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Olive Tell

Known For
Acting

Known Credits
40

Gender
Female

Birthday
September 27, 1894 (131 years old)

Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA

Olive Tell

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 National 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.

Known For

Acting

1937Under Southern Starsas Mrs. Jackson
1936Polo Joeas Mrs. Hilton
1936Yours for the Askingas Society Woman (uncredited)
1936Brilliant Marriageas Mrs. Jane Taylor
1935Shanghaias Mrs. Hilton
1935Four Hours to Kill!as Mrs. Madison
1934Baby Take a Bowas Mrs. Carson
1934The Scarlet Empressas Princess Johanna Elizabeth
1934The Witching Houras Mrs. Helen Thorne
1933Strictly Personalas Mrs. Laura Castleton
1932False Facesas Mrs. Day
1931Deliciousas Mrs. Van Bergh
1931Devotionas Mrs. Trent
1931Ladies' Manas Mrs. Fendley
1931Woman Hungryas Betty Temple
1931Ten Cents a Danceas Mrs. Carlton
1930The Right of Wayas Kathleen
1930Lawful Larcenyas Vivan Hepburn
1930Cock o' the Walkas Rosa Vallejo
1929The Very Ideaas Marion Green
1929Hearts in Exileas Annna Reskova
1929The Trial of Mary Duganas Mrs. Gertrude Rice
1928Soft Livingas Mrs. Rodney S. Bowen
1928Sailors' Wivesas Careth Lindsey
1927Slaves of Beautyas Anastasia Jones
1926Summer Bachelorsas Mrs. Preston Smith
1926The Prince of Temptersas Duchess of Chatsfield
1925Womanhandledas Lucy Chatham
1925Chickieas Ila Moore
1921Worlds Apartas Elinor Ashe
1920Clothesas Olivia Sherwood
1920Wings of Prideas Olive Muir
1920A Woman's Businessas Barbara
1920Love Without Questionas Katherine
1919The Trapas The Schoolteacher Heroine
1918Secret Stringsas Janet Newell
1918To Hell with the Kaiser!as Alice Monroe
1917National Red Cross Pageantas Louvain - Flemish episode
1917The Unforseenas Margaret Fielding
1917The Silent Masteras Miss Virginia Arlen

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