A charming, elegant, and exceedingly popular international film star with a gentle, understated beauty, actress Lilli Palmer was born as Lilli Marie Peiser on May 24, 1914, in Posen, Prussia. She was the daughter of Rose Lissman, an Austrian Jewish actress, and Alfred Peiser, a German Jewish surgeon. In addition to her native German, she grew up ...
[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.
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Fact
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She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7013 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960.
2
Lilli Palmer passed away on January 27, 1986, three months away from what would have been her 72nd birthday on May 24.
3
She was a guest at the house of Tyrone Power on May 19, 1946 when Primula Niven, wife of actor David Niven, fell down a flight of stairs, sustaining injuries that would later lead to her death.
During shooting for her first German movie Feuerwerk (1954), she would repeatedly start to talk in English and forget the correct German terms for certain words such as "wig" and "cameraman", because she had not been in Germany for over 20 years.
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Returned to Germany in 1954, where she became one of the biggest postwar stars.
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In the early 1950s, she appeared in the Broadway play "Bell, Book and Candle" together with her first husband Rex Harrison. The cat that starred as the magical cat "Pie" hated her, so she had to be very careful with it unless she wanted bad scratches on her hands and arms.
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After studying drama in Berlin, she flew to Paris due to Nazi takeover in 1933.
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Took her surname from an English actress she admired.
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Second child of Dr. Alfred Peiser, a German Jewish surgeon, and Rose Lissman, an Austrian Jewish actress. She had two sisters, Irene and Hilde.
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Sister of the character actress and singer Irene Prador
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An extremely gifted writer, Palmer's autobiography is entitled "Change Lobsters and Dance" (1976) and her novel "The Red Raven" (1978) -- about a European love triangle -- also received rave reviews.
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Interred at Forest Lawn, Glendale, California, USA, directly across the street from the Freedome Mausoleum.
Kaninchen im Hut und andere Geschichten mit Martin Held
1980
TV Movie
Eine Frau bleibt eine Frau
1972-1979
TV Series
Brigitte Schwarz / Various Roles / Elisabeth / ...
The Boys from Brazil
1978
Esther Lieberman
Lotte in Weimar
1975
Lotte
Derrick
1974
TV Series
Martha Balke / Johanna Jensen
The Zoo Gang
1974
TV Series
Manouche 'The Leopard' Roget
Glücksspirale - Start ins Glück
1973
TV Movie
What the Peeper Saw
1972
Dr. Viorne
Der Kommissar
1971
TV Series
Hilde Laresser
Murders in the Rue Morgue
1971
Mrs. Charron
Hauser's Memory
1970
TV Movie
Anna Hauser
Only the Cool
1970
Helen
The House That Screamed
1970
Sra. Fourneau
De Sade
1969
Mme de Montreuil
Hard Contract
1969
Adrianne
Nobody Runs Forever
1968
Sheila Quentin
Oedipus the King
1968
Jocasta
Sebastian
1968
Elsa Shahn
The Diary of Anne Frank
1967
TV Movie
Edith Frank
Jack of Diamonds
1967
Lilli Palmer
Paarungen
1967
Alice
Le voyage du père
1966
Isabelle Quantin
Der Kongreß amüsiert sich
1966
Princess Metternich
An Affair of States
1966
Olga Nikolaijewna
Le tonnerre de Dieu
1965
Marie Brassac
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
1965
Dutchy
Operation Crossbow
1965
Frieda
Le grain de sable
1964
Anna-Maria di Scorza
Das große Liebesspiel
1963
Schauspielerin
Torpedo Bay
1963
Lygia da Silva
Miracle of the White Stallions
1963
Vedena Podhajsky
L'amore difficile
1962
Hilde Brenner (segment "Il serpente")
Le rendez-vous de minuit
1962
Eva / Anne Leuven
Adorable Julia
1962
Julia Lambert
The Counterfeit Traitor
1962
Frau Marianne Möllendorf
Dark Journey
1962
Wife
Finden sie, daß Constanze sich richtig verhält?
