Acting

Lillian Harmer

Born September 7, 1883 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died May 15, 1946 · aged 62

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 Bowe…

Known For

A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born · 1937

MovieDramaRomance

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 test, and before long attains stardom as newly minted Vicki Lester. She and Norman marry, though his career soon dwindles to nothing due to his chronic alcoholism.

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland · 1933

Alice in Wonderland

MovieFamilyFantasy

In Victorian England, a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called Wonderland, populated by even more fantastic characters.

Sworn Enemy

Sworn Enemy · 1936

MovieRomanceCrime

A law student poses as a fight promoter to catch a notorious gangster.

If I Had a Million

If I Had a Million · 1932

If I Had a Million

MovieDramaComedy

An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.

Guilty as Hell

Guilty as Hell · 1932

Richard Arlen is the convicted murderer and Adrienne Ames his sister who believes in his innocence. We see the murder and the framing set-up at the beginning of the film, so there’s no mystery for the audience to solve. Just the pleasure of watching an intricate cat-and-mouse game, with the murderer one step ahead of his pursuers until the final, tense confrontation.

The Great O'Malley

The Great O'Malley · 1937

The Great O'Malley

Officer James O'Malley, a true believer in law and order, treats even the smallest offenses with the utmost seriousness. But O'Malley brings bad publicity to the force when his pigheaded ethics become the subject of a scathing news story, and he's subsequently relegated to traffic cop. While on the beat, he tickets impoverished family man John Phillips, unaware that his stubbornness will set off a series of devastating events for Phillips.

No Man of Her Own

No Man of Her Own · 1932

No Man of Her Own

MovieRomanceDrama

An on-the-lam New York card shark marries a small-town librarian who thinks he's a businessman.

New Morals for Old

New Morals for Old · 1932

New Morals for Old

MovieDramaRomance

Proper parents who treat their adult children as teenagers have a son who wants to go to Paris to study art, and a daughter in love with a married man.

Filmography

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A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born · 1937

MovieDramaRomance

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 test, and before long attains stardom as newly minted Vicki Lester. She and Norman marry, though his career soon dwindles to nothing due to his chronic alcoholism.

Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland · 1933

Alice in Wonderland

MovieFamilyFantasy

In Victorian England, a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called Wonderland, populated by even more fantastic characters.

Cook

Sworn Enemy

Sworn Enemy · 1936

MovieRomanceCrime

A law student poses as a fight promoter to catch a notorious gangster.

Mrs. Hirsch (uncredited)

If I Had a Million

If I Had a Million · 1932

If I Had a Million

MovieDramaComedy

An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.

Idylwood Receptionist (uncredited)

Guilty as Hell

Guilty as Hell · 1932

Richard Arlen is the convicted murderer and Adrienne Ames his sister who believes in his innocence. We see the murder and the framing set-up at the beginning of the film, so there’s no mystery for the audience to solve. Just the pleasure of watching an intricate cat-and-mouse game, with the murderer one step ahead of his pursuers until the final, tense confrontation.

Mrs. Alvin

The Great O'Malley

The Great O'Malley · 1937

The Great O'Malley

Officer James O'Malley, a true believer in law and order, treats even the smallest offenses with the utmost seriousness. But O'Malley brings bad publicity to the force when his pigheaded ethics become the subject of a scathing news story, and he's subsequently relegated to traffic cop. While on the beat, he tickets impoverished family man John Phillips, unaware that his stubbornness will set off a series of devastating events for Phillips.

Miss Taylor

No Man of Her Own

No Man of Her Own · 1932

No Man of Her Own

MovieRomanceDrama

An on-the-lam New York card shark marries a small-town librarian who thinks he's a businessman.

Mattie (uncredited)

New Morals for Old

New Morals for Old · 1932

New Morals for Old

MovieDramaRomance

Proper parents who treat their adult children as teenagers have a son who wants to go to Paris to study art, and a daughter in love with a married man.

Alice - the Maid

Public Hero Number 1

Public Hero Number 1 · 1935

Public Hero Number 1

MovieCrimeDrama

G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which preys upon other hoodlums. Orchestrating the jailbreak of the gang's leader, Crane joins him in a Dillinger-like flight across the country.

Mrs. Higgins (uncredited)

3 Kids and a Queen

3 Kids and a Queen · 1935

3 Kids and a Queen

MovieAdventureComedy

An eccentric, wealthy spinster, 'Queenie' Baxter is erroneously presumed to be kidnapped. She subsequently pretends to indeed be kidnapped, , in order to allow a reward of $50,000 to benefit an impecunious family headed by Tony Orsatti and his three sons, Blackie, Doc and Flash.

