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'''Olive Tell''' (September 27, 1894 – June 6, 1951) was a stage and screen actress from [[New York City]].
'''Olive Tell''' (September 27, 1894 – June 8, 1951)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=Scott |title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. |date=2016 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786479924 |page=737 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7-DgDAAAQBAJ&q=%22Olive+Tell%22+actress&pg=PA737 |access-date=6 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref> was a stage and screen actress from New York City.


==Biography==
She graduated from the [[American Academy of Dramatic Arts]] in 1915.
Tell was educated in several cities in Europe.<ref>{{cite news |title=How Olive Tell Began Career on the Stage |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34172565/olive_tell/ |access-date=24 July 2019 |work=The Boston Globe |date=October 9, 1921 |location=Massachusetts, Boston |page=46|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> She and her younger actress sister [[Alma Tell|Alma]] graduated from the [[American Academy of Dramatic Arts]] in 1915.<ref name="ml">{{cite journal |title=Credit to American Academy of Dramatic Arts |journal=The Musical Leader |date=July 18, 1918 |volume=36 |issue=3 |page=52 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L19FAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Alma+Tell%22+actress&pg=PA52 |access-date=23 July 2019}}</ref> The sisters began appearing in Broadway theaters around 1918. Olive made her New York debut in the drama ''Husband and Wife''. At first, she preferred acting in theater and detested her work on screen.


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She first appeared in motion pictures during World War I. Her early screen roles were in silent films, including ''[[The Silent Master]]'' (1917), ''The Unforeseen'' (1917), ''Her Sister'' (1917), and ''[[National Red Cross Pageant]]'' (1917). Tell appeared with popular film actors of the era such as [[Donald Gallaher]], [[Karl Dane]], [[Ann Little]], [[Rod La Rocque]], [[Ethel Barrymore]] and a young [[Tallulah Bankhead]].
Tell's sister, [[Alma Tell]], was also a stage actress. The sisters began appearing in the [[Broadway (Manhattan)]] theaters at about the same time, around 1918. Olive made her New York debut in the drama ''Husband and Wife''. At first she preferred acting in theater and detested her work on screen.


Her first husband was killed in World War I. Tell married George Willis Kreh in April 1923; he died four months later; she married [[First National Pictures]] movie producer Henry Morgan Hobart in 1926.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1927-01-03 |title=Milestones: Jan. 3, 1927 |language=en-US |work=Time |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,711594,00.html |access-date=2023-01-10 |issn=0040-781X}}</ref> Hobart and Tell moved to California in 1926 and stayed in Hollywood for 12 years.
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She first appeared in motion pictures during [[World War I]]. Her early screen roles were in silent films like [[Sidney Olcott]] directed comedy ''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]].


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Her final screen credits came in the late 1930s. She performed in ''In His Steps'' (1936), ''Polo Joe'' (1936) with [[Joe E. Brown (comedian)|Joe E. Brown]], ''Easy to Take'' (1936), and ''Under Southern Stars'' (1937). Tell's final screen appearance was in the drama ''[[Zaza (1939 film)|Zaza]]'' (1939), directed by [[George Cukor]].
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.


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.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=Scott |title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. |date=2016 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786479924 |page=737 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7-DgDAAAQBAJ&q=%22Olive+Tell%22+actress&pg=PA737 |access-date=24 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref> She was 56 years old.
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Her final screen credits came in the late 1930s. She performed in ''In His Steps'' (1936), ''Polo Joe'' (1936) with [[Joe E. Brown (comedian)|Joe E. Brown]], ''Easy To Take'' (1936), ''Under Southern Stars'' (1937). Tell's final screen appearance was in the [[George Cukor]] directed drama ''[[Zaza (1939 film)|Zaza]]'' (1939), starring [[Claudette Colbert]].


