Classic Movie Hub
OK
Films
By Genres
By Awards
By Topics
By Decades
Stars
Actors
Actresses
Directors
Producers
Books
All
Books
Magazines
Plays
Biographies
Newspapers
Other
Quotes
By Topic
By Person
By Film
Facts
Facts By Person
Facts By Film
Astrological Signs
Birth Locations
Death Locations
Knights & Dames
Military Service
National Film Registry
Radio Hall of Fame
TV Hall of Fame
More Topics
Walk of Fame
All
Hollywood Blvd.
Vine St.
Grauman's
All
Actors
Actresses
Directors
Producers
Events
All
Blogathons
Film Festivals
Movies & Screenings
TCM/Fathom Events Movies
TCM Party
Tours
Other
Travel
All
Homes
Museums
Statues
Sites
Studios
Other
Charts
All Charts
Top 100 All Time Movies
Top 100 Movies by Genre
Top 100 Movies by Decade
Top Movies by Topic
Birthdays
Db
Birth Dates
Death Dates
Visit the CMH Blog
Esther Dale
> Filmography
Filmography (Films and Roles) of
:
Convicted Woman
Director:
Nick Grinde
Role:
Chief Matron Brackett
Convicted Woman
(as Chief Matron Brackett)
A Letter from Bataan
Director:
William H. Pine
Role:
Mrs. Jackson
A Letter from Bataan
(as Mrs. Jackson)
Crime Without Passion
1934
Director:
Ben Hecht
Role:
Miss Keeley
Crime Without Passio...
(as Miss Keeley)
Private Worlds
1935
Director:
Gregory La Cava
Role:
Matron
Private Worlds
(as Matron)
Curly Top
1935
Director:
Irving Cummings
Role:
Aunt Genevieve Graham
Curly Top
(as Aunt Genevieve Graham)
I Dream Too Much
1935
Director:
John Cromwell
Role:
Mrs. Dilley
I Dream Too Much
(as Mrs. Dilley)
The Wedding Night
1935
Director:
King Vidor
Role:
Mrs. Kaise Novak
The Wedding Night
(as Mrs. Kaise Novak)
I Live My Life
1935
Director:
W.S. Van Dyke
Role:
Brumbaugh, Mrs. Gage's Housekeeper
I Live My Life
(as Brumbaugh, Mrs. Gage's H...)
Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935
Director:
William K. Howard
Role:
Kate
Mary Burns, Fugitive
(as Kate)
The Great Impersonation
1935
Director:
Alan Crosland
Role:
Mrs. Unthank
The Great Impersonat...
(as Mrs. Unthank)
Timothy's Quest
1936
Director:
Charles Barton
Role:
Hitty Tarbox
Timothy's Quest
(as Hitty Tarbox)
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
1936
Director:
William A. Seiter
Role:
Matilda
The Case Against Mrs...
(as Matilda)
Fury
1936
Director:
Fritz Lang
Role:
Mrs. Whipple
Fury
(as Mrs. Whipple)
Magnificent Brute
1936
Director:
John G. Blystone
Role:
Mrs. Randolph
Magnificent Brute
(as Mrs. Randolph)
Lady of Secrets
1936
Director:
Marion Gering
Role:
Miss Eccles
Lady of Secrets
(as Miss Eccles)
Dead End
1937
Director:
William Wyler
Role:
Mrs. Fenner
Dead End
(as Mrs. Fenner)
Wild Money
1937
Director:
Louis King
Role:
Jenny Hawkins
Wild Money
(as Jenny Hawkins)
The Awful Truth
1937
Director:
Leo McCarey
Role:
Mrs. Leeson
The Awful Truth
(as Mrs. Leeson)
Easy Living
1937
Director:
Mitchell Leisen
Role:
Lillian
Easy Living
(as Lillian)
Of Human Hearts
1938
Director:
Clarence Brown
Role:
Mrs. Cantwell
Of Human Hearts
(as Mrs. Cantwell)
Dramatic School
1938
Director:
Robert B. Sinclair
Role:
Forewoman in Factory
Dramatic School
(as Forewoman in Factory)
Prison Farm
1938
Director:
Louis King
Role:
Cora Waxley
Prison Farm
(as Cora Waxley)
Sergeant Madden
1939
Director:
Josef von Sternberg
Role:
Mrs. McGillivray
Sergeant Madden
(as Mrs. McGillivray)
6,000 Enemies
1939
Director:
George B. Seitz
Role:
Prison Matron
6,000 Enemies
(as Prison Matron)
Tell No Tales
1939
Director:
Leslie Fenton
Role:
Mrs. Haskins
Tell No Tales
(as Mrs. Haskins)
Broadway Serenade
1939
Director:
Robert Z. Leonard
Role:
Mrs. Olsen, the Landlady
Broadway Serenade
(as Mrs. Olsen, the Landlady)
Made for Each Other
1939
Director:
John Cromwell
Role:
Annie
Made for Each Other
(as Annie)
Blackmail
1939
Director:
H.C. Potter
Role:
Sarah
Blackmail
(as Sarah)
Bad Little Angel
1939
Director:
Wilhelm Thiele
Role:
Miss Brown, Orphanage Secretary
Bad Little Angel
(as Miss Brown, Orphanage Se...)
