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Lilli Palmer (1914–1986)

A charming, elegant and exceedingly popular international film star with a gentle, understated beauty, actress Lilli Palmer was born on May 24, 1914, as Lillie Marie Peiser, the daughter of a German-Jewish surgeon and Austrian-Jewish actress. In addition to her native German, she grew up becoming fluent in French and English as well... See full bio »

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Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 7 wins & 1 nomination See more awards »

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Filmography

Hide HideActress (102 titles)
1986 Peter the Great (TV mini-series)
Natalya
 
1985 The Holcroft Covenant
Althene Holcroft
 
1983 Imaginary Friends (TV movie)
Ellen Pitblado
 
1982 High Society Limited
Hilde
 
1981 Kinder (TV movie)
Mother
 
1980 Weekend (TV movie)
Schauspielerin Judith Bliss
 
1978 The Boys from Brazil
Esther Lieberman
 
1975 Lotte in Weimar
Lotte
 
1974 Derrick (TV series)
Johanna Jensen / Martha Balke
Johanna (1974) … Martha Balke/Johanna Jensen
 
1972 Eine Frau bleibt eine Frau (TV series)
 
1972 Eine Frau bleibt eine Frau (Zehn Geschichten mit Lilli Palmer) (TV movie)
10 verschiedene Frauenrollen
 
1972 Das Abenteuer eine Frau zu sein (TV movie)
 
1972 The Other Side of the Wind
Zarah Valeska
 
1972 What the Peeper Saw
Dr. Viorne
 
1971 Der Kommissar (TV series)
Hilde Laresser
Grau-roter Morgen (1971) … Hilde Laresser
 
1971 Murders in the Rue Morgue
Mrs. Charron
 
1970 Hauser's Memory (TV movie)
Anna Hauser
 
1970 Only the Cool
Helen
 
1969 De Sade
Mme de Montreuil
 
1969 The House That Screamed
Sra. Fourneau
 
1968 The High Commissioner
Sheila Quentin
 
1968 Sebastian
Elsa Shahn
 
1967 Jack of Diamonds
Lilli Palmer
 
1967 The Dance of Death
Alice
 
1966 Father's Trip
Isabelle Quantin
 
1966 Congress of Love
Princess Metternich
 
1966 An Affair of States
Olga Nikolaijewna
 
1965 The Thunder of God
Marie Brassac
 
1965 Operation Crossbow
Frieda
 
1964 Le grain de sable
Anna-Maria di Scorza
 
1963 Das große Liebesspiel
Schauspielerin
 
1963 Torpedo Bay
Lygia da Silva
 
1963 Miracle of the White Stallions
Vedena Podhajsky
 
1962 Of Wayward Love
Hilde Brenner (segment "Il serpente")
 
1962 The Counterfeit Traitor
Frau Marianne Möllendorf
 
1962 Dark Journey
Wife
 
1961 The Pleasure of His Company
Katharine 'Kate' Dougherty
 
1961 Le rendez-vous de minuit
Eva/Anne Leuven
 
1960 Conspiracy of Hearts
Mother Katharine
 
1959 But Not for Me
Kathryn Ward
 
1958 La vie à deux
Odette de Starenberg
 
1958 Mädchen in Uniform
Elisabeth von Bernburg
 
1958 Eine Frau, die weiss, was sie will
Julia Klöhn, Lehrerin & Angela Cavallini, ihre Großmutter
 
1957 The Glass Tower
Katja Fleming
 
1957 Tempestuous Love
Marianne Eichler
 
1956 Between Time and Eternity
Nina Bohlen
 
1956 Anastasia: The Czar's Last Daughter
Anna Anderson (Die Unbekannte)
 
1956 The Taming of the Shrew (TV movie)
Katherina
 
1956 Teufel in Seide
Melanie
 
1954 Fireworks
Iduna
 
1954 Four Star Playhouse (TV series)
Stacey Lawrence
Lady of the Orchids (1954) … Stacey Lawrence
 
1953 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
Mrs. Chrystal Weatherby
 
1953 The Lilli Palmer Show (TV series)
Host (1951)
 
1952 Omnibus (TV series)
Anne Boleyn
 
1952 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Nancy
Three Hours Between Planes (1952) … Nancy
 
1951 The Long Dark Hall
Mary Groome
 
1950 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series)
Molly Collicutt
The Uncertain Molly Collicutt (1950) … Molly Collicutt
 
