
Olive Tell
- Date of Birth: 1894-09-27
- Date of Death: 1951-06-06
- Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
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 we... 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.

Womanhandled
Western, Adventure, Comedy • 1925 December

Shanghai
Drama, Romance • 1935 July

The Scarlet Empress
Drama, History, Romance • 1934 May

Devotion
Comedy, Drama, Romance • 1931 September

Ten Cents a Dance
Drama, Romance • 1931 January

Delicious
Romance, Comedy • 1931 December

The Trial of Mary Dugan
Drama • 1929 June

Lawful Larceny
Drama • 1930 August

Baby Take a Bow
Drama, Family, Romance, Crime, Comedy • 1934 June

The Witching Hour
Mystery, Drama • 1934 April