==Partial filmography==
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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* ''[[The Silent Master]]'' (1917) - Miss Virginia Arlen
==Selected Filmography==
* ''[[National Red Cross Pageant]]'' (1917)
* ''[[The Unforseen]]'' (1917) - Margaret Fielding
* ''Her Sister'' (1917) - Eleanor Alderson
* ''[[To Hell with the Kaiser!]]'' (1918)
* ''[[National Red Cross Pageant]]'' (1917) - Louvain - Flemish episode
* ''[[Secret Strings]]'' (1918)
* ''[[The Trap (1919 film)|The Trap]]'' (1919)
* ''The Girl and the Judge'' (1918) - Winifred Stanton
* ''[[Clothes (1920 film)|Clothes]]'' (1920)
* ''[[To Hell with the Kaiser!]]'' (1918) - Alice Monroe
* ''[[Chickie]]'' (1925)
* ''[[Secret Strings]]'' (1918) - Janet Newell
* ''[[The Trap (1919 film)|The Trap]]'' (1919) - Jean Carson - the Schoolteacher Heroine
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* ''[[Womanhandled]]'' (1925)
* ''Love Without Question'' (1920) based on the novel "The Abandoned Room" by Charles Wadsworth Camp<ref>{{cite book|last1=Workman|first1=Christopher|last2=Howarth|first2=Troy|year=2016|title=Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era|publisher=Midnight Marquee Press|page=225|isbn=978-1936168-68-2}}</ref> - Katherine
* ''[[Summer Bachelors]] (1926)
* ''[[Prince of Tempters]]'' (1926)
* ''[[A Woman's Business]]'' (1920) - Barbara
* ''[[Slaves of Beauty]]'' (1927)
* ''Wings of Pride'' (1920) - Olive Muir
* ''[[The Trial of Mary Dugan (film)|The Trial of Mary Dugan]]'' (1929)
* ''[[Clothes (1920 film)|Clothes]]'' (1920) - Olivia Sherwood
* ''The Wrong Woman'' (1920) - Viola Sherwin
* ''[[Hearts in Exile (1929 film)|Hearts in Exile]]'' (1929)
* ''[[The Very Idea]]'' (1929)
* ''[[Worlds Apart (1921 film)|Worlds Apart]]'' (1921) - Elinor Ashe
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* ''[[Chickie]]'' (1925) - Ila Moore
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* ''[[Ten Cents a Dance (1931 film)|Ten Cents a Dance]]'' (1931)
* ''[[Woman Hungry (film)|Woman Hungry]]'' (1931)
* ''[[Womanhandled]]'' (1925) - Lucy Chatham
* ''[[Prince of Tempters]]'' (1926) - Duchess of Chatsfield
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* ''[[Ladies' Man (1931 film)|Ladies' Man]]'' (1931)
* ''[[Devotion (1931 film)|Devotion]]'' (1931)
* ''[[Summer Bachelors]]'' (1926) - Mrs. Preston Smith
* ''[[Delicious (film)|Delicious]]'' (1931)
* ''[[Slaves of Beauty]]'' (1927) - Anastasia Jones
* ''[[Sailors' Wives]]'' (1928) - Careth Lindsey
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* ''[[The Witching Hour (1934 film)|The Witching Hour]]'' (1934)
* ''[[The Scarlet Empress]]'' (1934)
* ''[[Soft Living]]'' (1928) - Mrs. Rodney S. Bowen
* ''[[The Trial of Mary Dugan (1929 film)|The Trial of Mary Dugan]]'' (1929) - Mrs. Gertrude Rice
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* ''[[Baby Take a Bow]]'' (1934)
* ''[[Four Hours to Kill!]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Hearts in Exile (1929 film)|Hearts in Exile]]'' (1929) - Annna Reskova
* ''[[Shanghai (1935 film)|Shanghai]]'' (1935)
* ''[[The Very Idea]]'' (1929) - Marion Green
* ''[[Zaza (1939 film)|Zaza]]'' (1939) (uncredited)
* ''[[Cock o' the Walk (1930 film)|Cock o' the Walk]]'' (1930) - Rosa Vallejo
* ''[[Lawful Larceny (1930 film)|Lawful Larceny]]'' (1930) - Vivan Hepburn
* ''[[The Right of Way (1931 film)|The Right of Way]]'' (1931) - Kathleen
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* ''[[Ten Cents a Dance (1931 film)|Ten Cents a Dance]]'' (1931) - Mrs. Carlton
* ''[[Woman Hungry (film)|Woman Hungry]]'' (1931) - Betty Temple
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* ''[[Ladies' Man (1931 film)|Ladies' Man]]'' (1931) - Mrs. Fendley
* ''[[Devotion (1931 film)|Devotion]]'' (1931) - Mrs. Trent
* ''[[Delicious (1931 film)|Delicious]]'' (1931) - Mrs. Van Bergh
* ''[[False Faces (1932 film)|False Faces]]'' (1932) - Mrs. Day (uncredited)
* ''[[Strictly Personal (film)|Strictly Personal]]'' (1933) - Mrs. Castleton
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* ''[[The Witching Hour (1934 film)|The Witching Hour]]'' (1934) - Mrs. Helen Thorne
* ''[[The Scarlet Empress]]'' (1934) - Princess Johanna Elizabeth
* ''[[Private Scandal]]'' (1934) - Deborah Lane
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* ''[[Baby Take a Bow]]'' (1934) - Mrs. Carson
* ''[[Four Hours to Kill!]]'' (1935) - Mrs. Madison
* ''[[Shanghai (1935 film)|Shanghai]]'' (1935) - Mrs. Hilton
* ''[[Brilliant Marriage]]'' (1936) - Mrs. Jane Taylor
* ''[[Yours for the Asking]]'' (1936) - Society Woman (uncredited)
* ''[[In His Steps (1936 film)|In His Steps]]'' (1936) - Elaine Brewster
* ''[[Polo Joe]]'' (1936) - Mrs. Hilton
* ''[[Easy to Take]]'' (1936) - Announcer (uncredited)
* ''[[Zaza (1939 film)|Zaza]]'' (1939) - Jeanne Liseron (uncredited) (final film role)
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==References==
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*''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', "Olive Tell In Stage Return", March 25, 1928, Page C15.
*''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', "Olive Tell In Stage Return", March 25, 1928, Page C15.
*''[[New York Times]]'', "Olive Tell, Appeared On Stage And Screen", June 9, 1951, Page 19.
*''[[New York Times]]'', "Olive Tell, Appeared On Stage And Screen", June 9, 1951, Page 19.
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| DATE OF DEATH = June 6, 1951
| PLACE OF DEATH = New York City, New York, U.S.
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Latest revision as of 13:40, 12 December 2023

