Lillian Harmer
Born: 1883-09-07 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 1946-05-15
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lillian Harmer (September 8, 1883 – May 14, 1946) was an American character actress. Born in Philadelphia in 1883, Harmer had a brief film career during the 1930s. During her short career she would appear in over 60 films, mostly in uncredited roles. She would occasionally be cast in a featured supporting role, as in A Shriek in the Night (1933) and The Bowery (1933), in which she played the historical character of Carrie Nation. Other notable films in which she appeared include: Huckleberry Finn (1931), starring Jackie Coogan as Tom Sawyer; the 1933 version of Alice in Wonderland; William Wellman's 1937 version of A Star is Born, starring Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, and Adolphe Menjou; the Ronald Colman vehicle, The Prisoner of Zenda; and the 1938 Cecil B. DeMille historical drama, The Buccaneer, starring Fredric March. Her final film appearance would be in a small role in 1938's Gateway, starring Don Ameche and Arleen Whelan. Harmer, who was married to Albert Frederick Kaeber, died on May 14, 1946, and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.
Filmography
1938
- Gateway as Matron
1937
- A Star Is Born as Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
- Make a Wish as Clara
- The Great O'Malley as Miss Taylor
1936
- Riffraff as Mrs. McCall
- Rainbow on the River as Superintendent (uncredited)
- The Captain's Kid as Mrs. Pengast
- Little Miss Nobody as Jessica Taggert
- Fugitive in the Sky as Martha Staeger
- Dancing Feet as Aggie
- Sworn Enemy as Mrs. Hirsch (uncredited)
- Don’t Get Personal as The Farmer's Wife
1935
- Romance in Manhattan as Landlady
- Public Hero Number 1 as Mrs. Higgins (uncredited)
- Without Children as Frieda
- Personal Maid's Secret as Miss Getson
- 3 Kids and a Queen as Elmira Wiggins
- Party Wire as Deborah
1934
- Desirable as Aunt Agnes
- A Wicked Woman as Mrs. Finch (uncredited)
- Change of Heart as Mrs. Boggs (uncredited)
1933
- Stage Mother as Fred's Mother (uncredited)
- Alice in Wonderland as Cook
- Ann Vickers as Prison Matron in Warden's Office (uncredited)
- The Bowery as Carrie A. Nation
- Lone Cowboy as Boardinghouse Keeper (uncredited)
- Hold Your Man as Miss Allen (uncredited)
- The Secret of Madame Blanche as Aubrey's Maid (Uncredited)
- I Cover the Waterfront as Gossip with Telescope
- A Shriek in the Night as Augusta
1932
- If I Had a Million as Idylwood Receptionist (uncredited)
- No Man of Her Own as Mattie (uncredited)
- The Strange Love of Molly Louvain as Landlady (uncredited)
- Guilty as Hell as Mrs. Alvin
- New Morals for Old as Alice - the Maid
1931
- Millie as Governess (uncredited)
- Smart Woman as Mrs. Windleweaver
- Huckleberry Finn as Miss Watson
1927
- A Harp in Hock as Sourface