LILLI PALMER BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:

Lilli Palmer was born on May 24th, 1914 in Posen, Prussia in Germany with the birth name Lilli Marie Peiser, born to Dr. Alfred Peiser, a surgeon and Rose Lissman, a working actress.  She grew up learning three languages, German, French and English and she developed an interest in acting from a young age.
 
She later went on to study drama in Berlin and soon began working as a stage actress debuting at the age of eighteen.  During the rise of Hitler, her family fled to Paris and later, Palmer relocated to England to continue pursuing a career as an actress.
 
In 1935 she made her film debut on a British film, "Crime Unlimited" and followed this role with more film credits such as, "Secret Agent" (1936) co-starring John Gielgud, Peter Lorre, Madeleine Carroll, Robert Young and Michael Redgrave, "Silent Barriers" (1937) and "The Man with 100 Faces" (1938).
 
As her career progressed she continued to add more substantial film roles to her resume such as, "Thunder Rock" (1942) starring Michael Redgrave, James Mason and Barbara Mullen and "The Gentle Sex" (1943).  Her family then relocated to the united States in 1945 and she began to find more work as a stage actress on Broadway appearing in such productions as, "Bell, Book and Candle" (1950) starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, Janice Rule, Elsa Lanchester, Ernie Kovacs and Hermione Gingold, "Venus Observed" (1952) and "The Love of Four Colonels" (1953).

Palmer also began appearing in a number of American made films such as, "Cloak and Dagger" (1946), "Body and Soul" (1947) starring with John Garfield, Hazel Brooks, Anne Revere and William Conrad, "The Long Dark Hall" (1951) and "The Four Poster" (1952).  She later returned to Europe and continued to appear in films made there such as, "Between Time and Eternity" (1956) and "The Story of Anastasia" (1957), portraying Anna Anderson, a role for which she won the Deutscher Filmpreis for Best Actress.

Along with film roles she also appeared in a variety of television movies and series.  Some of her more well known roles were as Mrs. Frank on the television movie, "The Diary of Anne Frank" (1967) and for a brief period she also had her own television show, "The Lilli Palmer Show" (1953) and added series credits for, "The Love Boat", "Peter the Great" and "Derrick".
 
Lilli Palmer married twice throughout her lifetime, first to Rex Harrison in 1943 and they had one child before the marriage ended in divorce in 1957.  She then wed Carlos Thompson in 1957 and they remained together until she passed away from cancer at the age of seventy one in Los Angeles, California.  Four years later her widowed husband committed suicide.  Her remains are interred at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, California.      
 

Filmography

1986         Peter the Great
1985         The Holcroft Covenant
1984         The Love Boat
1983         Imaginary Friends 
1982         High Society Limited
1981         Kinder
1980         Kaninchen im Hut und andere Geschichten mit Martin Held 
1978         The Boys from Brazil
1976         Drei Geschichten mit Lilli Palmer: Der Morgenrock/Der schwarze Kreis/Das Zwiegespräch
1975         Lotte in Weimar
1974         Derrick
1974         The Zoo Gang
1972         Eine Frau bleibt eine Frau
1972         What the Peeper Saw
1972         Das Abenteuer eine Frau zu sein
1972         The Other Side of the Win
1971         Der Kommissar
1971         Murders in the Rue Morgue
1970         Hauser's Memory
1970         Only the Cool
1969         De Sade
1969         Hard Contract
1969         The House That Screamed
1968         The High Commissioner
1968         Oedipus the King
1968         Sebastian
1967         The Diary of Anne Frank
1967         Jack of Diamonds
1967         The Dance of Death
1966         Father's Trip
1966         Congress of Love
1966         An Affair of States
1965         The Thunder of God
1965         Operation Crossbow
1965         The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
1964         Le grain de sable
1963         Das große Liebesspiel
1963         Torpedo Bay
1963         Miracle of the White Stallions
1962         Of Wayward Love
1962         Adorable Julia
1962         The Counterfeit Traitor
1962         Dark Journey
1962         Finden sie, daß Constanze sich richtig verhält?
1961         Frau Cheneys Ende
1961         The Pleasure of His Compan
1961         Le rendez-vous de minuit
1960         Conspiracy of Hearts
1960         Mrs. Warren's Professio
1959         But Not for Me
1958         La vie à deux
1958         Maedchen in Uniform
1958         Modigliani of Montparnasse
1958         Eine Frau, die weiss, was sie will
1957         The Glass Tower
1957         Tempestuous Love
1956         Between Time and Eternity
1956         Anastasia: The Czar's Last Daughter
1956         The Taming of the Shrew
1956         Teufel in Seide
1954         Fireworks
1954         Four Star Playhouse 
1953         The United States Steel Hour 
1953         The Lilli Palmer Show
1952         Omnibus 
1952         Lux Video Theatre
1952         The Four Poster
1951         The Long Dark Hall
1950         The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse 
1949         Wicked Cit
1949         The Ford Theatre Hour 
1949         Suspense 
1948         No Minor Vices
1948         My Girl Tisa
1947         Body and Soul
1946         Cloak and Dagger
1946         Beware of Pity
1945         Notorious Gentleman
1944         Her Man Gilbey
1943         The Gentle Sex
1942         Thunder Rock
1940         Chamber of Horrors
1940         Suicide Legion
1940         Blind Folly
1939         One Night, One Day...
1939         Take Two Eggs
1939         A Girl Must Live
1939         Little Ladyship
1938         The Man with 100 Face
1938         Bath H&C
1938         S-s-s-h! The Wife!
1938         Moving Furniture
1937         Command Performance
1937         Silent Barrier
1937         Good Morning, Boys
1936         Secret Agent
1936         The First Offence
1936         Wolf's Clothing
1935         Crime Unlimited
1933         Rivaux de la piste