

Actor
September 7, 1883 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Gateway
as Matron
Make a Wish
as Clara
A Star Is Born
as Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
The Great O'Malley
as Miss Taylor
Rainbow on the River
as Superintendent (uncredited)
Fugitive in the Sky
as Martha Staeger
The Captain's Kid
as Mrs. Pengast
Sworn Enemy
as Mrs. Hirsch (uncredited)
Little Miss Nobody
as Jessica Taggert
Don’t Get Personal
as The Farmer's Wife
Dancing Feet
as Aggie
Riffraff
as Mrs. McCall