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| birth_place = [[Seville]], Spain |
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| spouse = {{marriage|Maitland Paisley<br>|1896|1909|end=divorced}}<br>[[Holmes Herbert]]<br>(m. 1909; div. 19??) |
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'''Beryl Mercer''' ( |
'''Beryl Mercer''' (August 13, 1882 – July 28, 1939) was a Spanish-born American actress of stage and screen who was based in the United States.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/beryl-mercer-p48482| title=Beryl Mercer: biography| first=Hal| last=Erickson| website=[[AllMovie]]| access-date=February 13, 2022}}</ref> |
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==Early years== |
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⚫ | Beryl Mercer was born to British parents in [[Seville]] on 13 August 1882. Her father was Edward Sheppard Mercer, said to be Spanish despite his name, and her mother was actress Effie Martin.<ref name=Nissen2012/><ref group=note>The reference work ''An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films: 1895-1930'' says of Mercer, "... her mother was the famed actor Beryl Montague."</ref><ref name="ed">{{cite book| last1=Lowe| first1=Denise| title=An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films: 1895-1930| year=2014| publisher=Routledge| isbn=978-1317718963| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=68e2AgAAQBAJ&q=%22Beryl+Mercer%22&pg=RA2-PA1916| accessdate=13 March 2018| language=en}}</ref> |
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Beryl Mercer was born to British parents in [[Seville]] on 13 August 1882. |
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⚫ | Her father was Edward Sheppard Mercer, said to be Spanish despite his name, and her mother was |
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== Career == |
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She became a child |
She became a child actress, making her debut on 14 August 1886 at the Theatre Royal, [[Great Yarmouth]], when she was age 4 and returned to the stage when she was ten. In London, she appeared in ''The Darling of the Gods'' and the production by [[Oscar Asche]] of ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]''.<ref name=Nissen2012/> In 1906 she appeared as a Kaffir slave in the [[West End theatre|West End]] play ''[[The Shulamite]]''.<ref>{{cite book| page=295| last=Wearing |first=J. P.| title=The London Stage 1900–1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o5JWAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA295| accessdate=4 June 2014| date=5 December 2013| publisher=Scarecrow Press| isbn=978-0-8108-9294-1}}</ref> |
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She travelled with this play to the United States, where she received good reviews.<ref name=Nissen2012>{{cite book |page=149 |last=Nissen |first=Axel |title=Mothers, Mammies and Old Maids: Twenty-Five Character Actresses of Golden Age Hollywood |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iXqFB-YFYpYC&pg=PA149|accessdate=4 June 2014 |date=21 February 2012 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-9045-5}}</ref> That 1906 play marked her Broadway debut.<ref>{{cite web |title=Beryl Mercer |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/beryl-mercer-52777 |website=Internet Broadway Database |
She travelled with this play to the United States, where she received good reviews.<ref name=Nissen2012>{{cite book |page=149 |last=Nissen |first=Axel |title=Mothers, Mammies and Old Maids: Twenty-Five Character Actresses of Golden Age Hollywood |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iXqFB-YFYpYC&pg=PA149|accessdate=4 June 2014 |date=21 February 2012 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-9045-5}}</ref> That 1906 play marked her Broadway debut.<ref>{{cite web |title=Beryl Mercer |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/beryl-mercer-52777 |website=Internet Broadway Database |accessdate=13 March 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313193342/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/beryl-mercer-52777 |archivedate=13 March 2018}}</ref> |
