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)
- The Great O'Malley as Miss Taylor
- Make a Wish as Clara
1936
- Riffraff as Mrs. McCall
- The Captain's Kid as Mrs. Pengast
- Fugitive in the Sky as Martha Staeger
- Rainbow on the River as Superintendent (uncredited)
- Little Miss Nobody as Jessica Taggert
- Sworn Enemy as Mrs. Hirsch (uncredited)
- Dancing Feet as Aggie
1935
- Without Children as Frieda
- Party Wire as Deborah
- Personal Maid's Secret as Miss Getson
- Romance in Manhattan as Landlady
- Public Hero Number 1 as Mrs. Higgins (uncredited)
- 3 Kids and a Queen as Elmira Wiggins
1934
- Change of Heart as Mrs. Boggs (uncredited)
- A Wicked Woman as Mrs. Finch (uncredited)
- Desirable as Aunt Agnes
1933
- Ann Vickers as Prison Matron in Warden's Office (uncredited)
- The Bowery as Carrie A. Nation
- Lone Cowboy as Boardinghouse Keeper (uncredited)
- The Secret of Madame Blanche as Aubrey's Maid (Uncredited)
- Hold Your Man as Miss Allen (uncredited)
- I Cover the Waterfront as Gossip with Telescope
- Stage Mother as Fred's Mother (uncredited)
- Alice in Wonderland as Cook
- A Shriek in the Night as Augusta
1932
- The Strange Love of Molly Louvain as Landlady (uncredited)
- If I Had a Million as Idylwood Receptionist (uncredited)
- No Man of Her Own as Mattie (uncredited)
- New Morals for Old as Alice - the Maid
- Guilty as Hell as Mrs. Alvin
1931
- Smart Woman as Mrs. Windleweaver
- Millie as Governess (uncredited)
- Huckleberry Finn as Miss Watson
1927
- A Harp in Hock as Sourface