Lillian Harmer
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.
Known For
A Star Is Born
Alice in Wonderland
No Man of Her Own
If I Had a Million
Millie
Gateway
Huckleberry Finn
Stage Mother
All Movies (39)
- Gateway1938 · as Matron
- Make a Wish1937 · as Clara
- A Star Is Born1937 · as Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
- The Great O'Malley1937 · as Miss Taylor
- Rainbow on the River1936 · as Superintendent (uncredited)
- Fugitive in the Sky1936 · as Martha Staeger
- The Captain's Kid1936 · as Mrs. Pengast
- Sworn Enemy1936 · as Mrs. Hirsch (uncredited)
- Little Miss Nobody1936 · as Jessica Taggert
- Don’t Get Personal1936 · as The Farmer's Wife
- Dancing Feet1936 · as Aggie
- Riffraff1936 · as Mrs. McCall
- Personal Maid's Secret1935 · as Miss Getson
- 3 Kids and a Queen1935 · as Elmira Wiggins
- Public Hero Number 11935 · as Mrs. Higgins (uncredited)
- Party Wire1935 · as Deborah
- Without Children1935 · as Frieda
- Romance in Manhattan1935 · as Landlady
- A Wicked Woman1934 · as Mrs. Finch (uncredited)
- Desirable1934 · as Aunt Agnes
- Change of Heart1934 · as Mrs. Boggs (uncredited)
- Alice in Wonderland1933 · as Cook
- Lone Cowboy1933 · as Boardinghouse Keeper (uncredited)
- The Bowery1933 · as Carrie A. Nation
- Stage Mother1933 · as Fred's Mother (uncredited)
- Ann Vickers1933 · as Prison Matron in Warden's Office (uncredited)
- A Shriek in the Night1933 · as Augusta
- Hold Your Man1933 · as Miss Allen (uncredited)
- I Cover the Waterfront1933 · as Gossip with Telescope
- The Secret of Madame Blanche1933 · as Aubrey's Maid (Uncredited)
- No Man of Her Own1932 · as Mattie (uncredited)
- If I Had a Million1932 · as Idylwood Receptionist (uncredited)
- Guilty as Hell1932 · as Mrs. Alvin
- New Morals for Old1932 · as Alice - the Maid
- The Strange Love of Molly Louvain1932 · as Landlady (uncredited)
- Smart Woman1931 · as Mrs. Windleweaver
- Huckleberry Finn1931 · as Miss Watson
- Millie1931 · as Governess (uncredited)
- A Harp in Hock1927 · as Sourface