Olive Tell

Olive Tell

Actor Sep 27 (died age 56) New York City, New York, USA 1917–1937 (20 year career)
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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 m…

Known For

Filmography

Acting (40)

Movies (40)

Under Southern Stars

Under Southern Stars

1937

as Mrs. Jackson

Brilliant Marriage

Brilliant Marriage

1936

as Mrs. Jane Taylor

4.5
Polo Joe

Polo Joe

1936

as Mrs. Hilton

Yours for the Asking

Yours for the Asking

1936

as Society Woman (uncredited)

3.5
Shanghai

Shanghai

1935

as Mrs. Hilton

6.5
Four Hours to Kill!

Four Hours to Kill!

1935

as Mrs. Madison

5.0
The Scarlet Empress

The Scarlet Empress

1934

as Princess Johanna Elizabeth

6.9
Baby Take a Bow

Baby Take a Bow

1934

as Mrs. Carson

5.6
The Witching Hour

The Witching Hour

1934

as Mrs. Helen Thorne

5.3
Strictly Personal

Strictly Personal

1933

as Mrs. Laura Castleton

5.0
False Faces

False Faces

1932

as Mrs. Day

3.5
Devotion

Devotion

1931

as Mrs. Trent

6.8
Ladies' Man

Ladies' Man

1931

as Mrs. Fendley

4.1
Ten Cents a Dance

Ten Cents a Dance

1931

as Mrs. Carlton

6.7
Woman Hungry

Woman Hungry

1931

as Betty Temple

Delicious

Delicious

1931

as Mrs. Van Bergh

5.9
The Right of Way

The Right of Way

1930

as Kathleen

4.4
Lawful Larceny

Lawful Larceny

1930

as Vivan Hepburn

5.7
Cock o' the Walk

Cock o' the Walk

1930

as Rosa Vallejo

3.1
The Trial of Mary Dugan

The Trial of Mary Dugan

1929

as Mrs. Gertrude Rice

6.0
Hearts in Exile

Hearts in Exile

1929

as Annna Reskova

The Very Idea

The Very Idea

1929

as Marion Green

4.5
Sailors' Wives

Sailors' Wives

1928

as Careth Lindsey

Soft Living

Soft Living

1928

as Mrs. Rodney S. Bowen

Slaves of Beauty

Slaves of Beauty

1927

as Anastasia Jones

Summer Bachelors

Summer Bachelors

1926

as Mrs. Preston Smith

1.0
The Prince of Tempters

The Prince of Tempters

1926

as Duchess of Chatsfield

Chickie

Chickie

1925

as Ila Moore

Womanhandled

Womanhandled

1925

as Lucy Chatham

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Worlds Apart

Worlds Apart

1921

as Elinor Ashe

A Woman's Business

A Woman's Business

1920

as Barbara

Clothes

Clothes

1920

as Olivia Sherwood

Wings of Pride

Wings of Pride

1920

as Olive Muir

Love Without Question

Love Without Question

1920

as Katherine

The Trap

The Trap

1919

as The Schoolteacher Heroine

To Hell with the Kaiser!

To Hell with the Kaiser!

1918

as Alice Monroe

Secret Strings

Secret Strings

1918

as Janet Newell

National Red Cross Pageant

National Red Cross Pageant

1917

as Louvain - Flemish episode

The Unforseen

The Unforseen

1917

as Margaret Fielding

The Silent Master

The Silent Master

1917

as Miss Virginia Arlen

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