1962
Constanze Calonder
Frau Cheneys Ende
1961
Frau Cheney
The Pleasure of His Company
1961
Katharine Dougherty
Conspiracy of Hearts
1960
Mother Katharine
Frau Warrens Gewerbe
1960
Mrs. Kitty Warren
But Not for Me
1959
Kathryn Ward
La vie à deux
1958
Odette de Starenberg
Mädchen in Uniform
1958
Elisabeth von Bernburg
Modigliani of Montparnasse
1958
Beatrice Hastings
Eine Frau, die weiss, was sie will
1958
Julia Klöhn, Lehrerin & Angela Cavallini, ihre Großmutter
The Glass Tower
1957
Katja Fleming
Tempestuous Love
1957
Marianne Eichler
Between Time and Eternity
1956
Nina Bohlen
Anastasia: The Czar's Last Daughter
1956
Anna Anderson (Die Unbekannte)
The Taming of the Shrew
1956
TV Movie
Katherina
Teufel in Seide
1956
Melanie
Feuerwerk
1954
Iduna
Four Star Playhouse
1954
TV Series
Stacy Lawrence
The United States Steel Hour
1953
TV Series
Mrs. Chrystal Weatherby
Main Street to Broadway
1953
Lilli Palmer
The Lilli Palmer Show
1953
TV Series
Host (1951)
Omnibus
1952
TV Series
Anne Boleyn
Lux Video Theatre
1952
TV Series
Nancy
The Four Poster
1952
Abby Edwards
The Long Dark Hall
1951
Mary Groome
The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse
1950
TV Series
Molly Collicutt
Wicked City
1949
Tania - la gitane
The Ford Theatre Hour
1949
TV Series
Mildred Plotka
Lily Garland
Suspense
1949
TV Series
Julia
No Minor Vices
1948
April Ashwell
My Girl Tisa
1948
Tisa Kepes
Body and Soul
1947
Peg Born
Cloak and Dagger
1946
Gina
Beware of Pity
1946
Baroness Edith de Kekesfalva
Notorious Gentleman
1945
Rikki Krausner
Her Man Gilbey
1944
Brigid Knudsen
The Gentle Sex
1943
Erna Debruski
Thunder Rock
1942
Melanie Kurtz
Chamber of Horrors
1940
June Lansdowne
Suicide Legion
1940
Gelda Sponek
Blind Folly
1939
Valerie
One Night, One Day...
1939
TV Movie
Lilli
Take Two Eggs
1939
TV Short as Lily Palmer
A Girl Must Live
1939
Clytie Devine
Little Ladyship
1939
TV Movie
Eve
The Man with 100 Faces
1938
Baroness Von Haltz
Bath H. & C.
1938
TV Short as Lily Palmer
S-s-s-h! The Wife!
1938
TV Short
The Wife (as Lily Palmer)
Moving Furniture
1938
TV Short as Lily Palmer
Starlight
1938
TV Series
Command Performance
1937
Susan
Silent Barriers
1937
Lou
Good Morning, Boys
1937
Yvette
Secret Agent
1936
Lilli
Wolf's Clothing
1936
Lydia
The First Offence
1936
Jeanette
Crime Unlimited
1935
Natacha
Rivaux de la piste
1933
The Other Side of the Wind
2017
post-production
Zarah Valeska
Peter the Great
1986
TV Mini-Series
Natalya
The Holcroft Covenant
1985
Althene Holcroft
The Love Boat
1984
TV Series
Lilly Marlowe
Eine etwas sonderbare Dame
1982
TV Movie
Imaginary Friends
1982
TV Movie
Ellen Pitblado
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Eine Frau bleibt eine Frau
1972
TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Pleasure of His Company
1961
performer: "Lover" - uncredited
Eine Frau, die weiss, was sie will
1958
performer: "Warum soll eine Frau kein Verhältmis haben"
Suicide Legion
1940
performer: "Sunset In Vienna", "We'll Never Run Short Of Love"
Good Morning, Boys
1937
performer: "Baby, Whatcha Gonna Do Tonight?"
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Eine Frau bleibt eine Frau
1972-1973
TV Series written by - 2 episodes
Round the Film Studios
1937
TV Series narrative script - 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hollywood '84
1984
TV Mini-Series documentary
Herself
Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny
1982
TV Movie
Herself
Wetten, dass..?
1981
TV Series
Herself
Die Großen und die Kleinen - Kinder im Gespräch mit Prominenten
1980
TV Series
Herself
Dick Cavett und...
1979
TV Series
Herself
Everyday
1978
TV Series
Herself
Das ist Ihr Leben
1977
TV Series
Herself
Litera-Tour
1977
TV Series
Herself
Dinah!