Elmira Wiggins

A Shriek in the Night

A Shriek in the Night · 1933

A Shriek in the Night

MovieMysteryThriller

Rival newspaper reporters Pat Morgan and Ted Rand find themselves unraveling the mystery behind the death of a millionaire philanthropist who fell from his penthouse balcony. When it is discovered that the plunge was not an accident, the building's residents come under suspicion. Soon, the body count begins to mount as three more murders occur by strangulation.

Augusta

A Harp in Hock

A Harp in Hock · 1927

A Harp in Hock, also known as The Samaritan, is a lost 1927 American silent melodrama film directed by Renaud Hoffman, produced by DeMille Pictures, and distributed by Pathé Exchange. The film starred Rudolph Schildkraut, Junior Coghlan, May Robson, and Bessie Love, and was based on the short story by Evelyn Campbell.

Sourface

The Captain's Kid

The Captain's Kid · 1936

The Captain's Kid

MovieMusicComedy

In this children's adventure, the children of a small town are enthralled by the tales of the town drunk.

Mrs. Pengast

The Secret of Madame Blanche

The Secret of Madame Blanche · 1933

The Secret of Madame Blanche

MovieDramaRomance

A murder trial reunites a former chorus girl and her son, a grandson of an English aristocrat.

Aubrey's Maid (Uncredited)

I Cover the Waterfront

I Cover the Waterfront · 1933

I Cover the Waterfront

MovieDramaRomance

An investigative reporter romances a suspected smuggler's daughter.

Gossip with Telescope

Little Miss Nobody

Little Miss Nobody · 1936

Little Miss Nobody

A runaway orphan is befriended by a kind-hearted pet store owner with a criminal past.

Jessica Taggert

Fugitive in the Sky

Fugitive in the Sky · 1936

Fugitive in the Sky

MovieMysteryDrama

Reporter Terry Brewer goes to the Los Angeles airport to say goodbye to his sweetheart, airline hostess Rita Moore. He notices G-Man Mike Phelan among the passengers and assuming Phelan is on the trail of a criminal, decides to go along to get a story.

Martha Staeger

Hold Your Man

Hold Your Man · 1933

MovieDramaRomance

Ruby falls in love with small-time con man Eddie. During a botched blackmail scheme, Eddie accidentally kills the man they were setting up. Eddie takes off and Ruby is sent to a reformatory for two years.

Miss Allen (uncredited)

Ann Vickers

Ann Vickers · 1933

MovieDramaRomance

After a love affair ending in an abortion, a young prison reformer submerges herself in her work. She then falls for a controversial and married judge and scandal looms again.

Prison Matron in Warden's Office (uncredited)

The Bowery

The Bowery · 1933

MovieComedyDrama

"In the Gay Nineties New York had grown up into bustles and balloon Sleeves ... but The Bowery had grown younger, louder and more rowdy until it was known as the 'Livest Mile on the face of the globe' ... the cradle of men who were later to be famous.

Carrie A. Nation

Riffraff

Riffraff · 1936

MovieCrimeDrama

Fisherman Dutch marries cannery worker Hattie. After he is kicked out of his union and fired from his job he leaves Hattie who steals money for him and goes to jail. He gets a new job, foils a plot to dynamite the ship, and promises to wait for Hattie.

Mrs. McCall

Personal Maid's Secret

Personal Maid's Secret · 1935

Personal Maid's Secret

MovieRomanceComedy

A longtime maid for New York socialites watches from afar as the daughter she once gave up is raised by others. Director Arthur Greville Collins' 1935 film stars Ruth Donnelly, Anita Louise, Margaret Lindsay, Warren Hull, Frank Albertson, Arthur Treacher, Ronnie Crosby, Henry O'Neill, Lillian Kemble Cooper and Gordon Elliott.

Miss Getson

Desirable

Desirable · 1934

MovieRomanceDrama

A man meets the daughter of his lover and they begin to fall in love.

Aunt Agnes

Millie

MovieDramaRomance

After a tumultuous first marriage, Millie Blake learns to love her newfound independence and drags her feet on the possibility of remarriage. The years pass, and now Millie's daughter garners the attentions of men - men who once devoted their time to her mother.

Governess (uncredited)