Lillian Harmer

Lillian Harmer

1883-09-07 – 1946-05-15 (age 62) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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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.

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Known For

A Star Is Born
A Star Is Born

1937

as Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)

Dancing Feet
Dancing Feet

1936

as Aggie

Alice in Wonderland
Sworn Enemy
Sworn Enemy

1936

as Mrs. Hirsch (uncredited)

Millie
Millie

1931

as Governess (uncredited)

If I Had a Million
If I Had a Million

1932

as Idylwood Receptionist (uncredited)

Ann Vickers
Ann Vickers

1933

as Prison Matron in Warden's Office (uncredited)

Gateway
Gateway

1938

as Matron

Desirable
Desirable

1934

as Aunt Agnes

Stage Mother
Stage Mother

1933

as Fred's Mother (uncredited)

Lone Cowboy
Lone Cowboy

1933

as Boardinghouse Keeper (uncredited)

The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain

1932

as Landlady (uncredited)

No Man of Her Own
No Man of Her Own

1932

as Mattie (uncredited)

Huckleberry Finn
Huckleberry Finn

1931

as Miss Watson

3 Kids and a Queen
3 Kids and a Queen

1935

as Elmira Wiggins

The Bowery
The Bowery

1933

as Carrie A. Nation

The Secret of Madame Blanche
The Secret of Madame Blanche

1933

as Aubrey's Maid (Uncredited)

A Shriek in the Night
A Shriek in the Night

1933

as Augusta

Rainbow on the River
Rainbow on the River

1936

as Superintendent (uncredited)

Guilty as Hell
Guilty as Hell

1932

as Mrs. Alvin