1949 Wicked City
Tania - la gitane
 
1949 The Ford Theatre Hour (TV series)
Lily Garland / Mildred Plotka
 
1949 Suspense (TV series)
Julia
The Comic Strip Murder (1949) … Julia
 
1948 No Minor Vices
April Ashwell
 
1948 My Girl Tisa
Tisa Kepes
 
1947 Body and Soul
Peg Born
 
1946 Cloak and Dagger
Gina
 
1946 Beware of Pity
Baroness Edith de Kekesfalva
 
1945 Notorious Gentleman
Rikki Krausner
 
1944 Her Man Gilbey
Brigid Knudsen
 
1943 The Gentle Sex
Erna Debruski
 
1940 Suicide Legion
Gelda Sponek
 
1940 Blind Folly
Valerie
 
1939 One Night, One Day... (TV movie)
Lilli
 
1939 Take Two Eggs (TV short) (as Lily Palmer)
 
1939 A Girl Must Live
Clytie Devine
 
1939 Little Ladyship (TV movie)
Eve
 
1938 The Man with 100 Faces
Baroness Von Haltz
 
1938 Bath H&C (TV short) (as Lily Palmer)
 
1938 S-s-s-h! The Wife! (TV short)
The Wife (as Lily Palmer)
 
1938 Moving Furniture (TV short) (as Lily Palmer)
 
1937 Command Performance
Susan
 
1937 Silent Barriers
Lou
 
1936 Secret Agent
Lilli
 
1936 The First Offence
Jeanette
 
1936 Wolf's Clothing
Lydia
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (4 titles)
1961 The Pleasure of His Company (performer: "Lover" - uncredited)
 
1958 Eine Frau, die weiss, was sie will (performer: "Warum soll eine Frau kein Verhältmis haben")
 
1940 Suicide Legion (performer: "Sunset In Vienna", "We'll Never Run Short Of Love")
 
1937 Good Morning, Boys (performer: "Baby, Whatcha Gonna Do Tonight?")
 
Show ShowWriter (2 titles)
1972 Eine Frau bleibt eine Frau (TV series) (as Hermann Lissmann)
 
1972 Eine Frau bleibt eine Frau (Zehn Geschichten mit Lilli Palmer) (TV movie) (screenplay collaboration / as Hermann Lissmann)
 
Show ShowSelf (21 titles)
1982 Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny (TV movie)
Herself
 
1981 Wetten, dass..? (TV series)
Herself
Wetten, dass..? aus Böblingen (1981) … Herself
 
1978 Everyday (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.44 (1978) … Herself
 
1977 Das ist Ihr Leben (TV series)
Herself
Lilli Palmer (1977) … Herself
 
1975 The Bob Braun Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 6 October 1975 (1975) … Herself
 
1974 Treffpunkt Herz (TV movie)
Herself - Guest
 
1974 ...ganz persönlich (TV series)
Herself
Lilli Palmer (1974) … Herself
 
1971 Anneliese Rothenberger gibt sich die Ehre (TV series)
Herself - Singer
Weihnachten (1971) … Herself - Singer
 
1971 V.I.P.-Schaukel (TV series documentary)
Herself
Episode #1.1 (1971) … Herself
 
1966 The Eamonn Andrews Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #2.27 (1966) … Herself
 
1961 Here's Hollywood (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 27 January 1961 (1961) … Herself
 
1957 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Herself - Singer
Episode #2.17 (1957) … Herself - Singer
 
1955-1956 Lilli Palmer Theatre (TV series)
Herself - Hostess / Herself - Host
Death Under the City (1956) … Herself - Host
The Weakness of Frau Borkhardt (1956) … Herself - Hostess
Episode in Paris (1956) … Herself - Hostess
Forecast Unsettled (1956) … Herself - Hostess
The Ends of Justice (1956) … Herself - Hostess
 
1952-1956 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #9.28 (1956) … Herself
Episode #7.11 (1953) … Herself
Episode #6.31 (1953) … Herself
Episode #6.28 (1953) … Herself
Episode #6.15 (1952) … Herself
 
1956 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Herself
Episode #8.24 (1956) … Herself
 
1954 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Herself - Actress
Episode #1.23 (1954) … Herself - Actress
 
1953 Main Street to Broadway
Herself
 
1952 What's My Line? (TV series)
Herself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 25 May 1952 (1952) … Herself - Mystery Guest
 
1951 Pictura (documentary)
Narrator: Toulouse-Lautrec episode (voice)
 
1951 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.31 (1951) … Herself
 
1951 The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter (TV series)
Herself
Episode #2.20 (1951) … Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (4 titles)
1981 Margret Dünser, auf der Suche nach den Besonderen (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1967 Lionpower from MGM (short)
Cameo appearance (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Gillian in "Bell Book And Candle See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Print Biographies  | 1 Article  | 9 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Hermann Lissmann | Lily Palmer
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on Gary Cooper] Naturally I never took my eyes off him during the first few weeks of shooting. He was the ideal movie actor. There was something unassailable about him, a dignity which he never lost even in the most commonplace pictures. See more »

Trivia:

During shooting for her first German movie Fireworks, she would repeatedly start to talk in English and forget the correct German terms for certain words such as "wig" and "cameraman", because she hadn't been in Germany for over 20 years. See more »

Star Sign:

Gemini