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Lillian Harmer

Lillian Harmer

Born: 1883-09-07 • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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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.

Filmography
Gateway poster
Gateway
1938 • Matron
Make a Wish poster
Make a Wish
1937 • Clara
A Star Is Born poster
A Star Is Born
1937 • Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
The Great O'Malley poster
The Great O'Malley
1937 • Miss Taylor
Rainbow on the River poster
Rainbow on the River
1936 • Superintendent (uncredited)
Fugitive in the Sky poster
Fugitive in the Sky
1936 • Martha Staeger
The Captain's Kid poster
The Captain's Kid
1936 • Mrs. Pengast
Sworn Enemy poster
Sworn Enemy
1936 • Mrs. Hirsch (uncredited)
Little Miss Nobody poster
Little Miss Nobody
1936 • Jessica Taggert
Dancing Feet poster
Dancing Feet
1936 • Aggie
Riffraff poster
Riffraff
1936 • Mrs. McCall
Personal Maid's Secret poster
Personal Maid's Secret
1935 • Miss Getson
3 Kids and a Queen poster
3 Kids and a Queen
1935 • Elmira Wiggins
Public Hero Number 1 poster
Public Hero Number 1
1935 • Mrs. Higgins (uncredited)
Party Wire poster
Party Wire
1935 • Deborah
Without Children poster
Without Children
1935 • Frieda
Romance in Manhattan poster
Romance in Manhattan
1935 • Landlady
A Wicked Woman poster
A Wicked Woman
1934 • Mrs. Finch (uncredited)
Desirable poster
Desirable
1934 • Aunt Agnes
Change of Heart poster
Change of Heart
1934 • Mrs. Boggs (uncredited)
Alice in Wonderland poster
Alice in Wonderland
1933 • Cook
Lone Cowboy poster
Lone Cowboy
1933 • Boardinghouse Keeper (uncredited)
The Bowery poster
The Bowery
1933 • Carrie A. Nation
Stage Mother poster
Stage Mother
1933 • Fred's Mother (uncredited)
Ann Vickers poster
Ann Vickers
1933 • Prison Matron in Warden's Office (uncredited)
A Shriek in the Night poster
A Shriek in the Night
1933 • Augusta
Hold Your Man poster
Hold Your Man
1933 • Miss Allen (uncredited)
I Cover the Waterfront poster
I Cover the Waterfront
1933 • Gossip with Telescope
The Secret of Madame Blanche poster
The Secret of Madame Blanche
1933 • Aubrey's Maid (Uncredited)
No Man of Her Own poster
No Man of Her Own
1932 • Mattie (uncredited)
If I Had a Million poster
If I Had a Million
1932 • Idylwood Receptionist (uncredited)
Guilty as Hell poster
Guilty as Hell
1932 • Mrs. Alvin
New Morals for Old poster
New Morals for Old
1932 • Alice - the Maid
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain poster
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
1932 • Landlady (uncredited)
Smart Woman poster
Smart Woman
1931 • Mrs. Windleweaver
Huckleberry Finn poster
Huckleberry Finn
1931 • Miss Watson
Millie poster
Millie
1931 • Governess (uncredited)
A Harp in Hock poster
A Harp in Hock
1927 • Sourface