Olive Tell

Olive Tell

Known for

Acting

Born

September 27, 1894

Birthplace

New York City, New York, USA

Died

June 6, 1951 (aged 56)

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...

Best known work

The Scarlet Empress
The Scarlet Empress
1934
Baby Take a Bow
Baby Take a Bow
1934
Ten Cents a Dance
Ten Cents a Dance
1931
Ladies' Man
Ladies' Man
1931
Four Hours to Kill!
Four Hours to Kill!
1935
The Right of Way
The Right of Way
1930
Devotion
Devotion
1931
Cock o' the Walk
Cock o' the Walk
1930
False Faces
False Faces
1932
The Trial of Mary Dugan
The Trial of Mary Dugan
1929

Filmography

  1. 1937

    Under Southern Stars

    as Mrs. Jackson

  2. 1936

    Polo Joe

    as Mrs. Hilton

  3. 1936

    Yours for the Asking

    as Society Woman (uncredited)

  4. 1936

    Brilliant Marriage

    as Mrs. Jane Taylor

  5. 1935

    Shanghai

    as Mrs. Hilton

  6. 1935

    Four Hours to Kill!

    as Mrs. Madison

  7. 1934

    Baby Take a Bow

    as Mrs. Carson

  8. 1934

    The Scarlet Empress

    as Princess Johanna Elizabeth

  9. 1934

    The Witching Hour

    as Mrs. Helen Thorne

  10. 1933

    Strictly Personal

    as Mrs. Laura Castleton

  11. 1932

    False Faces

    as Mrs. Day

  12. 1931

    Delicious

    as Mrs. Van Bergh

  13. 1931

    Devotion

    as Mrs. Trent

  14. 1931

    Ladies' Man

    as Mrs. Fendley

  15. 1931

    Woman Hungry

    as Betty Temple

  16. 1931

    Ten Cents a Dance

    as Mrs. Carlton

  17. 1930

    The Right of Way

    as Kathleen

  18. 1930

    Lawful Larceny

    as Vivan Hepburn

  19. 1930

    Cock o' the Walk

    as Rosa Vallejo

  20. 1929

    The Very Idea

    as Marion Green

  21. 1929

    Hearts in Exile

    as Annna Reskova

  22. 1929

    The Trial of Mary Dugan

    as Mrs. Gertrude Rice

  23. 1928

    Soft Living

    as Mrs. Rodney S. Bowen

  24. 1928

    Sailors' Wives

    as Careth Lindsey

  25. 1927

    Slaves of Beauty

    as Anastasia Jones

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