Lilli Palmer

1914-1986

Biography: life and films

Lilli Palmer was a German actress and screenwriter whose birth name was Lilli Marie Peiser. She was born in Posen, Prussia, Germany on 24th May 1914 and died in Los Angeles, California, USA on 27th January 1986, aged 71.

Her best films as an actor include Fritz Lang's thriller Cloak and Dagger (1946), Robert Rossen's Body and Soul (1947), Jacques Becker's Montparnasse 19 (1958), Franz Josef Wild's comedy Frau Cheneys Ende (1961) and George Seaton's The Counterfeit Traitor (1962).

Lilli Palmer appeared in 72 films.

She has most frequently worked with the following directors: Ralph Thomas (2 films), George Seaton (2), Géza von Radványi (2), Falk Harnack (2), Denys de La Patellière (2), Arthur Maria Rabenalt (2) and Alfred Weidenmann (2).

Her most frequent genres include: drama (40 films), comedy (18), Thriller (10), comedy-romance (8), romance (7), comedy-drama (6), War (6), Horror (4), crime-thriller (3) and Biography (2).

Our average rating for Lilli Palmer over all films is: 2.9

Filmography

Key: a = actor

Rivaux de la piste (1933) [a]

Crime Unlimited (1935) [a]

Secret Agent (1936) [a]

The First Offence (1936) [a]

Wolf's Clothing (1936) [a]

Command Performance (1937) [a]

Good Morning, Boys (1937) [a]

The Great Barrier (1937) [a]

Crackerjack (1938) [a]

A Girl Must Live (1939) [a]

Blind Folly (1940) [a]

Sunset in Vienna (1940) [a]

The Door with Seven Locks (1940) [a]

Thunder Rock (1942) [a]

The Gentle Sex (1943) [a]

English Without Tears (1944) [a]

The Rake's Progress (1945) [a]

Beware of Pity (1946) [a]

Cloak and Dagger (1946) [a]

Body and Soul (1947) [a]

My Girl Tisa (1948) [a]

No Minor Vices (1948) [a]

Hans le marin (1949) [a]

Pictura (1951) [a]

The Long Dark Hall (1951) [a]

The Four Poster (1952) [a]

Main Street to Broadway (1953) [a]

Feuerwerk (1954) [a]

Anastasia - Die letzte Zarentochter (1956) [a]

Teufel in Seide (1956) [a]

Zwischen Zeit und Ewigkeit (1956) [a]

Der gläserne Turm (1957) [a]

Wie ein Sturmwind (1957) [a]

Eine Frau, die weiss, was sie will (1958) [a]

La Vie à deux (1958) [a]

Mädchen in Uniform (1958) [a]

Montparnasse 19 (1958) [a]

But Not for Me (1959) [a]

Conspiracy of Hearts (1960) [a]

Frau Warrens Gewerbe (1960) [a]

Frau Cheneys Ende (1961) [a]

Le Rendez-vous de minuit (1961) [a]

The Pleasure of His Company (1961) [a]

Finden sie, daß Constanze sich richtig verhält? (1962) [a]

Julia, Du bist zauberhaft (1962) [a]

L'Amore difficile (1962) [a]

Leviathan (1962) [a]

The Counterfeit Traitor (1962) [a]

Beta Som (1963) [a]

Das große Liebesspiel (1963) [a]

Miracle of the White Stallions (1963) [a]

Le Grain de sable (1964) [a]

Le Tonnerre de Dieu (1965) [a]

Operation Crossbow (1965) [a]

The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965) [a]

Der Kongress amüsiert sich (1966) [a]

Le Voyage du père (1966) [a]

Jack of Diamonds (1967) [a]

Oedipus the King (1967) [a]

Zwei Girls vom roten Stern (1967) [a]

Nobody Runs Forever (1968) [a]

Sebastian (1968) [a]

De Sade (1969) [a]

Hard Contract (1969) [a]

La Peau de torpedo (1970) [a]

Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971) [a]

Diabólica malicia (1972) [a]

The Other Side of the Wind (1972) [a]

Lotte in Weimar (1975) [a]

The Boys from Brazil (1978) [a]

Feine Gesellschaft - beschränkte Haftung (1982) [a]

The Holcroft Covenant (1985) [a]



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