sets were designed by the art director Lionel Banks. Plot A Br ...

'' (1943) as Longacre Lil * ''

Swing Your Partner ''Swing Your Partner'' is a 1943 American comedy film directed by Frank McDonald and written by Dorrell McGowan and Stuart E. McGowan. The film stars Myrtle Wiseman, Scotty Wiseman, Barbara Jo Allen, Dale Evans, Ransom M. Sherman and Harry Ch ...

'' (1943) as Caroline Bird, aka Anna Robbins * '' The North Star'' (1943) as Anna Kurin * ''

Old Acquaintance ''Old Acquaintance'' is a 1943 American drama film released by Warner Bros. It was directed by Vincent Sherman and produced by Henry Blanke with Jack L. Warner as executive producer. The film was adapted from a screenplay by John Van Druten, Len ...

'' (1943) as Harriet * '' Out of This World'' (1945) as Abbie Pringle (uncredited) * '' Bedside Manner'' (1945) as Martha Gravitt * ''

On Stage Everybody ''On Stage Everybody'' is a 1945 film starring Jack Oakie, Peggy Ryan, and Johnny Coy. Also appearing are Otto Kruger, Esther Dale, Milburn Stone, Wallace Ford, Julie London, and The King Sisters, who sang " Stuff Like That There", written by ...

'' (1945) as Ma Cassidy * ''

Behind City Lights ''Behind City Lights'' is a 1945 American crime film directed by John English (director), John English and written by Richard Weil and Gertrude Walker. The film stars Lynne Roberts, Peter Cookson, Jerome Cowan, Esther Dale, William Terry and Vi ...

'' (1945) as Sarah Lowell * ''

My Reputation ''My Reputation'' is a 1946 American romantic drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt. Barbara Stanwyck portrays an upper-class widow whose romance with an army officer causes trouble for her gossiping friends, domineering mother and young sons. ...

'' (1946) as Anna * '' A Stolen Life'' (1946) as Mrs. Johnson * '' Smoky'' (1946) as Mrs. 'Gram' Richards * ''

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'' (1946) as Grandma McSweeney * ''

'' (1947) as Birdie Hicks * '' The Unfinished Dance'' (1947) as Olga * ''

A Song Is Born ''A Song Is Born'' (also known as ''That's Life''), starring Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo, is a 1948 Technicolor musical film remake of Howard Hawks' 1941 movie ''Ball of Fire'' with Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck. This version was also d ...

'' (1948) as Miss Bragg * ''

'' (1949) as Mrs. Birdie Hicks * '' Anna Lucasta'' (1949) as Mrs. Polaski (uncredited) * ''

Holiday Affair ''Holiday Affair'' is a 1949 romantic comedy film directed and produced by Don Hartman and starring Robert Mitchum and Janet Leigh. It was based on the story ''Christmas Gift'' by John D. Weaver, which was also the film's working title. The film ...

'' (1949) as Mrs. Ennis * '' No Man of Her Own'' (1950) as Josie * ''

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'' (1950) as Aunt May * ''

Walk Softly, Stranger ''Walk Softly, Stranger'' is a 1950 American romantic drama film starring Joseph Cotten and Alida Valli and directed by Robert Stevenson. Also regarded by some as either or both a film noir and crime film, it tells the story of a small-time crook ...

'' (1950) as Miss Thompson * '' On Moonlight Bay'' (1951) as Aunt Martha Robertson (uncredited) * ''

Too Young to Kiss ''Too Young to Kiss'' (also ''All Too Young'') is a 1951 American comedy film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring Van Johnson and June Allyson. The film, in which the 34-year-old Allyson's Cynthia Potter masquerades as a 14-year-old child prodi ...

'' (1951) as Mrs. Boykin * ''

'' (1952) as Birdie Hicks * '' Monkey Business'' (1952) as Mrs. Rhinelander * ''

'' (1955) as Birdie Hicks * ''

Betrayed Women ''Betrayed Women'' is a 1955 American crime film directed by Edward L. Cahn and written by Steve Fisher. The film stars Carole Mathews, Beverly Michaels, Peggy Knudsen, Tom Drake, Sara Haden, John Dierkes and Esther Dale. The film was rele ...

'' (1955) as Head Matron Ballard * ''

The Oklahoman ''The Oklahoman'' is the largest daily newspaper in Oklahoma, United States, and is the only regional daily that covers the Greater Oklahoma City area. The Alliance for Audited Media (formerly Audit Bureau Circulation) lists it as the 59th larges ...

'' (1957) as Mrs. Fitzgerald * ''

The Sound and the Fury ''The Sound and the Fury'' is a novel by the American author William Faulkner. It employs several narrative styles, including stream of consciousness. Published in 1929, ''The Sound and the Fury'' was Faulkner's fourth novel, and was not immedi ...

'' (1959) as Mrs. Maud Mansfield (uncredited) * ''

North to Alaska ''North to Alaska'' is a 1960 comedic Western/Northern film directed by Henry Hathaway and John Wayne (uncredited). The picture stars Wayne along with Stewart Granger, Ernie Kovacs, Fabian, and Capucine. The script is based on the 1939 play ' ...

'' (1960) as Woman at Picnic (uncredited)

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