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Olive Tell

Olive Tell

Known For Acting
Birthday Sep 27, 1894
Died Jun 06, 1951 (56)
Birthplace New York City, New York, USA
Popularity 0.1 (history)
Updated Apr 13, 2024 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

From Wikipedia Olive Tell (September 27, 1894 – June 6, 1951) was a stage and screen actress from New York City. She first appeared in motion pictures during World War I. Her early screen roles were in silent films like The Silent Master (1917), The Unforeseen (1917), Her Sister (1917), and Nation ... al Red Cross Pageant (1917). Tell appeared opposite such popular film actors of the era as Donald Gallaher, Karl Dane, Ann Little, Rod La Rocque, Ethel Barrymore and a young Tallulah Bankhead. Tell married First National Pictures movie producer Henry M. Hobart in 1926. Her first husband was killed in World War I. Hobart and Tell moved to California in 1926 and stayed in Hollywood for twelve years. Her final screen credits came in the late 1930s. She performed in In His Steps (1936), Polo Joe (1936) with Joe E. Brown, Easy To Take (1936), and Under Southern Stars (1937). Tell's final screen appearance was in the George Cukor directed drama Zaza (1939), starring Claudette Colbert. Olive Tell died in Bellevue Hospital in 1951 after suffering a fractured skull at the Dryden Hotel, 150 East Thirty-Ninth Street, New York City, where she resided. She was fifty-six years old.

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Under Southern Stars

Under Southern Stars

1937

as Mrs. Jackson

Brilliant Marriage

Brilliant Marriage

1936

as Mrs. Jane Taylor

Polo Joe

Polo Joe

1936

as Mrs. Hilton

Shanghai

Shanghai

1935

as Mrs. Hilton

Four Hours to Kill!

Four Hours to Kill!

1935

as Mrs. Madison

The Witching Hour

The Witching Hour

1934

as Mrs. Helen Thorne

The Scarlet Empress

The Scarlet Empress

1934

as Princess Johanna Elizabeth

Baby Take a Bow

Baby Take a Bow

1934

as Mrs. Carson

Strictly Personal

Strictly Personal

1933

as Mrs. Laura Castleton

False Faces

False Faces

1932

as Mrs. Day

Ladies' Man

Ladies' Man

1931

as Mrs. Fendley

Woman Hungry

Woman Hungry

1931

as Betty Temple

Ten Cents a Dance

Ten Cents a Dance

1931

as Mrs. Carlton

Delicious

Delicious

1931

as Mrs. Van Bergh

Devotion

Devotion

1931

as Mrs. Trent

Lawful Larceny

Lawful Larceny

1930

as Vivan Hepburn

Cock o' the Walk

Cock o' the Walk

1930

as Rosa Vallejo

The Right of Way

The Right of Way

1930

as Kathleen

The Very Idea

The Very Idea

1929

as Marion Green

Hearts in Exile

Hearts in Exile

1929

as Annna Reskova

The Trial of Mary Dugan

The Trial of Mary Dugan

1929

as Mrs. Gertrude Rice

Sailors' Wives

Sailors' Wives

1928

as Careth Lindsey

Soft Living

Soft Living

1928

as Mrs. Rodney S. Bowen

Slaves of Beauty

Slaves of Beauty

1927

as Anastasia Jones

The Prince of Tempters

The Prince of Tempters

1926

as Duchess of Chatsfield

Summer Bachelors

Summer Bachelors

1926

as Mrs. Preston Smith

Womanhandled

Womanhandled

1925

as Lucy Chatham

Wings of Pride

Wings of Pride

1920

as Olive Muir

Love Without Question

Love Without Question

1920

as Katherine

The Trap

The Trap

1919

as The Schoolteacher Heroine

Secret Strings

Secret Strings

1918

as Janet Newell

The Unforseen

The Unforseen

1917

as Margaret Fielding

The Silent Master

The Silent Master

1917

as Miss Virginia Arlen

National Red Cross Pageant

National Red Cross Pageant

1917

as Louvain - Flemish episode

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