Olive Tell

Born: 1894-09-27

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.


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The Scarlet Empress

as Princess Johanna Elizabeth
Released: 1934-05-09

During the 18th century, German noblewoman Sophia Frederica, who would later become Catherine...

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Four Hours to Kill!

as Mrs. Madison
Released: 1935-04-11

A detective who has "four hours to kill" before delivering his prisoner, an escaped killer,...

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Delicious

as Mrs. Van Bergh
Released: 1931-12-27

A comic group of Europeans coming to the USA have romantic and immigration troubles.

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The Prince of Tempters

as Duchess of Chatsfield
Released: 1926-10-17

Francis, the result of a clandestine marriage between the Duke of Chatsfield and a peasant girl,...

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Ten Cents a Dance

as Mrs. Carlton
Released: 1931-01-30

A taxi dancer with a jealous husband finds herself falling for a wealthy client.

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Strictly Personal

as Mrs. Laura Castleton
Released: 1933-03-17

Soapy Gibson (Edward Ellis) and his wife Annie (Marjorie Rambeau) run a lonely hearts club in a...

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Baby Take a Bow

as Mrs. Carson
Released: 1934-06-30

Eddie Ellison is an ex-con who spent time in Sing-Sing prison. Kay marries him as soon as he...

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The Right of Way

as Kathleen
Released: 1930-12-11

Snobbish attorney Charles 'Beauty' Steele loses his wife due to his drinking and his airs at the...

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Ladies' Man

as Mrs. Fendley
Released: 1931-04-16

A society gigolo goes after a rich mother and her daughter, but tries to find true happiness...

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National Red Cross Pageant

as Louvain - Flemish episode
Released: 1917-12-01

The National Red Cross Pageant (1917) was an American war pageant that was performed in order to...

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Devotion

as Mrs. Trent
Released: 1931-09-25

A young Londoner disguises herself to become governess of the son of the barrister she loves.

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Woman Hungry

as Betty Temple
Released: 1931-04-04

This film, believed lost, was based on William Vaughn Moody's 1906 play The Great Divide. The...

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The Witching Hour

as Mrs. Helen Thorne
Released: 1934-04-26

Jack Brookfield, a gambler with clairvoyant and hypnotic powers, is able to win at cards through...

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A Woman's Business

as Barbara
Released: 1920-06-01

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Polo Joe

as Mrs. Hilton
Released: 1936-11-04

A young man allergic to horses decides he has to learn to play polo in order to impress the girl...

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The Trial of Mary Dugan

as Mrs. Gertrude Rice
Released: 1929-06-08

A woman is tried for the murder of her lover. Director Bayard Veiller's 1929 courtroom drama...

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Brilliant Marriage

as Mrs. Jane Taylor
Released: 1936-03-25

When a wealthy heiress discovers the terrible family secret that has been hidden from her since...

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Shanghai

as Mrs. Hilton
Released: 1935-07-19

A New York socialite travels to Shanghai to visit her ailing aunt and falls in love with a...

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Lawful Larceny

as Vivan Hepburn
Released: 1930-08-17

When Marion Corsey's husband, Andrew, is conned out of a small fortune by Vivian Hepburn, she...

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Summer Bachelors

as Mrs. Preston Smith
Released: 1926-12-18

Derry Thomas is a pretty girl from a good family who earns her own living, but is disillusioned...

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Womanhandled

as Lucy Chatham
Released: 1925-12-27

Bill Dana, a New York City playboy, can't resist the flaming flappers and red-hot mamas along...

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The Unforseen

as Margaret Fielding
Released: 1917-10-21

On the eve of her elopement with Henry Traquair, Margaret Fielding is accidentally discovered in...

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Sailors' Wives

as Careth Lindsey
Released: 1928-01-22

Informed by her doctor that she is going blind, Carol Trent tearfully breaks off her engagement...

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The Very Idea

as Marion Green
Released: 1929-09-15

Pre-code comedy (1929) about a young married couple's unsuccessful efforts to become parents.

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Cock o' the Walk

as Rosa Vallejo
Released: 1930-04-13

Carlos Lopez is a handsome Argentine sportsman. Many women love him and he toys with them all....

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Hearts in Exile

as Annna Reskova
Released: 1929-09-14

In this romance set in Russia, a fisherman's daughter is jilted by her true love and instead...

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The Trap

as The Schoolteacher Heroine
Released: 1919-08-10

A schoolteacher in the Yukon promises her hand in marriage to a rich prospector, but instead she...

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Secret Strings

as Janet Newell
Released: 1918-10-07

In this detective picture, Janet marries Raoul Newell but leaves him when she finds out he is a...

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The Silent Master

as Miss Virginia Arlen
Released: 1917-06-01

Valentin Marquis de Sombreiul, alias Monsieur Simon, is known as the great master because he is...

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False Faces

as Mrs. Day
Released: 1932-10-12

The philandering Dr. Silas Brenton is fired from his position at a large hospital and given 24...

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Soft Living

as Mrs. Rodney S. Bowen
Released: 1928-02-05

Nancy Woods, secretary to a divorce lawyer, is tantalized by the idea of collecting alimony...

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Love Without Question

as Katherine
Released: 1920-03-01

Old Silas Blackburn, a wealthy recluse, lives alone with his butler and his ward Katherine. One...

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Worlds Apart

as Elinor Ashe
Released: 1921-01-01

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Wings of Pride

as Olive Muir
Released: 1920-08-01

Olive Muir, a haughty society girl, objects when Alice Prentice, a girl of lower station, comes...

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Clothes

as Olivia Sherwood
Released: 1920-09-19

Mistakenly believing that she has inherited a large estate from her father, Olivia Sherwood...

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