Olive Tell

Olive Tell

Deceased · Born: Sep 27, 1894 · Died: Jun 6, 1951

Personal Details

BornSep 27, 1894 New York City, New York, USA
Spouse
  • Henry Hobart

    ( Dec 23, 1926 to Jun 6, 1951 )
  • George W. Knox

    ( Apr 2, 1923 to Aug 17, 1923 )

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.

Career

1936
Polo Joe
Polo Joe as Mrs. Hilton
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1934
The Witching Hour
The Witching Hour as Mrs. Helen Thorne
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Baby, Take a Bow
Baby, Take a Bow as Mrs. Carson
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The Scarlet Empress
The Scarlet Empress as Princess Johanna Elizabeth
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1931
Ladies' Man
Ladies' Man as Mrs. Fendley
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Delicious
Delicious as Mrs. Van Bergh
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Devotion
Devotion as Mrs. Trent
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1930
The Right of Way
The Right of Way as Kathleen
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Lawful Larceny
Lawful Larceny as Vivan Hepburn
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1929
The Trial of Mary Dugan
The Trial of Mary Dugan as Mrs. Gertrude Rice
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The Very Idea
The Very Idea as Marion Green
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1925
Womanhandled
Womanhandled as Lucy Chatham
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