Margaret Rosendale was born on March 6, 1876, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, although some sources give her birth year as 1880.

[4] She began her career in Charles Frohman acting company in 1898, often in support of the leading actors such as Henry Miller.

[7] In 1920 Dale appeared in her first feature movie The World and His Wife, directed by Robert G. Vignola.

She rejoined Arliss in 1921 for the film version of Disraeli which was produced by his production company Distinctive and released through United Artists.

In 2014 it is available on DVD from Alpha Video[8] Dale's last film and only talkie was The Man with Two Faces starring Edward G. Robinson and Mary Astor and now available from Warner Archive Collection.