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Helen Gilmore (born Antoinette A. Field, c. 1872 – April 1936) was an American actress of the stage and silent motion pictures from
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. She appeared in well over 100 films between 1913 and 1932.


Early life and career

In approximately 1872, Gilmore was born to Richard Field and Mary Cilia Daniels. In 1894, she toured with comic actor
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's company, even substituting, on at least one occasion, for Mrs. Robson—the temporarily unavailable May Waldron—in the role of Adriana in Shakespeare's ''
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''."The Two Dromeos"
''The Topeka Daily Press''. January 9, 1894. p. 5.
It was during that tour that Gilmore met and married fellow cast member (and fellow Kentuckian), Joseph B. Zahner, hurriedly tying the knot at New York's
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on Friday, July 13. Scarcely five years later, Zahner, then 33, suffered a fatal heart attack. Between 1910 and 1913, Gilmore appeared on
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in 4 musical revues:
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's ''The Echo'',
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's ''Around the World'' and ''Under All Flags'' (both at the
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), and Oscar Straus's ''My Little Friend''. Shortly thereafter, she made her screen debut in ''A Female Fagin''. As ''Mrs. Hobbs'' in ''A Petticoat Pilot'' (1918), Gilmore was commended for her careful character study. The
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film was directed by Rollin S. Sturgeon and was based on the novel by Evelyn Lincoln. She played the head nurse in ''Too Much Business'' (1922). This was a comedy which originated with a
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. In it Gilmore was cast with Elsa Lorimer and Mack Fenton."Movies". ''Constitution Tribune''. June 12, 1923. p. 5 Her final motion picture credit is for the role of a motorist in the
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short '' Two Tars'' (1928).


