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.

Most Known For

A Star Is Born

as Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)

Alice in Wonderland

as Cook

No Man of Her Own

as Mattie (uncredited)

If I Had a Million

as Idylwood Receptionist (uncredited)

Ann Vickers

as Prison Matron in Warden's Office (uncredited)

Hold Your Man

as Miss Allen (uncredited)

Little Miss Nobody

as Jessica Taggert

Riffraff

as Mrs. McCall

Public Hero Number 1

as Mrs. Higgins (uncredited)

The Bowery

as Carrie A. Nation

The Great O'Malley

as Miss Taylor

Make a Wish

as Clara

Stage Mother

as Fred's Mother (uncredited)

Smart Woman

as Mrs. Windleweaver

Millie

as Governess (uncredited)

Gateway

as Matron

A Shriek in the Night

as Augusta

Desirable

as Aunt Agnes

I Cover the Waterfront

as Gossip with Telescope

The Strange Love of Molly Louvain

as Landlady (uncredited)