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Olive Tell

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56 Years Old

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.

Born

New York City, New York, USA on 27th September 1894

Died

6th June 1951

All Credits

The Scarlet Empress Image
The Scarlet Empress
Princess Johanna Elizabeth
Shanghai Image
Shanghai
Mrs. Hilton
Ten Cents a Dance Image
Ten Cents a Dance
Mrs. Carlton
Sailors' Wives Image
Sailors' Wives
Careth Lindsey
Devotion Image
Devotion
Mrs. Trent
Yours for the Asking Image
Yours for the Asking
Society Woman (uncredited)
Ladies' Man Image
Ladies' Man
Mrs. Fendley
Baby Take a Bow Image
Baby Take a Bow
Mrs. Carson
No Image
Under Southern Stars
Mrs. Jackson
Strictly Personal Image
Strictly Personal
Mrs. Laura Castleton
Woman Hungry Image
Woman Hungry
Betty Temple
Soft Living Image
Soft Living
Mrs. Rodney S. Bowen
The Witching Hour Image
The Witching Hour
Mrs. Helen Thorne
Polo Joe Image
Polo Joe
Mrs. Hilton
National Red Cross Pageant Image
National Red Cross Pageant
Louvain - Flemish episode
Brilliant Marriage Image
Brilliant Marriage
Mrs. Jane Taylor
Clothes Image
Clothes
Olivia Sherwood
Summer Bachelors Image
Summer Bachelors
Mrs. Preston Smith
The Trap Image
The Trap
The Schoolteacher Heroine
The Prince of Tempters Image
The Prince of Tempters
Duchess of Chatsfield
No Image
Slaves of Beauty
Anastasia Jones
Four Hours to Kill! Image
Four Hours to Kill!
Mrs. Madison
Delicious Image
Delicious
Mrs. Van Bergh
The Trial of Mary Dugan Image
The Trial of Mary Dugan
Mrs. Gertrude Rice
The Right of Way Image
The Right of Way
Kathleen
False Faces Image
False Faces
Mrs. Day
Womanhandled Image
Womanhandled
Lucy Chatham
Wings of Pride Image
Wings of Pride
Olive Muir
Worlds Apart Image
Worlds Apart
Elinor Ashe
Love Without Question Image
Love Without Question
Katherine
A Woman's Business Image
A Woman's Business
Barbara
The Silent Master Image
The Silent Master
Miss Virginia Arlen
The Very Idea Image
The Very Idea
Marion Green
The Unforseen Image
The Unforseen
Margaret Fielding
Cock o' the Walk Image
Cock o' the Walk
Rosa Vallejo
Lawful Larceny Image
Lawful Larceny
Vivan Hepburn
Secret Strings Image
Secret Strings
Janet Newell
Hearts in Exile Image
Hearts in Exile
Annna Reskova