Olive Tell

Olive Tell

1894-09-27 – 1951-06-06 (age 56) New York City, New York, USA
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Biography

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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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Known For

The Scarlet Empress
The Scarlet Empress

1934

as Princess Johanna Elizabeth

Ten Cents a Dance
Ten Cents a Dance

1931

as Mrs. Carlton

Shanghai
Shanghai

1935

as Mrs. Hilton

Baby Take a Bow
Baby Take a Bow

1934

as Mrs. Carson

Strictly Personal
Strictly Personal

1933

as Mrs. Laura Castleton

Yours for the Asking
Yours for the Asking

1936

as Society Woman (uncredited)

Four Hours to Kill!
Four Hours to Kill!

1935

as Mrs. Madison

Ladies' Man
Ladies' Man

1931

as Mrs. Fendley

Polo Joe
Polo Joe

1936

as Mrs. Hilton

The Trial of Mary Dugan
The Trial of Mary Dugan

1929

as Mrs. Gertrude Rice

Hearts in Exile
Hearts in Exile

1929

as Annna Reskova

Brilliant Marriage
Brilliant Marriage

1936

as Mrs. Jane Taylor

National Red Cross Pageant
National Red Cross Pageant

1917

as Louvain - Flemish episode

Worlds Apart
Worlds Apart

1921

as Elinor Ashe

Soft Living
Soft Living

1928

as Mrs. Rodney S. Bowen

Devotion
Devotion

1931

as Mrs. Trent

The Trap
The Trap

1919

as The Schoolteacher Heroine

The Very Idea
The Very Idea

1929

as Marion Green

The Prince of Tempters
The Prince of Tempters

1926

as Duchess of Chatsfield

Love Without Question
Love Without Question

1920

as Katherine