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Olive Tell is a Actor American born on 27 september 1894 at New York City (USA)

Olive Tell

Olive Tell
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Nationality USA
Birth 27 september 1894 at New York City (USA)
Death 6 june 1951 (at 56 years)

Olive Tell (September 27, 1894 – June 6, 1951) was a stage and screen actress from New York City.

Biography

Tell graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1915. Tell's sister, Alma Tell, was also a stage actress. The sisters began appearing in the Broadway (Manhattan) theaters at about the same time, around 1918. Olive made her New York debut in the drama Husband and Wife. At first she preferred acting in theater and detested her work on screen.

She first appeared in motion pictures during World War I. Her early screen roles were in silent films like Sidney Olcott directed comedy 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), 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.

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Filmography of Olive Tell (32 films)

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Actress

Zaza
Zaza (1938)
, 1h23
Directed by George Cukor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Claudette Colbert, Herbert Marshall, Bert Lahr, Helen Westley, Constance Collier, Genevieve Tobin
Roles Jeanne Liseron
Rating62% 3.140863.140863.140863.140863.14086
A glamorous female singer (Colbert) has an affair with a married man (Marshall).
Shanghai
Shanghai (1935)
, 1h15
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Loretta Young, Charles Boyer, Warner Oland, Alison Skipworth, Fred Keating, Charley Grapewin
Roles Mrs. Hilton
Rating60% 3.002673.002673.002673.002673.00267
Dmitri Koslov (Charles Boyer), eurasien prêt-à-tout pour réussir, s'éprend de Barbara Howard (Loretta Young).
Four Hours to Kill!, 1h10
Directed by Mitchell Leisen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Richard Barthelmess, Gertrude Michael, Helen Mack, Dorothy Tree, Roscoe Karns, Ray Milland
Roles Mrs. Madison
Rating67% 3.3750653.3750653.3750653.3750653.375065
Taft, a policeman, has fugitive murderer Tony Mako in custody and in handcuffs, two thousand miles from the prison from which Mako escaped. With four hours to kill, Taft takes his prisoner to a theater where the cop's wife, Mae, is a hostess.
The Scarlet Empress, 1h44
Directed by Josef von Sternberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Romance
Themes Politique, Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge, Sam Jaffe, Louise Dresser, C. Aubrey Smith, Gavin Gordon
Roles Princess Johanna Elizabeth
Rating74% 3.743993.743993.743993.743993.74399
Sophia Frederica (Dietrich) is the daughter of a minor German prince and an ambitious mother. She is brought to Russia by Count Alexei (Lodge) at the behest of Empress Elizabeth (Dresser) to marry her nephew, Grand Duke Peter (played as a half-wit by Jaffe in his film debut). The overbearing Elizabeth renames her Catherine and reinforces the demand the new bride issue an heir to the throne.
Baby Take a Bow, 1h16
Directed by Harry Lachman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Shirley Temple, James Dunn, Claire Trevor, Alan Dinehart, Sr., Ray Walker, Ralf Harolde
Roles Mrs. Carson
Rating63% 3.1933753.1933753.1933753.1933753.193375
After serving time in Sing Sing, Eddie Ellison marries his fiancée Kay, and eventually the two have a daughter they name Shirley. Eddie helps his friend and former convict Larry Scott, who is engaged to Shirley's dance instructor Jane, get a job as a chauffeur for his employer, factory owner Stuart Carson.
Private Scandal, 1h2
Directed by Ralph Murphy
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Zasu Pitts, Phillips Holmes, Mary Brian, Ned Sparks, Lew Cody, June Brewster
Roles Deborah Lane
Rating69% 3.458323.458323.458323.458323.45832
Strictly Personal, 1h11
Directed by Ralph Murphy
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Marjorie Rambeau, Dorothy Jordan, Eddie Quillan, Edward Ellis, Louis Calhern, Dorothy Burgess
Roles Mrs. Laura Castleton
Rating59% 2.96172.96172.96172.96172.9617
Ten Cents a Dance, 1h15