1975
TV Series
Herself
The Mike Douglas Show
1975
TV Series
Herself - Actress
The Bob Braun Show
1975
TV Series
Herself
Treffpunkt Herz
1975
TV Movie
Herself - Guest
...ganz persönlich
1974
TV Series
Herself
Anneliese Rothenberger gibt sich die Ehre
1971
TV Series
Herself
V.I.P.-Schaukel
1971
TV Series documentary
Herself
Blick zurück im Film
1970
TV Series
Herself
Neues aus der Welt des Films
1970
TV Series
Herself
Zwischenstation
1967
TV Series
Herself
Schauspieler sind Schauspieler - Musikalische Seitensprünge
1967
TV Movie
Herself - Musician
The Eamonn Andrews Show
1966
TV Series
Herself
Maurice Chevalier
1965
TV Movie
Herself - Host
Stars in der Manege
1964
TV Series documentary
Herself
Here's Hollywood
1961
TV Series
Herself
The Steve Allen Plymouth Show
1957
TV Series
Herself - Singer
Lilli Palmer Theatre
1955-1956
TV Series
Herself - Hostess / Herself - Host
Der Hauptfilm hat noch nicht begonnen...
1956
TV Series
Herself
The Ed Sullivan Show
1952-1956
TV Series
Herself
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall
1956
TV Series
Herself
Person to Person
1954
TV Series documentary
Herself - Actress
The Arthur Murray Party
1952
TV Series
Herself
What's My Line?
1952
TV Series
Herself - Mystery Guest
Pictura
1951
Documentary
Narrator: Toulouse-Lautrec episode (voice)
The Kate Smith Evening Hour
1951
TV Series
Herself
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1951
TV Series
Herself
The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter
1951
TV Series
Herself
Round the Film Studios
1937
TV Series
Herself - Actress
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Gentleman Gothic: Gordon Hessler at American International Pictures
2015
Video documentary short
Mrs. Charron (uncredited)
Dai nostri inviati: La Rai e l'Istituto Luce raccontano la Mostra del cinema di Venezia 1932-1953
2012
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Rückkehr aus großer Entfernung - Die Filme des Egon Günther
1997
TV Movie documentary
Margret Dünser, auf der Suche nach den Besonderen
1981
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
TV Movie
Herself
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
1975
TV Special
Herself
Lionpower from MGM
1967
Short
Cameo appearance (uncredited)
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
1965
TV Series
Vedena Podhajsky
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1978
Honorary Award
German Film Awards
For her continued outstanding individual contributions to the german film over the years.
1973
Golden Camera
Golden Camera, Germany
Best Comedy
Zehn Geschichten mit Lilli Palmer: Ganz ohne Trara/Der Abschied/Gespräch mit der Schulbehörde/Der schwache Punkt/Der Brief/Das Konzert/Der Hilferuf/Milch und Zucker/Die Nacht vor der Hochzeit/Mein Mann betrügt mich (1972)
1965
Prize San Sebastián
San Sebastián International Film Festival
Best Actress
Operation Crossbow (1965)
1960
Star on the Walk of Fame
Walk of Fame
Television
On 8 February 1960. At 7013 Hollywood Blvd.
1957
Film Award in Silver
German Film Awards
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Beste darstellerische Leistung - Weibliche Hauptrolle)
Anastasia - Die letzte Zarentochter (1956)
1956
Film Award in Silver
German Film Awards
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Beste darstellerische Leistung - Weibliche Hauptrolle)
Teufel in Seide (1956)
1953
Volpi Cup
Venice Film Festival
Best Actress
The Four Poster (1952)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1987
Golden Globe
Golden Globes, USA
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
Peter the Great (1986)
1968
Film Award in Gold
German Film Awards
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Beste darstellerische Leistung - Weibliche Hauptrolle)
Paarungen (1967)
1966
Film Award in Gold
German Film Awards
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Beste darstellerische Leistung - Weibliche Hauptrolle)
Julia, du bist zauberhaft (1962)
1960
Golden Globe
Golden Globes, USA
Best Actress - Comedy or Musical
But Not for Me (1959)
1959
Film Award in Gold
German Film Awards
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Beste darstellerische Leistung - Weibliche Hauptrolle)
Mädchen in Uniform (1958)
1958
BAFTA Film Award
BAFTA Awards
Best Foreign Actress
Anastasia - Die letzte Zarentochter (1956)
1958
Film Award in Silver
German Film Awards
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Beste darstellerische Leistung - Weibliche Hauptrolle)