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[[File:Shirley Temple in Beryl Mercer in The Little Princess.jpg|thumb|Mercer with [[Shirley Temple]] in ''[[The Little Princess (1939 film)|The Little Princess]]'' (1939)]] |
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[[File:Beryl Mercer.jpg|thumb|160px|Beryl Mercer]] |
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Mercer was honored by [[Alexandra of Denmark|Dowager Queen Alexandra]] for her work as an entertainer during World War I.<ref>{{cite news| title=Her Stage Career Began in Childhood| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18265579/beryl_mercer/| newspaper=[[Detroit Free Press]]| date=December 3, 1930| page=18 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]| accessdate=March 13, 2018}}{{Open access}}</ref> |
Mercer was honored by [[Alexandra of Denmark|Dowager Queen Alexandra]] for her work as an entertainer during World War I.<ref>{{cite news| title=Her Stage Career Began in Childhood| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18265579/beryl_mercer/| newspaper=[[Detroit Free Press]]| date=December 3, 1930| page=18 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]| accessdate=March 13, 2018}}{{Open access}}</ref> |
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Mercer's film debut came in ''The Christian''.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Show Window |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18247291/beryl_mercer/ |newspaper=[[Hartford Courant]] |date=September 16, 1930 |page=19 |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=March 12, 2018}} {{Open access}}</ref> She was best known as a film actress for her motherly roles. She played Lew Ayres' mother in ''All Quiet on the Western Front'' (1930) and James Cagney's mother in ''The Public Enemy'' (1931). She also regularly appeared as a grandmother |
Mercer's film debut came in ''The Christian''.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Show Window |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18247291/beryl_mercer/ |newspaper=[[Hartford Courant]] |date=September 16, 1930 |page=19 |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=March 12, 2018}} {{Open access}}</ref> She was best known as a film actress for her motherly roles. She played Lew Ayres' mother in ''All Quiet on the Western Front'' (1930) and James Cagney's mother in ''The Public Enemy'' (1931). She also regularly appeared as a grandmother, cook or maid in some high-profile films. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1916 and 1939, and her career was at a peak in the 1930s when she regularly appeared in several films per year. Mercer appeared in ''[[Cavalcade (1933 film)|Cavalcade]]'' (1933), ''[[Jane Eyre (1934 film)|Jane Eyre]]'', ''[[The Little Minister (1934 film)|The Little Minister]]'', and ''[[The Richest Girl in the World (1934 film)|The Richest Girl in the World]]'' (all 1934). She was in two versions of ''Three Live Ghosts'' (1929 and 1935) and ''[[The Little Princess (1939 film)|The Little Princess]]'' (1939) as [[Queen Victoria]]. |
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==Personal life== |
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Mercer was married to Maitland Paisley early in her life. Her only other marriage was to actor [[Holmes Herbert]] in the late 1920s. She had one child, Joan Mercer, later Bitting, born on 16 September 1917.<ref>{{cite news |title=Joan Mercer Bitting, 92; Founding Member of St. Matthew |url=http://www.palipost.com/joan-mercer-bitting-92-founding-member-of-st-matthew/ |accessdate=20 June 2014 | |
Mercer was married to Maitland Paisley early in her life. Her only other marriage was to actor [[Holmes Herbert]] in the late 1920s. She had one child, Joan Mercer, later Bitting, born on 16 September 1917.<ref>{{cite news |title=Joan Mercer Bitting, 92; Founding Member of St. Matthew |url=http://www.palipost.com/joan-mercer-bitting-92-founding-member-of-st-matthew/ |accessdate=20 June 2014 |newspaper=[[Palisadian-Post]] |location=Pacific Palisades, Calif |date=10 September 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222106/http://www.palipost.com/joan-mercer-bitting-92-founding-member-of-st-matthew/ |archivedate=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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==Death== |