Directed by Lionel Barrymore, Richard Rosson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Dance films
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Ricardo Cortez, Monroe Owsley, Sally Blane, Blanche Friderici, Phyllis Crane
Roles Mrs. Carlton
Rating64% 3.2482553.2482553.2482553.2482553.248255
A beautiful streetwise taxi dancer named Barbara O'Neill (Barbara Stanwyck) works at a New York City dance hall called Palais de Dance. One of the dance hall's wealthy patrons, Bradley Carlton (Ricardo Cortez), comes to the hall and gives Barbara $100. Concerned about her unemployed friend and neighbor Eddie Miller (Monroe Owsley), Barbara asks Bradley to give him a job, and he agrees. That night they have dinner together.
Delicious
Delicious (1931)
, 1h46
Directed by David Butler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films
Actors Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Virginia Cherrill, El Brendel, Olive Tell, Raul Roulien
Roles Mrs. Van Bergh
Rating57% 2.859892.859892.859892.859892.85989
Heather Gordon est une jeune fille écossaise qui émigre en bateau en Amérique, et se retrouve avec un groupe de musiciens hétéroclites à Manhattan.
Ladies' Man, 1h10
Directed by Lothar Mendes
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors William Powell, Kay Francis, Carole Lombard, Gilbert Emery, Olive Tell, John Holland
Roles Mrs. Fendley
Rating57% 2.899022.899022.899022.899022.89902
Devotion
Devotion (1931)
, 1h21
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Ann Harding, Robert Williams, Leslie Howard, O. P. Heggie, Louise Closser Hale, Dudley Digges
Roles Mrs. Trent
Rating61% 3.098173.098173.098173.098173.09817
Shirley Mortimer tombe amoureuse de l'avocat David Trent lors de la visite de ce dernier à son père. Déterminée à sortir de sa vie de famille étouffante, Shirley se déguise en une matrone à lunettes, prend le nom de Mme Halifax et obtient un poste de gouvernante du fils de Trent. En tant que Mme Halifax, Shirley s'intéresse à Trent et le gronde lorsqu'il boit des cocktails ou lorsqu'il se couche trop tard pour travailler sur ses dossiers juridiques. Après que Trent a obtenu l'acquittement de Norman Harrington, un peintre accusé du meurtre de sa femme, il invite Harrington chez lui pour fêter cette victoire. En discutant avec Trent, Harrington remarque qu'une partie des cheveux de Shirley sort de sa perruque et fait rapidement son portrait. D'après le croquis, Trent reconnaît finalement Shirley, mais reste silencieux au sujet de sa découverte et, sachant qu'elle dînera avec son père le lendemain soir, il s'invite chez eux. Pendant le souper, Trent feint d'ignorer le double jeu de Shirley, puis finit par la confondre et lui avouer son amour. Le lendemain, cependant, Shirley, incapable de rester à l'écart, retourne à l'appartement de Trent sous le nom de Mme Halifax. Leur relation s'épanouit jusqu'à ce que l'épouse de Trent, absente depuis longtemps, arrive de façon inattendue. Choquée par l'apparition de Mme Trent, Shirley quitte Trent et devient mannequin pour Harrington, qui tombe bientôt amoureux d'elle. Quand Harrington demande à Shirley de devenir sa maîtresse, cependant, elle le rejette et retourne à son ancienne vie terne à la maison. À la surprise de sa famille, Harrington, plein de remords, passe voir Shirley un après-midi et la demande en mariage. Quelques secondes plus tard, Trent arrive et, après avoir expliqué à Shirley qu'il n'avait pas vu sa femme depuis quatre ans, annonce qu'il obtient le divorce. Ainsi assurée de l'honneur de Trent, Shirley accepte avec empressement son amour.
Lawful Larceny, 1h7
Directed by Lowell Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Bebe Daniels, Olive Tell, Lowell Sherman, Kenneth Thomson, Dickie Moore, Purnell Pratt
Roles Vivan Hepburn
Rating52% 2.6447752.6447752.6447752.6447752.644775
When Marion Corsey's husband, Andrew, is conned out of a small fortune by Vivian Hepburn, she dedicates herself to recovering the money. In order to do so, she hides her identity and insinuates herself into the social circle of Vivian, by becoming her secretary, and studies the tactics employed by the sexy con-artist. While employed by Vivian, Marion meets Guy Tarlow, Vivian's love interest. However, Guy seems to be interested Marion.