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Olive Tell

Olive Tell

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.

Known for

Under Southern Stars
1937 • Mrs. Jackson
Polo Joe
Polo Joe
1936 • Mrs. Hilton
Yours for the Asking
Yours for the Asking
1936 • Society Woman (uncredited)
Brilliant Marriage
Brilliant Marriage
1936 • Mrs. Jane Taylor
Shanghai
Shanghai
1935 • Mrs. Hilton
Four Hours to Kill!
Four Hours to Kill!
1935 • Mrs. Madison
Baby Take a Bow
Baby Take a Bow
1934 • Mrs. Carson
The Scarlet Empress
The Scarlet Empress
1934 • Princess Johanna Elizabeth

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Under Southern Stars
1937 • Mrs. Jackson
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Polo Joe
Polo Joe
1936 • Mrs. Hilton
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Yours for the Asking
Yours for the Asking
1936 • Society Woman (uncredited)
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Brilliant Marriage
Brilliant Marriage
1936 • Mrs. Jane Taylor
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Shanghai
Shanghai
1935 • Mrs. Hilton
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Four Hours to Kill!
Four Hours to Kill!
1935 • Mrs. Madison
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Baby Take a Bow
Baby Take a Bow
1934 • Mrs. Carson
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The Scarlet Empress
The Scarlet Empress
1934 • Princess Johanna Elizabeth
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The Witching Hour
The Witching Hour
1934 • Mrs. Helen Thorne
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Strictly Personal
Strictly Personal
1933 • Mrs. Laura Castleton
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False Faces
False Faces
1932 • Mrs. Day
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Delicious
Delicious
1931 • Mrs. Van Bergh
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Devotion
Devotion
1931 • Mrs. Trent
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Ladies' Man
Ladies' Man
1931 • Mrs. Fendley
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Woman Hungry
Woman Hungry
1931 • Betty Temple
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Ten Cents a Dance
Ten Cents a Dance
1931 • Mrs. Carlton
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Lawful Larceny
Lawful Larceny
1930 • Vivan Hepburn
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Cock o' the Walk
Cock o' the Walk
1930 • Rosa Vallejo
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The Very Idea
The Very Idea
1929 • Marion Green
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Hearts in Exile
Hearts in Exile
1929 • Annna Reskova
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The Trial of Mary Dugan
The Trial of Mary Dugan
1929 • Mrs. Gertrude Rice
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Soft Living
Soft Living
1928 • Mrs. Rodney S. Bowen
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Sailors' Wives
Sailors' Wives
1928 • Careth Lindsey
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Slaves of Beauty
1927 • Anastasia Jones
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Summer Bachelors
Summer Bachelors
1926 • Mrs. Preston Smith
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The Prince of Tempters
The Prince of Tempters
1926 • Duchess of Chatsfield
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Womanhandled
Womanhandled
1925 • Lucy Chatham
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Chickie
Chickie
1925 • Ila Moore
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Worlds Apart
Worlds Apart
1921 • Elinor Ashe
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Clothes
Clothes
1920 • Olivia Sherwood
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Wings of Pride
Wings of Pride
1920 • Olive Muir
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The Trap
The Trap
1919 • The Schoolteacher Heroine
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Secret Strings
Secret Strings
1918 • Janet Newell
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National Red Cross Pageant
National Red Cross Pageant
1917 • Louvain - Flemish episode
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The Unforseen
The Unforseen
1917 • Margaret Fielding
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The Silent Master
The Silent Master
1917 • Miss Virginia Arlen
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