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On 28 July |
On 28 July 1939, Mercer died in [[Santa Monica, California]], aged 56, following surgery for an undisclosed ailment. She was buried in [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)|Forest Lawn Memorial Park]] in Glendale, California.<ref>{{cite book| last1=Ellenberger| first1=Allan R.| title=Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory| date=2001| publisher=McFarland| isbn=978-0786409839| page=52| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8bOJCgAAQBAJ&q=%22Beryl+Mercer%22&pg=PA62| accessdate=13 March 2018| language=en}}</ref> |
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==Filmography== |
==Filmography== |
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*''[[The Shulamite (film)|The Shulamite]]'' (1915) |
*''[[The Shulamite (film)|The Shulamite]]'' (1915) |
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*''The Final Curtain'' (1916) |
*''The Final Curtain'' (1916) – Mary |
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*''Broken Chains'' (1922) |
*''[[Broken Chains (film)|Broken Chains]]'' (1922) – Mrs. Mulcahy |
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*''[[The Christian (1923 film)|The Christian]]'' (1923) |
*''[[The Christian (1923 film)|The Christian]]'' (1923) – Liza |
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*''We Americans'' (1928) |
*''[[We Americans]]'' (1928) – Mrs. Levine |
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*''[[Mother's Boy (1929 film)|Mother's Boy]]'' (1929) |
*''[[Mother's Boy (1929 film)|Mother's Boy]]'' (1929) – Mrs.O'Day |
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*''[[Three Live Ghosts (1929 film)|Three Live Ghosts]]'' (1929) |
*''[[Three Live Ghosts (1929 film)|Three Live Ghosts]]'' (1929) – Mrs. Gubbins |
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*''[[Seven Days' Leave (1930 film)|Seven Days' Leave]]'' ( |
*''[[Seven Days' Leave (1930 film)|Seven Days' Leave]]'' (1930) – Sarah Ann Dowey |
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*''[[All Quiet on the Western Front (1930 film)|All Quiet on the Western Front]]'' (1930) |
*''[[All Quiet on the Western Front (1930 film)|All Quiet on the Western Front]]'' (1930) – Paul's Mother |
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*''[[Dumbbells in Ermine]]'' (1930) |
*''[[Dumbbells in Ermine]]'' (1930) – Grandma Corey |
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*''[[In Gay Madrid]]'' (1930) |
*''[[In Gay Madrid]]'' (1930) – Doña Concha |
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*''[[Common Clay (1930 film)|Common Clay]]'' (1930) |
*''[[Common Clay (1930 film)|Common Clay]]'' (1930) – Mrs. Neal |
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*''[[The Matrimonial Bed]]'' (1930) |
*''[[The Matrimonial Bed]]'' (1930) – Corinne |
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*''An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee'' (1930, Short) |
*''An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee'' (1930, Short) – Mrs. Warner Bros. Pictures |
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*''[[Outward Bound (film)|Outward Bound]]'' (1930) |
*''[[Outward Bound (film)|Outward Bound]]'' (1930) – Mrs. Midget |
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*''[[Inspiration (1931 film)|Inspiration]]'' (1931) |
*''[[Inspiration (1931 film)|Inspiration]]'' (1931) – Marthe, Yvonne's Maid |
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*''[[East Lynne (1931 film)|East Lynne]]'' (1931) |
*''[[East Lynne (1931 film)|East Lynne]]'' (1931) – Joyce |
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*''[[The Public Enemy]]'' (1931) |
*''[[The Public Enemy]]'' (1931) – Ma Powers |
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*''The Sky Spider'' (1931) |