Olive Tell
Tell in 1924
Born(1894-09-27)September 27, 1894
New York City, U.S.
DiedJune 8, 1951(1951-06-08) (aged 56)
New York City, U.S.
Years active1917–1938
Spouses
George Willis Kreh
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(m. 1923; died 1923)​
Henry Hobart
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(m. 1926)​
RelativesAlma Tell (sister)

Olive Tell (September 27, 1894 – June 8, 1951)[1] was a stage and screen actress from New York City.

Biography[edit]

Tell was educated in several cities in Europe.[2] She and her younger actress sister Alma graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1915.[3] The sisters began appearing in Broadway theaters around 1918. Olive made her New York debut in the drama Husband and Wife. At first, she preferred acting in theater and detested her work on screen.

She first appeared in motion pictures during World War I. Her early screen roles were in silent films, including The Silent Master (1917), The Unforeseen (1917), Her Sister (1917), and National Red Cross Pageant (1917). Tell appeared with popular film actors of the era such as Donald Gallaher, Karl Dane, Ann Little, Rod La Rocque, Ethel Barrymore and a young Tallulah Bankhead.

Her first husband was killed in World War I. Tell married George Willis Kreh in April 1923; he died four months later; she married First National Pictures movie producer Henry Morgan Hobart in 1926.[4] Hobart and Tell moved to California in 1926 and stayed in Hollywood for 12 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 drama Zaza (1939), directed by George Cukor.

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.[5] She was 56 years old.

Partial filmography[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Wilson, Scott (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. McFarland. p. 737. ISBN 9780786479924. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  2. ^ "How Olive Tell Began Career on the Stage". The Boston Globe. Massachusetts, Boston. October 9, 1921. p. 46. Retrieved 24 July 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Credit to American Academy of Dramatic Arts". The Musical Leader. 36 (3): 52. July 18, 1918. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Milestones: Jan. 3, 1927". Time. 1927-01-03. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  5. ^ Wilson, Scott (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. McFarland. p. 737. ISBN 9780786479924. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  6. ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era. Midnight Marquee Press. p. 225. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
  • Los Angeles Times, "Olive Tell In Stage Return", March 25, 1928, Page C15.
  • New York Times, "Olive Tell, Appeared On Stage And Screen", June 9, 1951, Page 19.

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