Lillian Harmer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 7, 1883, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- May 15, 1946
- Movies
- 39
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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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1938 | Gateway | Matron |
| 1937 | Make a Wish | Clara |
| 1937 | A Star Is Born | Wardrobe Woman (uncredited) |
| 1937 | The Great O'Malley | Miss Taylor |
| 1936 | Rainbow on the River | Superintendent (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Fugitive in the Sky | Martha Staeger |
| 1936 | The Captain's Kid | Mrs. Pengast |
| 1936 | Sworn Enemy | Mrs. Hirsch (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Little Miss Nobody | Jessica Taggert |
| 1936 | Don’t Get Personal | The Farmer's Wife |
| 1936 | Dancing Feet | Aggie |
| 1936 | Riffraff | Mrs. McCall |
| 1935 | Personal Maid's Secret | Miss Getson |
| 1935 | 3 Kids and a Queen | Elmira Wiggins |
| 1935 | Public Hero Number 1 | Mrs. Higgins (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Party Wire | Deborah |
| 1935 | Without Children | Frieda |
| 1934 | Romance in Manhattan | Landlady |
| 1934 | A Wicked Woman | Mrs. Finch (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Desirable | Aunt Agnes |
| 1934 | Change of Heart | Mrs. Boggs (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Alice in Wonderland | Cook |
| 1933 | Lone Cowboy | Boardinghouse Keeper (uncredited) |
| 1933 | The Bowery | Carrie A. Nation |
| 1933 | Stage Mother | Fred's Mother (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Ann Vickers | Prison Matron in Warden's Office (uncredited) |
| 1933 | A Shriek in the Night | Augusta |
| 1933 | Hold Your Man | Miss Allen (uncredited) |
| 1933 | I Cover the Waterfront | Gossip with Telescope |
| 1933 | The Secret of Madame Blanche | Aubrey's Maid (Uncredited) |
| 1932 | No Man of Her Own | Mattie (uncredited) |
| 1932 | If I Had a Million | Idylwood Receptionist (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Guilty as Hell | Mrs. Alvin |
| 1932 | New Morals for Old | Alice - the Maid |
| 1932 | The Strange Love of Molly Louvain | Landlady (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Smart Woman | Mrs. Windleweaver |
| 1931 | Huckleberry Finn | Miss Watson |
| 1931 | Millie | Governess (uncredited) |
| 1927 | A Harp in Hock | Sourface |
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