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Olive Tell

Olive Tell

Actor · Died June 6, 1951, aged 56 · New York City, New York, USA

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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Biography from TMDB.

Born
September 27, 1894
Died
June 6, 1951 (aged 56)
From
New York City, New York, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
5 on MovieCove · 40 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 33% in 30 days

What are Olive Tell's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
33%
Morality
29%
Power
21%
Self
12%
Society
5%
Family bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 1

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 0 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 3 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
4
Warm
2
Bittersweet
1
Melancholic
1
Joyful
1
Other
3

How their films linger

Feel-good2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Olive Tell's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 1 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, on Tubi (1).

Subscription and free streaming for Olive Tell's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

40 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page.

  • Under Southern Stars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Mrs. Jackson

  • Polo Joe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Mrs. Hilton

  • Yours for the Asking(1936)

    as Society Woman (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Brilliant Marriage(1936)

    as Mrs. Jane Taylor

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Shanghai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Mrs. Hilton

  • Four Hours to Kill! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Mrs. Madison

  • Baby, Take a Bow(1934)

    as Mrs. Carson

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • The Scarlet Empress(1934)

    as Princess Johanna Elizabeth

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • The Witching Hour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Mrs. Helen Thorne

  • Strictly Personal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Mrs. Laura Castleton

  • False Faces (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Mrs. Day

  • Delicious (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Mrs. Van Bergh

  • Devotion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Mrs. Trent

  • Ladies' Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Mrs. Fendley

  • Woman Hungry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Betty Temple

  • Ten Cents a Dance(1931)

    as Mrs. Carlton

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • The Right of Way (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Kathleen

  • Lawful Larceny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Vivan Hepburn

  • Cock o' the Walk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Rosa Vallejo

  • The Very Idea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    as Marion Green

  • Hearts in Exile (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    as Annna Reskova

  • The Trial of Mary Dugan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    as Mrs. Gertrude Rice

  • Soft Living (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    as Mrs. Rodney S. Bowen

  • Sailors' Wives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    as Careth Lindsey

  • Slaves of Beauty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    as Anastasia Jones

  • Summer Bachelors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as Mrs. Preston Smith

  • The Prince of Tempters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as Duchess of Chatsfield

  • Womanhandled (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Lucy Chatham

  • Chickie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Ila Moore

  • Worlds Apart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    as Elinor Ashe

  • Clothes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    as Olivia Sherwood

  • Wings of Pride (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    as Olive Muir

  • A Woman's Business (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    as Barbara

  • Love Without Question (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    as Katherine

  • The Trap (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as The Schoolteacher Heroine

  • Secret Strings (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    as Janet Newell

  • To Hell with the Kaiser! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    as Alice Monroe

  • National Red Cross Pageant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as Louvain - Flemish episode

  • The Unforseen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as Margaret Fielding

  • The Silent Master (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as Miss Virginia Arlen

Career shape

Star power in the 38th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 40 titles from 1917 to 1937.

Biggest box office

The Scarlet Empress (1934)

$3.4K worldwide

Highest rated

The Scarlet Empress (1934)

Midcredits 91st

Most popular right now

Ten Cents a Dance (1931)

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting40 of 40: 40 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score59th

By decade

1910s6 · acting1920s15 · acting1930s19 · acting

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Olive Tell's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 59th percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 58th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 5 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th3
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

None of their 5 titles divides audiences: 4 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Crowd Pleaser4
  • Mixed1

Most loved · actor

The Scarlet Empress (1934)

Midcredits 91st · 78% liked

Reviewers score the acting 63/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 73, detractors 41. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Olive Tell work with?

People who share at least 2 of Olive Tell's MovieCove titles; Ray Walker shares the most, 2.