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Beryl Mercer

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Beryl Mercer
Years active1916 – 1939

Beryl Mercer (13 August 1882 – 28 July 1939) was a Spanish born American actress of the 1920s and 1930s.

Mercer was best known for her motherly roles in film and regularly appeared as a grandmother or cook or maid in some high profile films. She appeared in over 50 films between 1916 and 1939 but her career was at a peak in the early- to mid-1930s where she regularly starred in between 5 and 10 pictures a year.

In 1933 Mercer appeared in Cavalcade, as a cook, and the following year made appearances in Jane Eyre, The Little Minister, and The Richest Girl in the World.

Mercer died in Santa Monica, California in 1939.

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