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Lilli Palmer Biography (1914-1986)

Born Lillie Marie Peiser, May 24, 1914, in Poznan, Poland; daughter of Alfred(a surgeon) and Rose (an actress) Peiser; died of cancer in Los Angeles, CA,January 27, 1986; married Rex Harrison, 1943 (divorced, 1957); married Carlos Thompson (an author and actor); children: (first marriage) Carey.

Nationality

Polish

Gender

Female

Birth Details

May 24, 1914

Poznan, Poland

Death Details

January 27, 1986

Los Angeles, California, United States

Famous Works

• Credits
• FILM DEBUT--1935.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
• The Secret Agent, 1936.
• Chamber of Horrors, 1940.
• Thunder Rock, 1942.
• Cloak and Dagger, 1946.
• Notorious Gentleman, 1946.
• Beware of Pity, 1947.
• My Girl Tisa, 1948.
• Body and Soul, 1948.
• No Minor Vices, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1948.
• Her Man Gilbey, 1948.
• The Wicked City, 1950.
• The Long Dark Hall, 1951.
• The Counterfeit Traitor, Paramount, 1952.
• The Four Poster, 1952.
• Main Street to Broadway, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1953.
• But Not for Me, Paramount, 1959.
• Conspiracy of Hearts, 1960.
• The Pleasure of His Company, Paramount, 1961.
• Adorable Julia, See-Art, 1964.
• Operation Crossbow, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1965.
• Jack of Diamonds, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1967.
• Oedipus the King, Universal, 1967.
• The High Commissioner, Cinerama, 1968.
• Hard Contract, 1969.
• The House That Screamed, American International, 1970.
• Murders in the Rue Morgue, American International, 1971.
• The Boys from Brazil, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1978.
• Also appeared in: Gentle Sex; English without Tears; Silent Barrier; Sunday in Vienna; Command Performance; The Man with Ten Faces; The Girl Must Live; Is Anna Anderson Anastasia; The Flight of the White Stallions; Le tonnerrede dieu; Le Voyage dupere; Marquis de sade; La residencia; What the Peeper Saw; The Holcroft Covenant.
• STAGE DEBUT--In Berlin, 1932.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
• Caesar and Cleopatra, Broadway, 1949.
• Venus Observed, Broadway, 1952.
• Love of Four Colonels, Broadway, 1952.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES; EPISODIC
• "Twentieth Century," Ford Theatre, CBS, 1950.
• title role, "The Trial of Anne Boleyn," Omnibus, CBS, 1952.
• "The Man in Possession," U.S. Steel Hour, ABC, 1954.
• MINI-SERIES Peter the Great, 1986.
• Writings;BOOKS
• Change Lobsters and Dance, 1975.
• The Red Raven, 1979.