Olive Tell

Born in September 27th, 1894

From New York City, New York, USA

Olive Tell 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.

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Olive Tell Movies

Polo Joe Poster
November 4, 1936
Brilliant Marriage Poster
March 25, 1936
Shanghai Poster
July 19, 1935
Four Hours to Kill Poster
April 11, 1935
The Scarlet Empress Poster
September 15, 1934
Baby Take a Bow Poster
June 30, 1934
Strictly Personal Poster
March 17, 1933
False Faces Poster
October 12, 1932

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