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Also known as Lilli Marie Peiser

German actress (1914–1986)

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Lilli Palmer, born Lilli Marie Peiser in Poznań in 1914, was a German and Swiss actress whose career began in 1932. She was married to Rex Harrison and Carlos Thompson, and they had a child named Carey Harrison. Palmer received the Volpi Cup for Best Actress and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Her filmography includes works such as *Come into the garden Maud* and *Shadows of the evening*.

Palmer spoke German and English and participated in table tennis. She died of cancer in Los Angeles on January 27, 1986. Her remains are buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

Synthesized by Vinony from 41 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Crossref, TMDb, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1914
Died
1986
Works
16

Top works

  • מוסיקת לילה
  • ʻEt la-ḥavoḳ
  • ha-ʻOrev ha-adom
  • Come into the garden Maud
  • Shadows of the evening

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Acting · Posen, Germany

Lilli Palmer (born Lilli Marie Peiser; 24 May 1914 – 27 January 1986) was a German actress and writer. She won the Volpi Cup, three Deutscher Filmpreis Awards, and was nominated twice for a Golden Globe Award.

Known for

  • The Other Side of the Wind — Zarah Valeska2018
  • Peter the Great — Natalya1986
  • The Holcroft Covenant — Althene Holcroft1985
  • Kronen Könner Kavaliere — Self1984
  • Imaginary Friends — Ellen Pitblado1982
  • Feine Gesellschaft – Beschränkte Haftung — Hilde1982
  • Eine etwas sonderbare Dame1982
  • Wortwechsel — Self1982
  • Kinder — Mutter1981
  • Wetten, dass..? — Self1981

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Country
Germany
Active from
1914
Active to
1986

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
56
Total plays
554

Tags

swingjazzgermanSoundtrack40s

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Lilli+Palmer">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · Lilli Palmer

Key facts

Born
Lilli Marie Peiser , ( 1914-05-24 ) 24 May 1914, Posen, Kingdom of Prussia , German Empire , ( Poznań , Poland)
Died
27 January 1986 (1986-01-27) (aged 71), Los Angeles , California, U.S.
Resting place
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale , California
Years active
1935–1986
Spouses
Rex Harrison ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1943 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1957 ) ​ Carlos Thompson , ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1957 ) ​
Children
Carey Harrison
Relatives
Irene Prador (sister)

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

Lilli Palmer ( German: [ˈlɪ.li ˈpal.mɐ] ; born Lilli Marie Peiser; 24 May 1914 – 27 January 1986) was a German actress and writer. After beginning her career in British films in the 1930s, she later transitioned to major Hollywood productions, earning a Golden Globe Award nomination for her performance in But Not for Me (1959).

Other roles include in the comedy The Pleasure of His Company (1961), the Spanish horror film The House That Screamed (1969), and in the miniseries Peter the Great (1986), which earned her another Golden Globe Award nomination. For her career in European films, Palmer won the Volpi Cup, and the Deutscher Filmpreis three times.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lilli Palmer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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