Acting

Grace Hayle

Born July 23, 1888 · Newark, New Jersey, USA

Died March 20, 1963 · aged 74

No biography available.

Known For

The Great Dictator · 1940

The Great Dictator

★ 8.31940

MovieComedyWar

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

The Ghost Breakers · 1940

The Ghost Breakers

★ 6.51940

MovieComedyMystery

After intrepid working girl Mary Carter becomes the new owner of a reputedly haunted mansion located off the Cuban coast, a stranger phones warning her to stay away from the castle. Undaunted, Mary sets sail for Cuba with a stowaway in her trunk—wise-cracking Larry Lawrence, a radio announcer who helps Mary get to the bottom of the voodoo magic, zombies and ghosts that supposedly curse the spooky estate.

The Shop Around the Corner · 1940

The Shop Around the Corner

★ 8.11940

MovieComedyDrama

Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.

Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to try and liven up the regimented lifestyle of their friend and bank president, Cosmo Topper. When Topper starts to live it up, it strains relations with his stuffy wife.

Gold Diggers of 1933 · 1933

Gold Diggers of 1933

★ 7.21933

MovieComedyDrama

When all Broadway shows are shut down during the Depression, a trio of desperate showgirls scheme to bilk a repugnant high society man of his money to keep their show going.

Don't Bother to Knock · 1952

Don't Bother to Knock

★ 6.71952

MovieDramaThriller

An airline pilot pursues a live-in babysitter at his hotel and gradually realizes she is not as stable as perhaps she should be.

A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.

A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins to wonder if her new status will ever bring her happiness.

Filmography

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The Great Dictator · 1940

The Great Dictator

★ 8.31940

MovieComedyWar

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

Madame Napaloni

The Ghost Breakers · 1940

The Ghost Breakers

★ 6.51940

MovieComedyMystery

Screaming Woman (uncredited)

The Shop Around the Corner · 1940

The Shop Around the Corner

★ 8.11940

MovieComedyDrama

Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.

Plump Woman (uncredited)

Outraged Heavy Woman (uncredited)

Gold Diggers of 1933 · 1933

Gold Diggers of 1933

★ 7.21933

MovieComedyDrama

When all Broadway shows are shut down during the Depression, a trio of desperate showgirls scheme to bilk a repugnant high society man of his money to keep their show going.

Society Reporter (uncredited)

Don't Bother to Knock · 1952

Don't Bother to Knock

★ 6.71952

MovieDramaThriller

An airline pilot pursues a live-in babysitter at his hotel and gradually realizes she is not as stable as perhaps she should be.

Mrs. McMurdock (uncredited)

A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.

Cyclist (uncredited)

A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins to wonder if her new status will ever bring her happiness.

Mrs. Hemingway (uncredited)

Deliveryman Deke Rivers is discovered by publicist Glenda Markle and country-western musician Tex Warner who want to promote him to fame and fortune, giving him every break he deserves. Romantic complications arise as Susan, another singer in the group, offers him devoted admiration as Glenda leads him on with promises of a golden future.

Mrs. Gunderson (uncredited)

Design for Living · 1933

Design for Living

★ 7.11933

MovieComedyRomance

Independent Gilda is resigned fo a life of married tedium when Tom and George, having gotten past their jealousy, come to America and whisk Gilda away to live an exciting polyamorous life in Paris.

Woman on Staircase (uncredited)

The Turning Point · 1952

The Turning Point

★ 6.21952

MovieCrimeDrama

Special prosecutor John Conroy hopes to combat organized crime and appoints his cop father Matt as chief investigator. John doesn't understand Matt's reluctance, but cynical reporter Jerry McKibbon thinks he knows: he's seen Matt with mob lieutenant Harrigan. Jerry's friendship with John is tested by the question of what to do about Matt, and by his attraction to John's girl Amanda. Meanwhile, the threatened racketeers adopt increasingly violent means of defense.

Mrs. Martin (uncredited)

Football player John Kent tags along as Huck Haines and the Wabash Indianians travel to an engagement in Paris, only to lose it immediately. John and company visit his aunt, owner of a posh fashion house run by her assistant, Stephanie. There they meet the singer Scharwenka (alias Huck's old friend Lizzie), who gets the band a job. Meanwhile, Madame Roberta passes away and leaves the business to John and he goes into partnership with Stephanie.

