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Beryl Mercer
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Born
August 13
,
1876
·
Surrey, England, UK
Died
July 28
,
1939
·
Santa Monica, California, USA
(following surgery)
Height
4′ 11″ (1.50 m)
Mini Bio
Too short to be a leading lady,
Beryl Mercer
had a very active and productive career playing motherly characters. She played opposite great leading men, such as
Colin Clive
,
Robert Montgomery
,
James Cagney
,
Gary Cooper
,
Leslie Howard
,
Spencer Tracy
, and
Randolph Scott
. She also played Queen Victoria in
The Little Princess (1939)
and
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)
.
She and
Holmes Herbert
had a daughter, Joan.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: Lester Solnin & MO840
Family
Spouses
Holmes Herbert
(June 3, 1909 - ?) (divorced, 1 child)
Maitland Stewart Sabine Pasley
(September 14, 1896 - January 6, 1909) (his death)
Trivia
She played Queen Victoria in two unrelated films released in 1939:
The Little Princess (1939)
and
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)
.
Her father, Sheppard Mercer, was a diplomat and her mother, Beryl Montague, was an English concert singer.
Received a medal for entertaining British troops during World War I.
Early in her career, played boys in several stage productions.
She appeared in two Best Picture Academy Award winners:
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
and
Cavalcade (1933)
, and two other nominees:
East Lynne (1931)
and
Smilin' Through (1932)
.
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