Theatre performances


Filmography

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'' (1913) – The Female Fagin * ''
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'' (1914) (as Helen Field Gilmore) * ''
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'' (1914) – The Warrior's Mother-in-Law * '' The Eagle's Mate'' (1914) – Hagar Morne (as Helen Gillmore) * '' The Earl of Pawtucket'' (1915) – Aunt Jane Putnam * ''
This Way Out ''This Way Out'' is a 1916 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. Cast * Bobby Burns - Pokes * Walter Stull - Jabbs * Oliver Hardy - Plump (as Babe Hardy) * Billy Ruge - Runt * Ethel Marie Burton * Frank Hanson See also * Li ...
'' (1916) * '' Their Wedding Day'' (1916) – Mrs. Findem * '' The Rivals (1916 film)'' (1916) – The Lumber King's Wife * ''
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'' (1916) – Mrs. Dale * '' For Better or Worse'' (1916) – Mrs. Gothrox * '' Will a Woman Tell?'' (1916) – * '' Wait a Minute'' (1916) – Jane Higgs * ''
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'' (1916) – Old Maid * ''
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'' (1916) – The Landlady * ''
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'' (1916) – Mabel's Mother * '' A Bag of Trouble'' (1916) – Mrs. Pokes * ''
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'' (1916) – Mother * '' Jerry's Winning Way'' (1917) – The Landlady * '' Jerry's Big Doings'' (1917) – The Mother * '' Jerry's Brilliant Scheme'' (1917) – Her Mother * '' Jerry's Romance'' (1917) – Lady Isabelle * '' The Flying Target'' (1917) – Jane * ''
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'' (1917) – The Housekeeper * ''
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'' (1917) – Widow Douglas * ''
A Petticoat Pilot ''A Petticoat Pilot'' is a lost 1918 American comedy silent film directed by Rollin S. Sturgeon and written by Joseph C. Lincoln and Gardner Hunting. The film stars Vivian Martin, Theodore Roberts, James Neill, Harrison Ford, Bert Hadley and ...
'' (1918) – Mrs. Hobbs * '' Huck and Tom'' (1918) – Widow Douglas * ''
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'' (1918) – Girl's Mother * '' Follow the Crowd'' (1918) – * ''
Pipe the Whiskers ''Pipe the Whiskers'' is a 1918 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. Cast * Harold Lloyd as Janitor * Snub Pollard * Bebe Daniels * William Blaisdell * Sammy Brooks * Lige Conley (as Lige Cromley) * Billy Fay * William Gillespie * Fre ...
'' (1918) * ''
It's a Wild Life ''It's a Wild Life'' is a 1918 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. Cast * Harold Lloyd * Snub Pollard * Bebe Daniels * William Blaisdell * Sammy Brooks * Lige Conley * Helen Gilmore * Lew Harvey * Bud Jamison * Fred C. Newme ...
'' (1918) * ''
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'' (1918) * '' Kicked Out'' (1918) * ''
Two-Gun Gussie ''Two-Gun Gussie'' is a 1918 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. Plot Gussie (Harold Lloyd) is a mild-mannered easterner who finds employment as a piano player in a rowdy western saloon. Dagger-Tooth Dan, the toughest characte ...
'' (1918) – (uncredited) * ''
The City Slicker ''The City Slicker'' is a 1918 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. Prints of the film survive in the film archive of the Library of Congress. Plot Harold arrives in the backward town of Punkville by train to answer a classified ...
'' (1918) * '' Sic 'Em, Towser'' (1918) * ''
Are Crooks Dishonest? ''Are Crooks Dishonest?'' is a 1918 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. Prints of the film survive in the film archives of The Museum of Modern Art and Filmoteca Española. Plot Con artists Harold (Harold Lloyd) and Snub (Snub P ...
'' (1918) – Old lady in park * '' An Ozark Romance'' (1918) * ''
Kicking the Germ Out of Germany ''Kicking the Germ Out of Germany'' is a 1918 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. The film is now considered a lost film. Cast * Harold Lloyd as The Boy * Snub Pollard * Bebe Daniels * Lige Conley (as Lige Cromley) * Mildred F ...
'' (1918) – * '' That's Him'' (1918) * '' Bride and Gloom'' (1918) – * ''
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'' (1918) * '' Bees in His Bonnet'' (1918) * '' Why Pick on Me?'' (1918) – * '' Nothing But Trouble'' (1918) – * '' Take a Chance'' (1918) – Landlady (uncredited) * ''
Ring Up the Curtain ''Ring Up the Curtain'' is a 1919 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. The film survives and is available on DVD.
'' (1919) – Manager's Wife (uncredited) * ''
Just Neighbors ''Just Neighbors'' is a 1919 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. Prints of the film survive in the film archives at George Eastman House, the UCLA Film and Television Archive, Filmoteca Española and the National Film, Television ...
'' (1919) – Old Woman with Packages (uncredited) * '' Bumping Into Broadway'' (1919) – 'Bearcat' the Landlady * '' Captain Kidd's Kids'' (1919) – The Girl's Mother * '' From Hand to Mouth'' (1919) – Hag (uncredited) * ''
His Royal Slyness ''His Royal Slyness'' is a 1920 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. It marked the final collaboration with frequent co-star Snub Pollard, who moved on to star in his own series of films following this release. This film was re ...
'' (1920) – Queen of Thermosa (uncredited) * '' A Bashful Bigamist'' (1920) – Uncle Oswald's Wife * '' Fickle Women'' (1920) – Mrs. Cullison * '' Down Home'' (1920) – Townswoman * '' The Blazing Trail'' (1921) – Village Talking Machine * '' Judge Her Not'' (1921) – Jerusha Spriggins * ''
Dangerous Paths ''Dangerous Paths'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Duke Worne and starring Neva Gerber, Ben F. Wilson and Edith Stayart.Munden p.168 Cast * Neva Gerber as Ruth Hammond * Ben F. Wilson as John Emerson * Edith Stayart as Viole ...
'' (1921) – Deborah Hammond * ''
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'' (1921) * '' Too Much Business'' (1922) – The Head Nurse * ''
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'' (1922) – Mrs. Cameron * ''
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'' (1922) – Carlene Culpepper (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1922) – Emil's Wife (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1922) – Mrs. Fite * '' Newly Rich'' (1922) * ''
