
Actor
Lillian Harmer
Born September 7, 1883 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USADied May 15, 194639 films
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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.
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First watchA Star Is Born19377.2as Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a screen…View filmEssential films
Ranked by acclaim and reachFilmography
39 films as actor- 1938GatewayMatron
- 1937Make a WishClara
- 1937A Star Is BornWardrobe Woman (uncredited)
- 1937The Great O'MalleyMiss Taylor
- 1936Rainbow on the RiverSuperintendent (uncredited)
- 1936Fugitive in the SkyMartha Staeger
- 1936The Captain's KidMrs. Pengast
- 1936Sworn EnemyMrs. Hirsch (uncredited)
- 1936Little Miss NobodyJessica Taggert
- 1936Don’t Get PersonalThe Farmer's Wife
- 1936Dancing FeetAggie
- 1936RiffraffMrs. McCall
- 1935Personal Maid's SecretMiss Getson
- 19353 Kids and a QueenElmira Wiggins
- 1935Public Hero Number 1Mrs. Higgins (uncredited)
- 1935Party WireDeborah
- 1935Without ChildrenFrieda
- 1934Romance in ManhattanLandlady
- 1934A Wicked WomanMrs. Finch (uncredited)
- 1934DesirableAunt Agnes
- 1934Change of HeartMrs. Boggs (uncredited)
- 1933Alice in WonderlandCook
- 1933Lone CowboyBoardinghouse Keeper (uncredited)
- 1933The BoweryCarrie A. Nation
- 1933Stage MotherFred's Mother (uncredited)
- 1933Ann VickersPrison Matron in Warden's Office (uncredited)
- 1933A Shriek in the NightAugusta
- 1933Hold Your ManMiss Allen (uncredited)
- 1933I Cover the WaterfrontGossip with Telescope
- 1933The Secret of Madame BlancheAubrey's Maid (Uncredited)
- 1932No Man of Her OwnMattie (uncredited)
- 1932If I Had a MillionIdylwood Receptionist (uncredited)
- 1932Guilty as HellMrs. Alvin
- 1932New Morals for OldAlice - the Maid
- 1932The Strange Love of Molly LouvainLandlady (uncredited)
- 1931Smart WomanMrs. Windleweaver
- 1931Huckleberry FinnMiss Watson
- 1931MillieGoverness (uncredited)
- 1927A Harp in HockSourface

