Known For
Acting
Known Credits
40
Gender
Female
Birthday
September 27, 1894 (131 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
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.
| 1937 | Under Southern Starsas Mrs. Jackson | |
| 1936 | Polo Joeas Mrs. Hilton | |
| 1936 | Yours for the Askingas Society Woman (uncredited) | |
| 1936 | Brilliant Marriageas Mrs. Jane Taylor | |
| 1935 | Shanghaias Mrs. Hilton | |
| 1935 | Four Hours to Kill!as Mrs. Madison | |
| 1934 | Baby Take a Bowas Mrs. Carson | |
| 1934 | The Scarlet Empressas Princess Johanna Elizabeth | |
| 1934 | The Witching Houras Mrs. Helen Thorne | |
| 1933 | Strictly Personalas Mrs. Laura Castleton | |
| 1932 | False Facesas Mrs. Day | |
| 1931 | Deliciousas Mrs. Van Bergh | |
| 1931 | Devotionas Mrs. Trent | |
| 1931 | Ladies' Manas Mrs. Fendley | |
| 1931 | Woman Hungryas Betty Temple | |
| 1931 | Ten Cents a Danceas Mrs. Carlton | |
| 1930 | The Right of Wayas Kathleen | |
| 1930 | Lawful Larcenyas Vivan Hepburn | |
| 1930 | Cock o' the Walkas Rosa Vallejo | |
| 1929 | The Very Ideaas Marion Green | |
| 1929 | Hearts in Exileas Annna Reskova | |
| 1929 | The Trial of Mary Duganas Mrs. Gertrude Rice | |
| 1928 | Soft Livingas Mrs. Rodney S. Bowen | |
| 1928 | Sailors' Wivesas Careth Lindsey | |
| 1927 | Slaves of Beautyas Anastasia Jones | |
| 1926 | Summer Bachelorsas Mrs. Preston Smith | |
| 1926 | The Prince of Temptersas Duchess of Chatsfield | |
| 1925 | Womanhandledas Lucy Chatham | |
| 1925 | Chickieas Ila Moore | |
| 1921 | Worlds Apartas Elinor Ashe | |
| 1920 | Clothesas Olivia Sherwood | |
| 1920 | Wings of Prideas Olive Muir | |
| 1920 | A Woman's Businessas Barbara | |
| 1920 | Love Without Questionas Katherine | |
| 1919 | The Trapas The Schoolteacher Heroine | |
| 1918 | Secret Stringsas Janet Newell | |
| 1918 | To Hell with the Kaiser!as Alice Monroe | |
| 1917 | National Red Cross Pageantas Louvain - Flemish episode | |
| 1917 | The Unforseenas Margaret Fielding | |
| 1917 | The Silent Masteras Miss Virginia Arlen |