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'' (1923) * ''
Safety Last! ''Safety Last!'' is a 1923 American silent romantic-comedy film starring Harold Lloyd. It includes one of the most famous images from the silent-film era: Lloyd clutching the hands of a large clock as he dangles from the outside of a skyscraper ...
'' (1923) – Department Store Customer (uncredited) * '' Boys to Board'' (1923) – Mother Malone * '' Kill or Cure'' (1923) – Aggressive non-customer * '' Post No Bills'' (1923) * ''
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'' (1923) – Nurse * '' Jus' Passin' Through'' (1923) * ''
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'' (1923) – Mickey's Mother * '' The Whole Truth'' (1923) – The Wife * '' Sunday Calm'' (1923) – Mrs. McTeeter * ''
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'' (1923) – Dippy * '' It's a Joy!'' (1923) – His Mother-in-Law * '' The Cowboy Sheik'' (1924) – Gussie the Cook * '' Just a Minute'' (1924) – Caroline - the Mayor's Wife * ''
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'' (1924) * '' The Fraidy Cat'' (1924) – Lem Tucker's Mother * ''
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'' (1924) * '' Seein' Things'' (1924) – Baby's Mother * '' Commencement Day'' (1924) – Joe's Mother * ''
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'' (1924) – Villager * ''
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'' (1924) – Jackie's Mother * '' Stolen Goods'' (1924) – Shopper (uncredited) * '' Our Congressman'' (1924) – The Dowager Lady Hemingway Abbott * ''
It's a Bear ''It's a Bear'' is a 1924 American short silent comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 28th ''Our Gang'' short subject released. ''It's a Bear'' was remade with sound in 1930 as '' Bear Shooters''. Allen Hoskins appeared in bot ...
'' (1924) – Farmer's Wife * ''
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'' (1924) – Mrs. McHungry * '' Sittin' Pretty'' (1924) – Undetermined secondary role (uncredited) * '' Should Landlords Live?'' (1924) * '' Every Man for Himself'' (1924) – Pedestrian * '' Bungaloo Boobs'' (1924) – The Neighbor's Wife * ''
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'' (1924) – Woman from Traveler's Aid Society * ''
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'' (1924) – Boarding House Landlady (uncredited) * '' Meet the Missus'' (1924) * '' The Wages of Tin'' (1925) – Meg's Mother * '' The Rat's Knuckles'' (1925) – Diner (uncredited) * '' The Big Town'' (1925) – Train Passenger (uncredited) * '' The Haunted Honeymoon'' (1925) * ''
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'' (1925) – Beauty Parlor Customer * '' Whose Baby Are You?'' (1925) – Train Passenger (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1925) – Book Buyer / Red Riding Hood in Fantasy * ''
Wild Papa ''Wild Papa'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. Cast * Frank Butler as Tewksbury Spat * Katherine Grant as The model * Laura Roessing as Mrs. Tewksbury * Sidney D'Albrook as Ambrose * George Rowe * Jules Mendel * ...
'' (1925) * '' Chasing the Chaser'' (1925) – The Neighbor * '' Sherlock Sleuth'' (1925) – Haughty Guest's Wife * '' Tame Men and Wild Women'' (1925) – Arthur's Mother * ''
Mary, Queen of Tots ''Mary, Queen of Tots'' is a 1925 American short silent comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 42nd '' Our Gang'' short subject released. Cast The Gang * Joe Cobb – Joe * Jackie Condon – Jackie * Mickey Daniels – Mickey ...
'' (1925) – Dollmaker's wife * '' Unfriendly Enemies'' (1925) – Laughing Woman * '' Moonlight and Noses'' (1925) * ''
Should Sailors Marry? ''Should Sailors Marry?'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film featuring Clyde cook and Oliver Hardy. Plot A wife waits for her brawling sailor ex-husband (Noah Young). His friends sneer at him for ever being married. She has come to get ba ...
'' (1925) – Train Passenger * ''
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'' (1925) * ''
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'' (1925) * '' His Wooden Wedding'' (1925) – Dressmaker (uncredited) * '' Tol'able Romeo'' (1925) * ''
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'' (1926) – A Neighbor * ''
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'' (1926) * ''
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'' (1926) * '' Baby Clothes'' (1926) – Joe's Mother * ''
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'' (1926) * '' Don Key (Son of Burro)'' (1926) * ''
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'' (1926) – Helga's Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1926) * '' Merry Widower'' (1926) * '' Should Husbands Pay?'' (1926) * ''
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'' (1927) * '' Mad Scrambles'' (1927) * '' The Eyes Have It'' (1928) * ''
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'' (1928) * ''
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'' (1930) – Woman in Audience (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1930) – Townswoman (uncredited) * ''
Any Old Port! ''Any Old Port!'' is an American 1932 pre-Code comedy short film directed by James W. Horne and starring Laurel and Hardy. It was produced by Hal Roach. Plot Sailors Laurel and Hardy disembark and book in a sleazy hotel. The owner Mugsie Lo ...
'' (1932) – Spectator (uncredited)


References


Further reading


"Married a Louisville Actress"
''The Louisville Courier-General''. July 15, 1894. p. 6 * Von Harleman, G.P. (February 3, 1917)
"News of Los Angeles and Vicinity"
''The Moving Picture World''. Vol. 31. p. 693
"Stories of the Films; Vim: 'Life Savers,' 'Comrades'"
''The Moving Picture World''. August 19, 1916. p.1296
"Current Feature Photoplays Passed in Review: 'Tom Sawyer'"
''Dramatic Mirror of Motion Pictures and the Stage''. December 15, 1917. p. 18
"Notes: The Helen Gilmore-Bert Baker Litigation"
''Variety''. November 8, 1918. p. 16 * "News of the Films". ''The Billboard''. March 3, 1922. p. 43 * Russell, Marion (May 20, 1922). "Too Much Business". ''The Billboard''. p. 98
"It Doesn't Always Pay to Get Thin"
''St. Louis Post-Dispatch''. October 5, 1930. p. 13


External links

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