Lillian Harmer
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.
Known For
Credits
- 1938 · Gateway as Matron
- 1937 · Make a Wish as Clara
- 1937 · A Star Is Born as Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
- 1937 · The Great O'Malley as Miss Taylor
- 1936 · Rainbow on the River as Superintendent (uncredited)
- 1936 · Fugitive in the Sky as Martha Staeger
- 1936 · The Captain's Kid as Mrs. Pengast
- 1936 · Sworn Enemy as Mrs. Hirsch (uncredited)
- 1936 · Little Miss Nobody as Jessica Taggert
- 1936 · Dancing Feet as Aggie
- 1936 · Riffraff as Mrs. McCall
- 1935 · Personal Maid's Secret as Miss Getson
- 1935 · 3 Kids and a Queen as Elmira Wiggins
- 1935 · Public Hero Number 1 as Mrs. Higgins (uncredited)
- 1935 · Party Wire as Deborah
- 1935 · Without Children as Frieda
- 1935 · Romance in Manhattan as Landlady
- 1934 · A Wicked Woman as Mrs. Finch (uncredited)
- 1934 · Desirable as Aunt Agnes
- 1934 · Change of Heart as Mrs. Boggs
- 1933 · Alice in Wonderland as Cook
- 1933 · Lone Cowboy as Boardinghouse Keeper (uncredited)
- 1933 · The Bowery as Carrie A. Nation
- 1933 · Stage Mother as Fred's Mother
- 1933 · Ann Vickers as Prison Matron in Warden's Office (uncredited)
- 1933 · A Shriek in the Night as Augusta
- 1933 · I Cover the Waterfront as Gossip with Telescope
- 1933 · The Secret of Madame Blanche as Aubrey's Maid (Uncredited)
- 1932 · No Man of Her Own as Mattie (uncredited)
- 1932 · If I Had a Million as Idylwood Receptionist (uncredited)
- 1932 · Guilty as Hell as Mrs. Alvin
- 1932 · New Morals for Old as Alice - the Maid
- 1932 · The Strange Love of Molly Louvain as Landlady (uncredited)
- 1931 · Smart Woman as Mrs. Windleweaver
- 1931 · Huckleberry Finn as Miss Watson
- 1931 · Millie as Governess (uncredited)
- 1927 · A Harp in Hock as Sourface