*''[[The Sky Spider]]'' (1931) – Mother Morgan |
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*''[[The Man in Possession]]'' (1931) |
*''[[The Man in Possession]]'' (1931) – Mrs. Dabney |
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*''[[The Miracle Woman]]'' (1931) |
*''[[The Miracle Woman]]'' (1931) – Mrs. Higgins |
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*''[[Merely Mary Ann]]'' (1931) |
*''[[Merely Mary Ann]]'' (1931) – Mrs. Leadbatter |
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*''[[Are These Our Children?]]'' (1931) |
*''[[Are These Our Children?]]'' (1931) – Mrs. Martin – Eddie's Grandma |
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*''Forgotten Women'' (1931) |
*''[[Forgotten Women (1931 film)|Forgotten Women]]'' (1931) – Fern Madden |
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*''[[Lovers Courageous]]'' (1932) |
*''[[Lovers Courageous]]'' (1932) – Mrs. Smith |
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*''[[Devil's Lottery]]'' (1932) |
*''[[Devil's Lottery]]'' (1932) – Mrs. Mary Ann Meech |
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*''Lena Rivers'' (1932) |
*''[[Lena Rivers (1932 film)|Lena Rivers]]'' (1932) – Grandmother Nichols |
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*''[[Young America (1932 film)|Young America]]'' (1932) |
*''[[Young America (1932 film)|Young America]]'' (1932) – Grandma Beamish |
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*''[[Unholy Love]]'' (1932) |
*''[[Unholy Love]]'' (1932) – Mrs. Cawley |
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*''No Greater Love'' (1932) |
*''[[No Greater Love (1932 film)|No Greater Love]]'' (1932) – Mrs. Burns |
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*''Midnight Morals'' (1932) |
*''[[Midnight Morals]]'' (1932) – Mother O'Brien, the Prison Matron |
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*''[[Smilin' Through (1932 film)|Smilin' Through]]'' (1932) |
*''[[Smilin' Through (1932 film)|Smilin' Through]]'' (1932) – Mrs. Crouch |
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*''[[Six Hours to Live]]'' (1932) |
*''[[Six Hours to Live]]'' (1932) – The Widow |
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*''[[Cavalcade (1933 film)|Cavalcade]]'' (1933) |
*''[[Cavalcade (1933 film)|Cavalcade]]'' (1933) – Cook |
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*''Her Splendid Folly'' (1933) |
*''[[Her Splendid Folly]]'' (1933) – Mrs. McAllister |
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*''[[Supernatural (1933 film)|Supernatural]]'' (1933) |
*''[[Supernatural (1933 film)|Supernatural]]'' (1933) – Madame Gourjan, Paul's Landlady |
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*''[[Blind Adventure]]'' (1933) |
*''[[Blind Adventure]]'' (1933) – Elsie |
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*''[[Berkeley Square (1933 film)|Berkeley Square]]'' (1933) |
*''[[Berkeley Square (1933 film)|Berkeley Square]]'' (1933) – Mrs. Barwick |
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*''[[Broken Dreams (1933 film)|Broken Dreams]]'' (1933) |
*''[[Broken Dreams (1933 film)|Broken Dreams]]'' (1933) – Mom |
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*''[[Change of Heart (1934 film)|Change of Heart]]'' (1934) |
*''[[Change of Heart (1934 film)|Change of Heart]]'' (1934) – Harriet Hawkins |
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*''[[Jane Eyre (1934 film)|Jane Eyre]]'' (1934) |
*''[[Jane Eyre (1934 film)|Jane Eyre]]'' (1934) – Mrs. Fairfax |
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*''[[The Richest Girl in the World (1934 film)|The Richest Girl in the World]]'' (1934) |
*''[[The Richest Girl in the World (1934 film)|The Richest Girl in the World]]'' (1934) – Marie |
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*''[[The Little Minister (1934 film)|The Little Minister]]'' (1934) |
*''[[The Little Minister (1934 film)|The Little Minister]]'' (1934) – Margaret |
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*''[[Age of Indiscretion]]'' (1935) |
*''[[Age of Indiscretion]]'' (1935) – Mrs. Williams |
