Lillian Harmer
ActingFrom 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
Gateway
Matron
A Star Is Born
Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
Alice in Wonderland
Cook
Millie
Governess (uncredited)
The Bowery
Carrie A. Nation
If I Had a Million
Idylwood Receptionist (uncredited)
A Wicked Woman
Mrs. Finch (uncredited)
Stage Mother
Fred's Mother (uncredited)
The Great O'Malley
Miss Taylor
Ann Vickers
Prison Matron in Warden's Office (uncredited)
Filmography — Acting
Gateway
Matron
A Star Is Born
Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
Alice in Wonderland
Cook
Millie
Governess (uncredited)
The Bowery
Carrie A. Nation
If I Had a Million
Idylwood Receptionist (uncredited)
A Wicked Woman
Mrs. Finch (uncredited)
Stage Mother
Fred's Mother (uncredited)
The Great O'Malley
Miss Taylor
Ann Vickers
Prison Matron in Warden's Office (uncredited)
Personal Maid's Secret
Miss Getson
Smart Woman
Mrs. Windleweaver
Huckleberry Finn
Miss Watson
The Captain's Kid
Mrs. Pengast
Lone Cowboy
Boardinghouse Keeper (uncredited)
No Man of Her Own
Mattie (uncredited)
Desirable
Aunt Agnes
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
Landlady (uncredited)
Sworn Enemy
Mrs. Hirsch (uncredited)
3 Kids and a Queen
Elmira Wiggins
A Shriek in the Night
Augusta
Hold Your Man
Miss Allen (uncredited)
Public Hero Number 1
Mrs. Higgins (uncredited)
Without Children
Frieda
Rainbow on the River
Superintendent (uncredited)
Change of Heart
Mrs. Boggs (uncredited)
Party Wire
Deborah
Guilty as Hell
Mrs. Alvin
Riffraff
Mrs. McCall
The Secret of Madame Blanche
Aubrey's Maid (Uncredited)
I Cover the Waterfront
Gossip with Telescope
Romance in Manhattan
Landlady
Fugitive in the Sky
Martha Staeger
Make a Wish
Clara
Dancing Feet
Aggie
A Harp in Hock
Sourface
New Morals for Old
Alice - the Maid
Don’t Get Personal
The Farmer's Wife
Little Miss Nobody
Jessica Taggert