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Olive Tell

Acting

1.7 Popularity Sep 27, 1894 (56 years old) 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 Nati...

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.

Filmography 38

1937
Under Southern Stars Movie

as Mrs. Jackson

1936
Polo Joe Movie

as Mrs. Hilton

1936
Yours for the Asking Movie

as Society Woman (uncredited)

1936
Brilliant Marriage Movie

as Mrs. Jane Taylor

1935
Shanghai Movie

as Mrs. Hilton

1935
Four Hours to Kill! Movie

as Mrs. Madison

1934
Baby Take a Bow Movie

as Mrs. Carson

1934
The Scarlet Empress Movie

as Princess Johanna Elizabeth

1934
The Witching Hour Movie

as Mrs. Helen Thorne

1933
Strictly Personal Movie

as Mrs. Laura Castleton

1932
False Faces Movie

as Mrs. Day

1931
Delicious Movie

as Mrs. Van Bergh

1931
Devotion Movie

as Mrs. Trent

1931
Ladies' Man Movie

as Mrs. Fendley

1931
Woman Hungry Movie

as Betty Temple

1931
Ten Cents a Dance Movie

as Mrs. Carlton

1930
The Right of Way Movie

as Kathleen

1930
Lawful Larceny Movie

as Vivan Hepburn

1930
Cock o' the Walk Movie

as Rosa Vallejo

1929
The Very Idea Movie

as Marion Green

Photos 2

Olive Tell Photo
Olive Tell Photo

Personal Details

Known For Acting
Gender Female
Birthday September 27, 1894 (56 years old)
Died June 06, 1951
Place of Birth New York City, New York, USA
Years Active 1917 - 1937
Popularity 1.7
Career Stats
38 Total Credits
38 Movie Roles
2 Photos