The Great Man Votes
1939
Director:
Garson Kanin
Role:
Miss Markham, the School Principal
The Great Man Votes
(as Miss Markham, the School...)
The Women
1939
Director:
George Cukor
Role:
Ingrid
The Women
(as Ingrid)
Blondie Has Servant Trouble
1940
Director:
Frank R. Strayer
Role:
Anna Vaughn
Blondie Has Servant ...
(as Anna Vaughn)
Village Barn Dance
1940
Director:
Frank McDonald
Role:
Minerva Withers
Village Barn Dance
(as Minerva Withers)
Opened by Mistake
1940
Director:
George Archainbaud
Role:
Mrs. DeBorest
Opened by Mistake
(as Mrs. DeBorest)
Arise, My Love
1940
Director:
Mitchell Leisen
Role:
Susie
Arise, My Love
(as Susie)
Swanee River
1940
Director:
Sidney Lanfield
Role:
Temperance Woman
Swanee River
(as Temperance Woman)
The Mortal Storm
1940
Director:
Frank Borzage
Role:
Marta
The Mortal Storm
(as Marta)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
Director:
John Cromwell
Role:
Lincoln's Cook
Abe Lincoln in Illin...
(as Lincoln's Cook)
Forty Little Mothers
1940
Director:
Busby Berkeley
Role:
Mrs. Mason
Forty Little Mothers
(as Mrs. Mason)
And One Was Beautiful
1940
Director:
Robert B. Sinclair
Role:
Margaret
And One Was Beautifu...
(as Margaret)
Women Without Names
1940
Director:
Robert Florey
Role:
Head Matron Ingles
Women Without Names
(as Head Matron Ingles)
Laddie
1940
Director:
Jack Hively
Role:
Sarah, the Housekeeper
Laddie
(as Sarah, the Housekeeper)
Cross-Country Romance
1940
Director:
Frank Woodruff
Role:
Mrs. McGillicuddy
Cross-Country Romanc...
(as Mrs. McGillicuddy)
Untamed
1940
Director:
George Archainbaud
Role:
Mrs. Smith
Untamed
(as Mrs. Smith)
Unfinished Business
1941
Director:
Gregory La Cava
Role:
Aunt Mathilda
Unfinished Business
(as Aunt Mathilda)
Back Street
1941
Director:
Robert Stevenson
Role:
Mrs. Smith
Back Street
(as Mrs. Smith)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
1941
Director:
Alfred Hitchcock
Role:
Mrs. Krausheimer
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
(as Mrs. Krausheimer)
All-American Co-Ed
1941
Director:
LeRoy Prinz
Role:
Aunt Matilda Collinge
All-American Co-Ed
(as Aunt Matilda Collinge)
There's Magic in Music
1941
Director:
Andrew L. Stone
Role:
Miss Clark
There's Magic in Mus...
(as Miss Clark)
What's Cookin'?
1942
Director:
Edward F. Cline
Role:
Mrs. Murphy
What's Cookin'?
(as Mrs. Murphy)
Maisie Gets Her Man
1942
Director:
Roy Del Ruth
Role:
Mrs. Myra McIntyre, Elsie's Mother
Maisie Gets Her Man
(as Mrs. Myra McIntyre, Elsi...)
You're Telling Me
1942
Director:
Charles Lamont
Role:
Aunt Fannie Handley
You're Telling Me
(as Aunt Fannie Handley)
Wrecking Crew
1942
Director:
Frank McDonald
Role:
Mike O'Glendy
Wrecking Crew
(as Mike O'Glendy)
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942
Director:
Henry Hathaway
Role:
Mrs. Thompson
Ten Gentlemen from W...
