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Lillian Harmer

Lillian Harmer

Acting1883Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

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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.

Acting History

1938
Gateway
as Matron
1937
The Great O'Malley
as Miss Taylor
Make a Wish
as Clara
A Star Is Born
as Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
1936
Fugitive in the Sky
as Martha Staeger
Rainbow on the River
as Superintendent (uncredited)
Riffraff
as Mrs. McCall
Sworn Enemy
as Mrs. Hirsch (uncredited)
Little Miss Nobody
as Jessica Taggert
Dancing Feet
as Aggie
The Captain's Kid
as Mrs. Pengast
1935
Public Hero Number 1
as Mrs. Higgins (uncredited)
Party Wire
as Deborah
3 Kids and a Queen
as Elmira Wiggins
1934
Desirable
as Aunt Agnes
A Wicked Woman
as Mrs. Finch (uncredited)
Change of Heart
as Mrs. Boggs (uncredited)
1933
Hold Your Man
as Miss Allen (uncredited)
Ann Vickers
as Prison Matron in Warden's Office (uncredited)
The Bowery
as Carrie A. Nation
I Cover the Waterfront
as Gossip with Telescope
The Secret of Madame Blanche
as Aubrey's Maid (Uncredited)
Lone Cowboy
as Boardinghouse Keeper (uncredited)
Stage Mother
as Fred's Mother (uncredited)
1932
If I Had a Million
as Idylwood Receptionist (uncredited)
Guilty as Hell
as Mrs. Alvin
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
as Landlady (uncredited)
New Morals for Old
as Alice - the Maid
No Man of Her Own
as Mattie (uncredited)
1931
Millie
as Governess (uncredited)
Smart Woman
as Mrs. Windleweaver
Huckleberry Finn
as Miss Watson
1927
A Harp in Hock
as Sourface

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
9/7/1883
Day of Death
5/15/1946
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA