Lillian Harmer

Lillian Harmer

Known for

Acting

Born

September 7, 1883

Birthplace

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died

May 15, 1946 (aged 62)

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 Gayno...

Best known work

A Star Is Born
A Star Is Born
1937
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland
1933
If I Had a Million
If I Had a Million
1932
No Man of Her Own
No Man of Her Own
1932
Millie
Millie
1931
Hold Your Man
Hold Your Man
1933
A Shriek in the Night
A Shriek in the Night
1933
Riffraff
Riffraff
1936
I Cover the Waterfront
I Cover the Waterfront
1933
Romance in Manhattan
Romance in Manhattan
1934

Filmography

  1. 1938

    Gateway

    as Matron

  2. 1937

    Make a Wish

    as Clara

  3. 1937

    A Star Is Born

    as Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)

  4. 1937

    The Great O'Malley

    as Miss Taylor

  5. 1936

    Rainbow on the River

    as Superintendent (uncredited)

  6. 1936

    Fugitive in the Sky

    as Martha Staeger

  7. 1936

    The Captain's Kid

    as Mrs. Pengast

  8. 1936

    Sworn Enemy

    as Mrs. Hirsch (uncredited)

  9. 1936

    Little Miss Nobody

    as Jessica Taggert

  10. 1936

    Don’t Get Personal

    as The Farmer's Wife

  11. 1936

    Dancing Feet

    as Aggie

  12. 1936

    Riffraff

    as Mrs. McCall

  13. 1935

  14. 1935

    3 Kids and a Queen

    as Elmira Wiggins

  15. 1935

    Public Hero Number 1

    as Mrs. Higgins (uncredited)

  16. 1935

    Party Wire

    as Deborah

  17. 1935

  18. 1934

  19. 1934

    A Wicked Woman

    as Mrs. Finch (uncredited)

  20. 1934

    Desirable

    as Aunt Agnes

  21. 1934

    Change of Heart

    as Mrs. Boggs (uncredited)

  22. 1933

  23. 1933

    Lone Cowboy

    as Boardinghouse Keeper (uncredited)

  24. 1933

    The Bowery

    as Carrie A. Nation

  25. 1933

    Stage Mother

    as Fred's Mother (uncredited)

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