(as Mrs. Thompson)
Blondie
1942
Director:
Frank R. Strayer
Role:
Mrs. Carrie Dill, the Landlady
Blondie
(as Mrs. Carrie Dill, the La...)
Blondie Goes to College
1942
Director:
Frank R. Strayer
Role:
Mrs. Carrie Dill, the Landlady
Blondie Goes to Coll...
(as Mrs. Carrie Dill, the La...)
I Married an Angel
1942
Director:
W.S. Van Dyke
Role:
Mrs. Adolph Gherkin
I Married an Angel
(as Mrs. Adolph Gherkin)
Paramount Victory Short No. T2-1: A Letter from Bataan
1942
Director:
William H. Pine
Role:
Mrs. Jackson
Paramount Victory Sh...
(as Mrs. Jackson)
The North Star
1943
Director:
Lewis Milestone
Role:
Anna
The North Star
(as Anna)
Swing Your Partner
1943
Director:
Frank McDonald
Role:
Caroline Bird, aka Anna Robbins
Swing Your Partner
(as Caroline Bird, aka Anna ...)
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
Director:
Bruce Manning
Role:
Lucy
The Amazing Mrs. Hol...
(as Lucy)
Old Acquaintance
1943
Director:
Vincent Sherman
Role:
Harriet
Old Acquaintance
(as Harriet)
Hello Frisco, Hello
1943
Director:
H. Bruce Humberstone
Role:
Aunt Harriet
Hello Frisco, Hello
(as Aunt Harriet)
Her Favorite Patient
1945
Director:
Andrew L. Stone
Role:
Martha Gravitt
Her Favorite Patient
(as Martha Gravitt)
Out of This World
1945
Director:
Hal Walker
Role:
Abbie Pringle
Out of This World
(as Abbie Pringle)
On Stage Everybody
1945
Director:
Jean Yarbrough
Role:
Ma Cassidy
On Stage Everybody
(as Ma Cassidy)
Behind City Lights
1945
Director:
John English
Role:
Sarah Lowell
Behind City Lights
(as Sarah Lowell)
My Reputation
1946
Director:
Curtis Bernhardt
Role:
Anna
My Reputation
(as Anna)
A Stolen Life
1946
Director:
Curtis Bernhardt
Role:
Mrs. Johnson
A Stolen Life
(as Mrs. Johnson)
The Egg and I
1947
Director:
Chester Erskine
Role:
Birdie Hicks
The Egg and I
(as Birdie Hicks)
The Unfinished Dance
1947
Director:
Henry Koster
Role:
Olga
The Unfinished Dance
(as Olga)
A Song Is Born
1948
Director:
Howard Hawks
Role:
Miss Bragg
A Song Is Born
(as Miss Bragg)
Holiday Affair
1949
Director:
Don Hartman
Role:
Mrs. Ennis
Holiday Affair
(as Mrs. Ennis)
Ma and Pa Kettle
1949
Director:
Charles Lamont
Role:
Mrs. Birdie Hicks
Ma and Pa Kettle
(as Mrs. Birdie Hicks)
Walk Softly, Stranger
1950
Director:
Robert Stevenson
Role:
Miss Thompson
Walk Softly, Strange...
(as Miss Thompson)
No Man of Her Own (1950)
1950
Director:
Mitchell Leisen
Role:
Josie
No Man of Her Own (1...
(as Josie)
Too Young to Kiss
1951
Director:
Robert Z. Leonard
Role:
Mrs. Boykin
Too Young to Kiss
(as Mrs. Boykin)
On Moonlight Bay
1951
Director:
Roy Del Ruth
Role:
Aunt Martha Robertson
On Moonlight Bay
(as Aunt Martha Robertson)
Monkey Business
1952
Director:
Howard Hawks
Role:
Mrs. Rhinelander
Monkey Business
(as Mrs. Rhinelander)
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
1952
Director:
Charles Barton
Role:
Birdie Hicks
Ma and Pa Kettle at ...
(as Birdie Hicks)
Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
1955
Director:
Lee Sholem
Role:
Birdie Hicks
Ma and Pa Kettle at ...
(as Birdie Hicks)
The Sound and the Fury
1959
Director:
Martin Ritt
Role:
Mrs. Maud Mansfield
The Sound and the Fu...
(as Mrs. Maud Mansfield)
North to Alaska
1960
Director:
Henry Hathaway
Role:
Woman at Picnic
North to Alaska
(as Woman at Picnic)