(uncredited)

A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.

Mrs. Titcomb (uncredited)

Road to Singapore · 1940

Road to Singapore

★ 6.41940

MovieComedyMusic

Two playboys try to forget previous romances in Singapore – until they meet a beautiful dancer.

Chaperone on Yacht (uncredited)

Richard, a millionaire in love with his secretary, Diane, is dispirited when his wife refuses to divorce him. Concerned that Diane will now lose interest, Richard offers her an all-expense-paid cruise to Argentina so that she can think it over. While traveling, however, Diane falls in love with fellow traveler Mike. She resolves to come clean to Richard, but upon return she becomes conflicted when she finds out he was able to get divorced after all.

Edith's Friend (uncredited)

Ellie Mae lives on Primrose Hill with her good-hearted and fancy free mother, her drunken father, her younger sister and a mean-spirited grandmother. The Hill is not a good part of town, however. When she meets and falls for a hard-working man, they marry and she hides her past from him. When he discovers the truth it jeopardizes their marriage.

Drunk's Wife Leaving Bluebell (uncredited)

When upper-class Parisian Charles Dupont and his family hire Tina and Michel as their servants, they have no idea that the domestics are in fact Tatiana, the Grand Duchess Petrovna, and her husband, Mikail, Prince Ouratieff. Recent exiles from the Russian Revolution, Tatiana and Mikail befriend the Dupont family, keeping their true identities a secret -- until one night when Soviet official Gorotchenko arrives for dinner.

Mrs. Van Hemert

Two-Faced Woman · 1941

Two-Faced Woman

★ 6.41941

MovieComedyRomance

A woman pretends to be her own twin sister to win back her straying husband.

Rhumba Dancer (uncredited)

An ex-gang member tries to resist his old cohorts' criminal influence after he suddenly becomes a Hollywood movie star.

Fido's Owner (uncredited)

Mr. Moto in Danger Island · 1939

Mr. Moto in Danger Island

★ 6.71939

MovieCrimeMystery

In Puerto Rico to investigate a glut of contraband diamonds that are flooding the world's jewel market, Mr. Moto and his sidekick, a wrestler, find themselves involved in murders by thrown daggers, the frame-up of an overstressed Army colonel, and a pirate gang led by an unknown boss who has inside knowledge of the ensuing investigation.

Mrs. Brown

Mary Stevens, M.D. · 1933

Mary Stevens, M.D.

★ 6.21933

MovieDrama

Lifelong friends and medical school graduates Mary Stevens and Don Andrews decide to set up office together. While Mary struggles to earn respect because of her gender, Don gets caught up in his ambitions for a bigger life.

Wealthy Fat Lady (uncredited)

A Night to Remember · 1942

A Night to Remember

★ 6.71942

MovieComedyMystery

A woman rents a gloomy basement apartment in Greenwich Village thinking it will provide the perfect atmosphere for her mystery writer husband to create his next book. They soon find themselves in the middle of a real-life mystery when a corpse turns up in their apartment.

Irate Tenant at Bruhl's Address (uncredited)

Bureau of Missing Persons · 1933

Bureau of Missing Persons

★ 5.71933

MovieCrimeComedy

A young woman goes to the police looking for her missing husband. When it turns out her husband is both a murder victim and a bachelor - and that she is the primary suspect - tough cop Butch Saunders comes up with a scheme to crack the case.

Lady Who Wants Her Cook Back (uncredited)

The Shining Hour · 1938

The Shining Hour

★ 6.71938

MovieDramaRomance

A nightclub dancer shakes the foundations of a wealthy farming family after she marries into it.

Mrs. Briggs (uncredited)

The Abbott and Costello Show · 1952

The Abbott and Costello Show

★ 7.21952

SeriesComedy

Bud and Lou are unemployed actors living in Mr. Fields’ boarding house. Lou’s girlfriend Hillary lives across the hall. Many situations arise leading to slapstick and puns.

Mrs. Lumpkins

General Electric Theater · 1953

General Electric Theater

★ 6.81953

SeriesComedyDrama

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.

Gertrude Hanover