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*''[[Forbidden Heaven]]'' (1935) |
*''[[Forbidden Heaven]]'' (1935) – Agnes, 'The Duchess' |
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*''[[Hitch Hike Lady]]'' (1935) |
*''[[Hitch Hike Lady]]'' (1935) – Mrs. Bayne |
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*''[[Magnificent Obsession (1935 film)|Magnificent Obsession]]'' (1935) |
*''[[Magnificent Obsession (1935 film)|Magnificent Obsession]]'' (1935) – Mrs. Eden |
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*''[[Three Live Ghosts (1936 film)|Three Live Ghosts]]'' (1936) |
*''[[Three Live Ghosts (1936 film)|Three Live Ghosts]]'' (1936) – Mrs. Gibbins |
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*''[[My Marriage]]'' (1936) |
*''[[My Marriage]]'' (1936) – Mrs. Dolan |
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*''[[Call It a Day]]'' (1937) |
*''[[Call It a Day]]'' (1937) – Mrs. Elkins, the Cook |
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*''[[Night Must Fall (1937 film)|Night Must Fall]]'' (1937) |
*''[[Night Must Fall (1937 film)|Night Must Fall]]'' (1937) – Saleslady |
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*''[[The Little Princess (1939 film)|The Little Princess]]'' (1939) |
*''[[The Little Princess (1939 film)|The Little Princess]]'' (1939) – Queen Victoria |
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*''[[The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939 film)|The Hound of the Baskervilles]]'' (1939) |
*''[[The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939 film)|The Hound of the Baskervilles]]'' (1939) – Mrs. Jennifer Mortimer |
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*''[[The Story of Alexander Graham Bell]]'' (1939) |
*''[[The Story of Alexander Graham Bell]]'' (1939) – Queen Victoria |
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*''A Woman Is the Judge'' (1939) |
*''[[A Woman Is the Judge]]'' (1939) – Mrs. Butler (final film role) |
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Latest revision as of 21:43, 10 June 2024
Beryl Mercer | |
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Born | Seville, Spain | August 13, 1882
Died | July 28, 1939 Santa Monica, California, U.S. | (aged 56)
Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1916–1939 |
Spouse(s) |
Maitland Paisley
(m. 1896; div. 1909)Holmes Herbert (m. 1909; div. 19??) |
Children | 1 |
Beryl Mercer (August 13, 1882 – July 28, 1939) was a Spanish-born American actress of stage and screen who was based in the United States.[1]
Early years
[edit]Beryl Mercer was born to British parents in Seville on 13 August 1882. Her father was Edward Sheppard Mercer, said to be Spanish despite his name, and her mother was actress Effie Martin.[2][note 1][3]
Career
[edit]She became a child actress, making her debut on 14 August 1886 at the Theatre Royal, Great Yarmouth, when she was age 4 and returned to the stage when she was ten. In London, she appeared in The Darling of the Gods and the production by Oscar Asche of A Midsummer Night's Dream.[2] In 1906 she appeared as a Kaffir slave in the West End play The Shulamite.[4] She travelled with this play to the United States, where she received good reviews.[2] That 1906 play marked her Broadway debut.[5]
Mercer was honored by Dowager Queen Alexandra for her work as an entertainer during World War I.[6]
Mercer's film debut came in The Christian.[7] She was best known as a film actress for her motherly roles. She played Lew Ayres' mother in All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) and James Cagney's mother in The Public Enemy (1931). She also regularly appeared as a grandmother, cook or maid in some high-profile films. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1916 and 1939, and her career was at a peak in the 1930s when she regularly appeared in several films per year. Mercer appeared in Cavalcade (1933), Jane Eyre, The Little Minister, and The Richest Girl in the World (all 1934). She was in two versions of Three Live Ghosts (1929 and 1935) and The Little Princess (1939) as Queen Victoria.
