Portrait of Olive Tell

Acting

Olive Tell

Career

Active from 1917 to 1936, busiest in 1920 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
11
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Scarlet Empress
The Scarlet Empress
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 6 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Olive Tell Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.7, average 5.4
  • Adrenaline
    2.5, average 4.8
  • Violence
    1.9, average 4.1
  • Scare
    0.4, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Melodrama 5
  • Historical Setting 4
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Family Secrets 2
  • Silent Era 2
  • Forbidden Love 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

40
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1930s

19 titles ยท average score 60
Brilliant Marriage
Brilliant Marriage (1936)

as Mrs. Jane Taylor

Yours for the Asking
Yours for the Asking (1936)
GoodWatch score 58

as Society Woman (uncredited)

Polo Joe
Polo Joe (1936)
GoodWatch score 63

as Mrs. Hilton

Four Hours to Kill!
Four Hours to Kill! (1935)
GoodWatch score 58

as Mrs. Madison

The Scarlet Empress
The Scarlet Empress (1934)
GoodWatch score 81

as Princess Johanna Elizabeth

The Witching Hour
The Witching Hour (1934)

as Mrs. Helen Thorne

Baby Take a Bow
Baby Take a Bow (1934)
GoodWatch score 63

as Mrs. Carson

Ten Cents a Dance
Ten Cents a Dance (1931)
GoodWatch score 64

as Mrs. Carlton

Ladies' Man
Ladies' Man (1931)
GoodWatch score 52

as Mrs. Fendley

Cock o' the Walk
Cock o' the Walk (1930)

as Rosa Vallejo

Lawful Larceny
Lawful Larceny (1930)

as Vivan Hepburn

The Right of Way
The Right of Way (1930)
GoodWatch score 46

as Kathleen

1920s

15 titles
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

The Very Idea
The Very Idea (1929)

as Marion Green

Slaves of Beauty
Slaves of Beauty (1927)

as Anastasia Jones

The Prince of Tempters
The Prince of Tempters (1926)

as Duchess of Chatsfield

Womanhandled
Womanhandled (1925)

as Lucy Chatham

Chickie
Chickie (1925)

as Ila Moore

Worlds Apart
Worlds Apart (1921)

as Elinor Ashe

Love Without Question
Love Without Question (1920)

as Katherine

Clothes
Clothes (1920)

as Olivia Sherwood

A Woman's Business
A Woman's Business (1920)

as Barbara

Wings of Pride
Wings of Pride (1920)

as Olive Muir

1910s

6 titles
The Trap
The Trap (1919)

as The Schoolteacher Heroine

To Hell with the Kaiser!
To Hell with the Kaiser! (1918)

as Alice Monroe

Secret Strings
Secret Strings (1918)

as Janet Newell

The Silent Master
The Silent Master (1917)

as Miss Virginia Arlen

National Red Cross Pageant
National Red Cross Pageant (1917)

as Louvain - Flemish episode

The Unforseen
The Unforseen (1917)

as Margaret Fielding