Lillian Harmer
Lillian Harmer was an American character actress.
Biography
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 and The Bowery, in which she played the historical character of Carrie Nation.Other notable films in which she appeared include: Huckleberry Finn, 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.
Filmography
A Harp in Hock Huckleberry Finn Smart [Woman (1931 film)|Smart Woman] The She-Wolf Guilty as Hell No Man of Her Own as Mattie, the Librarian New Morals for Old If I Had a Million Ann Vickers A Shriek in the Night Jennie Gerhardt Lone Cowboy Alice in Wonderland The Bowery Hold Your Man as Miss Allen Mandalay College Rhythm Spitfire Housewife Lady by Choice Desirable You Can't Buy Everything Romance in Manhattan Without Children The Big Broadcast of 1936 Personal Maid's Secret Party Wire Whipsaw Public Hero No. 1 Three Kids and a Queen Rainbow on the River The Captain's Kid Sworn Enemy Riffraff Little Miss Nobody Fugitive in the Sky Don't Get Personal Dancing Feet We Went to College Internes Can't Take Money Make a Wish A Star Is Born as Wardrobe Woman The Great O'Malley as Miss Taylor The Prisoner of Zenda The Buccaneer- ''Gateway''