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Helen Gilmore
Actor

Helen Gilmore

4 Jan 1862Born
16 Nov 1936Died
74Age at death
65Credits

Biography

Helen Gilmore (born Antoinette A. Field, c. 1872 – April 1936) was an American actress of the stage and silent motion pictures from Louisville, Kentucky. She appeared in over 140 films between 1913 and 1932.

In approximately 1872, Gilmore was born to Richard Field and Mary Cilia Daniels. In 1894, she toured with comic actor Stuart Robson's company, even substituting, on at least one occasion, for Mrs. Robson—the temporarily unavailable May Waldron—in the role of Adriana in Shakespeare's A Comedy of Errors. It was during that tour that Gilmore met and married fellow cast member (and fellow Kentuckian), Joseph B. Zahner, hurriedly tying the knot at New York's City Hall on Friday, July 13.

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Scarcely five years later, Zahner, then 33, suffered a fatal heart attack.

Between 1910 and 1913, Gilmore appeared on Broadway in 4 musical revues: Deems Taylor's The Echo, Manuel Klein's Around the World and Under Many Flags (both at the New York Hippodrome), and Oscar Straus's My Little Friend. Shortly thereafter, she made her screen debut in A Female Fagin.

As Mrs. Hobbs in A Petticoat Pilot (1918), Gilmore was commended for her careful character study. The Paramount Pictures film was directed by Rollin S. Sturgeon and was based on the novel by Evelyn Lincoln. She played the head nurse in Too Much Business (1922). This was a comedy which originated with a Saturday Evening Post story by Earl Derr Biggers. In it Gilmore was cast with Elsa Lorimer and Mack Fenton. Her final motion picture credit is for the role of a motorist in the Laurel and Hardy short Two Tars (1928).

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Filmography

  1. 2024Laurel & Hardy: Year TwoFilm: (archive footage) (uncredited)
  2. 1930Shivering ShakespeareFilm: Woman in audience (uncredited)
  3. 1927Sensation SeekersFilm: Mrs. Todd
  4. 1926Bromo and JulietFilm: Bit Role (uncredited)
  5. 1926Long Fliv the KingFilm: Helga's Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)
  6. 1926Don Key (Son of Burro)Film
  7. 1926Say It with BabiesFilm
  8. 1926Madame MysteryFilm
  9. 1926What's the World Coming To?Film: A Neighbor
  10. 1925His Wooden WeddingFilm: (uncredited)
  11. 1925Should Sailors Marry?Film: Train Passenger
  12. 1925Moonlight and NosesFilm
  13. 1925Unfriendly EnemiesFilm: Laughing Woman (uncredited)
  14. 1925Sherlock SleuthFilm: Haughty Guest's Wife
  15. 1925Chasing the ChaserFilm: The neighbor
  16. 1925Big Red Riding HoodFilm: Red Riding Hood
  17. 1925The Haunted HoneymoonFilm
  18. 1925The Wages of TinFilm: Meg's Mother
  19. 1925Laughing LadiesFilm: The Dentist's Assistant
  20. 1924Bungalow BoobsFilm: The Neighbor Wife
  21. 1924Sittin' PrettyFilm
  22. 1924Short KiltsFilm: Mrs. McHungry
  23. 1924Stolen GoodsFilm: Shopper (uncredited)
  24. 1924April FoolFilm: The Editor's Wife
  25. 1924The 'Fraidy CatFilm: Lem Tucker's Mother (uncredited)
  26. 1924Zeb vs. PaprikaFilm
  27. 1924Postage DueFilm
  28. 1924The Cowboy SheikFilm: The cook
  29. 1924Just a MinuteFilm: Caroline - the Mayor's Wife
  30. 1924All WetFilm: Boarding house landlady (uncredited)
  31. 1923It's a Joy!Film: His Mother-in-Law
  32. 1923The Whole TruthFilm: The wife
  33. 1923Post No BillsFilm
  34. 1923Safety Last!Film: Department Store Customer (uncredited)
  35. 1923Tight ShoesFilm
  36. 1922Good Men and TrueFilm: Mrs. Fite
  37. 1922ImpulseFilm: Mrs. Cameron
  38. 1921Never WeakenFilm: (uncredited)
  39. 1921Dangerous PathsFilm: Deborah Hammond
  40. 1921The Blazing TrailFilm: Village Talking Machine
  41. 1920Down HomeFilm: Townswoman
  42. 1920Fickle WomenFilm: Mrs. Cullison
  43. 1920A Bashful BigamistFilm: Uncle Oswald's Wife
  44. 1920His Royal SlynessFilm: Queen Razzamatazz
  45. 1919Captain Kidd's KidsFilm: The Girl's mother
  46. 1919Bumping Into BroadwayFilm: 'Bearcat' the Landlady
  47. 1919Just NeighborsFilm: Old Woman with Packages (uncredited)
  48. 1918Take a ChanceFilm: Landlady
  49. 1918Nothing But TroubleFilm
  50. 1918Bees in His BonnetFilm
  51. 1918Two ScrambledFilm
  52. 1918Bride and GloomFilm
  53. 1918That's HimFilm
  54. 1918An Ozark RomanceFilm
  55. 1918Are Crooks Dishonest?Film: Old lady in park
  56. 1918The City SlickerFilm: Girl's Mother
  57. 1918Hey ThereFilm
  58. 1918It's a Wild LifeFilm: The girl's mother
  59. 1918Pipe the WhiskersFilm
  60. 1918Follow the CrowdFilm
  61. 1918Huck and TomFilm: Widow Douglas
  62. 1918A Petticoat PilotFilm: Mrs. Hobbs
  63. 1917Tom SawyerFilm: Widow Douglas
  64. 1915Never AgainFilm
  65. 1914The Eagle's MateFilm: Hagar Morne (as Helen Gillmore)

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