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Olive Tell
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Olive Tell

40 titles on file · died at 56 · New York City, New York, USA · IMDb ↗

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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Filmography · 38

Brilliant Marriage
Film ★ 2.9

Brilliant Marriage

1936 · Mrs. Jane Taylor

Ten Cents a Dance
Film ★ 3.4

Ten Cents a Dance

1931 · Mrs. Carlton

The Scarlet Empress
Film ★ 3.5

The Scarlet Empress

1934 · Princess Johanna Eliza...

To Hell with the Kaiser!
Film

To Hell with the Kaiser!

1918 · Alice Monroe

The Trap
Film ★ 5.0

The Trap

1919 · The Schoolteacher Hero...

Clothes
Film ★ 4.5

Clothes

1920 · Olivia Sherwood

National Red Cross Pageant
Film ★ 4.0

National Red Cross Pageant

1917 · Louvain - Flemish epis...

Yours for the Asking
Film ★ 2.7

Yours for the Asking

1936 · Society Woman (uncredi...

Strictly Personal
Film ★ 3.8

Strictly Personal

1933 · Mrs. Laura Castleton

Polo Joe
Film ★ 3.5

Polo Joe

1936 · Mrs. Hilton

Cock o' the Walk
Film ★ 2.0

Cock o' the Walk

1930 · Rosa Vallejo

Chickie
Film ★ 3.5

Chickie

1925 · Ila Moore

Love Without Question
Film ★ 5.0

Love Without Question

1920 · Katherine

Shanghai
Film ★ 3.7

Shanghai

1935 · Mrs. Hilton

Summer Bachelors
Film ★ 2.0

Summer Bachelors

1926 · Mrs. Preston Smith

Devotion
Film ★ 3.6

Devotion

1931 · Mrs. Trent

Soft Living
Film ★ 4.5

Soft Living

1928 · Mrs. Rodney S. Bowen

The Right of Way
Film ★ 2.6

The Right of Way

1930 · Kathleen

Hearts in Exile
Film ★ 4.5

Hearts in Exile

1929 · Annna Reskova

Baby Take a Bow
Film ★ 2.9

Baby Take a Bow

1934 · Mrs. Carson

Woman Hungry
Film ★ 5.0

Woman Hungry

1931 · Betty Temple

Womanhandled
Film ★ 3.5

Womanhandled

1925 · Lucy Chatham

The Witching Hour
Film ★ 3.3

The Witching Hour

1934 · Mrs. Helen Thorne

Ladies' Man
Film ★ 2.3

Ladies' Man

1931 · Mrs. Fendley

A Woman's Business
Film ★ 3.5

A Woman's Business

1920 · Barbara

The Prince of Tempters
Film ★ 4.5

The Prince of Tempters

1926 · Duchess of Chatsfield

Four Hours to Kill!
Film ★ 2.9

Four Hours to Kill!

1935 · Mrs. Madison

Sailors' Wives
Film ★ 4.0

Sailors' Wives

1928 · Careth Lindsey

Lawful Larceny
Film ★ 3.3

Lawful Larceny

1930 · Vivan Hepburn

The Unforseen
Film ★ 5.0

The Unforseen

1917 · Margaret Fielding

The Trial of Mary Dugan
Film ★ 3.2

The Trial of Mary Dugan

1929 · Mrs. Gertrude Rice

Delicious
Film ★ 3.3

Delicious

1931 · Mrs. Van Bergh

The Very Idea
Film ★ 2.9

The Very Idea

1929 · Marion Green

Worlds Apart
Film ★ 3.5

Worlds Apart

1921 · Elinor Ashe

False Faces
Film ★ 2.2

False Faces

1932 · Mrs. Day

The Silent Master
Film ★ 2.5

The Silent Master

1917 · Miss Virginia Arlen

Wings of Pride
Film ★ 3.5

Wings of Pride

1920 · Olive Muir

Secret Strings
Film

Secret Strings

1918 · Janet Newell

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