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

Little Miss Nobody as Jessica Taggert
Don’t Get Personal as The Farmer's Wife
Fugitive in the Sky as Martha Staeger
The Captain's Kid as Mrs. Pengast
Riffraff as Mrs. McCall
Sworn Enemy as Mrs. Hirsch (uncredited)
Rainbow on the River as Superintendent (uncredited)
Dancing Feet as Aggie

1935

Public Hero Number 1 as Mrs. Higgins (uncredited)
3 Kids and a Queen as Elmira Wiggins
Personal Maid's Secret as Miss Getson
Party Wire as Deborah
Without Children as Frieda

1934

Change of Heart as Mrs. Boggs (uncredited)
A Wicked Woman as Mrs. Finch (uncredited)
Romance in Manhattan as Landlady
Desirable as Aunt Agnes

1933

Alice in Wonderland as Cook
Ann Vickers as Prison Matron in Warden's Office (uncredited)
The Bowery as Carrie A. Nation
Stage Mother as Fred's Mother (uncredited)
The Secret of Madame Blanche as Aubrey's Maid (Uncredited)
Lone Cowboy as Boardinghouse Keeper (uncredited)
A Shriek in the Night as Augusta
Hold Your Man as Miss Allen (uncredited)
I Cover the Waterfront as Gossip with Telescope

1932

No Man of Her Own as Mattie (uncredited)
If I Had a Million as Idylwood Receptionist (uncredited)
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain as Landlady (uncredited)
New Morals for Old as Alice - the Maid
Guilty as Hell as Mrs. Alvin

1931

Huckleberry Finn as Miss Watson
Millie as Governess (uncredited)
Smart Woman as Mrs. Windleweaver

1927

A Harp in Hock as Sourface