Personal life
[edit]Mercer was married to Maitland Paisley early in her life. Her only other marriage was to actor Holmes Herbert in the late 1920s. She had one child, Joan Mercer, later Bitting, born on 16 September 1917.[8]
Death
[edit]On 28 July 1939, Mercer died in Santa Monica, California, aged 56, following surgery for an undisclosed ailment. She was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.[9]
Filmography
[edit]- The Shulamite (1915)
- The Final Curtain (1916) – Mary
- Broken Chains (1922) – Mrs. Mulcahy
- The Christian (1923) – Liza
- We Americans (1928) – Mrs. Levine
- Mother's Boy (1929) – Mrs.O'Day
- Three Live Ghosts (1929) – Mrs. Gubbins
- Seven Days' Leave (1930) – Sarah Ann Dowey
- All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) – Paul's Mother
- Dumbbells in Ermine (1930) – Grandma Corey
- In Gay Madrid (1930) – Doña Concha
- Common Clay (1930) – Mrs. Neal
- The Matrimonial Bed (1930) – Corinne
- An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee (1930, Short) – Mrs. Warner Bros. Pictures
- Outward Bound (1930) – Mrs. Midget
- Inspiration (1931) – Marthe, Yvonne's Maid
- East Lynne (1931) – Joyce
- The Public Enemy (1931) – Ma Powers
- The Sky Spider (1931) – Mother Morgan
- The Man in Possession (1931) – Mrs. Dabney
- The Miracle Woman (1931) – Mrs. Higgins
- Merely Mary Ann (1931) – Mrs. Leadbatter
- Are These Our Children? (1931) – Mrs. Martin – Eddie's Grandma
- Forgotten Women (1931) – Fern Madden
- Lovers Courageous (1932) – Mrs. Smith
- Devil's Lottery (1932) – Mrs. Mary Ann Meech
- Lena Rivers (1932) – Grandmother Nichols
- Young America (1932) – Grandma Beamish
- Unholy Love (1932) – Mrs. Cawley
- No Greater Love (1932) – Mrs. Burns
- Midnight Morals (1932) – Mother O'Brien, the Prison Matron
- Smilin' Through (1932) – Mrs. Crouch
- Six Hours to Live (1932) – The Widow
- Cavalcade (1933) – Cook
- Her Splendid Folly (1933) – Mrs. McAllister
- Supernatural (1933) – Madame Gourjan, Paul's Landlady
- Blind Adventure (1933) – Elsie
- Berkeley Square (1933) – Mrs. Barwick
- Broken Dreams (1933) – Mom
- Change of Heart (1934) – Harriet Hawkins
- Jane Eyre (1934) – Mrs. Fairfax
- The Richest Girl in the World (1934) – Marie
- The Little Minister (1934) – Margaret
- Age of Indiscretion (1935) – Mrs. Williams
- Forbidden Heaven (1935) – Agnes, 'The Duchess'
- Hitch Hike Lady (1935) – Mrs. Bayne
- Magnificent Obsession (1935) – Mrs. Eden
- Three Live Ghosts (1936) – Mrs. Gibbins
- My Marriage (1936) – Mrs. Dolan
- Call It a Day (1937) – Mrs. Elkins, the Cook
- Night Must Fall (1937) – Saleslady
- The Little Princess (1939) – Queen Victoria
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) – Mrs. Jennifer Mortimer
- The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939) – Queen Victoria
- A Woman Is the Judge (1939) – Mrs. Butler (final film role)
Notes
[edit]- ^ The reference work An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films: 1895-1930 says of Mercer, "... her mother was the famed actor Beryl Montague."
References
[edit]- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Beryl Mercer: biography". AllMovie. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
- ^ a b c Nissen, Axel (February 21, 2012). Mothers, Mammies and Old Maids: Twenty-Five Character Actresses of Golden Age Hollywood. McFarland. p. 149. ISBN 978-0-7864-9045-5. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
- ^ Lowe, Denise (2014). An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films: 1895-1930. Routledge. ISBN 978-1317718963. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
- ^ Wearing, J. P. (December 5, 2013). The London Stage 1900–1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Scarecrow Press. p. 295. ISBN 978-0-8108-9294-1. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
- ^ "Beryl Mercer". Internet Broadway Database. Archived from the original on March 13, 2018. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
- ^ "Her Stage Career Began in Childhood". Detroit Free Press. December 3, 1930. p. 18. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "The Show Window". Hartford Courant. September 16, 1930. p. 19. Retrieved March 12, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Joan Mercer Bitting, 92; Founding Member of St. Matthew". Palisadian-Post. Pacific Palisades, Calif. September 10, 2009. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
- ^ Ellenberger, Allan R. (2001). Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory. McFarland. p. 52. ISBN 978-0786409839. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
External links
[edit]- 1882 births
- 1939 deaths
- American film actresses
- American silent film actresses
- British expatriates in Spain
- 20th-century English actresses
- Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)
- 20th-century American actresses
- British emigrants to the United States
- English film actresses
- English silent film actresses