Beryl Mercer

Beryl Mercer

Born: August 11, 1882
Died: July 28, 1939
in Seville, Seville, Andalucía, Spain
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.

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A Woman is the Judge
Title: A Woman is the Judge
Character: Mrs. Butler
Released: October 3, 1939
Type: Movie
Twenty years earlier, Mary Cabot had lost contact with her infant daughter Justine. Now a grown woman, Justine accidentally shoots a man who'd impugned the reputation of her mother, whom she's never met. As luck would have it, the presiding judge at Justine's trial is none other than Mary Cabot.
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The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Title: The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Character: Queen Victoria
Released: April 4, 1939
Type: Movie
Alexander Graham Bell falls in love with deaf girl Mabel Hubbard while teaching the deaf and trying to invent means for telegraphing the human voice. She urges him to put off thoughts of marriage until his experiments are complete. He invents the telephone, marries and becomes rich and famous, though his happiness is threatened when a rival company sets out to ruin him.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Title: The Hound of the Baskervilles
Character: Mrs. Jennifer Mortimer
Released: March 24, 1939
Type: Movie
On his uncle's death Sir Henry Baskerville returns from Canada to take charge of his ancestral hall on the desolate moors of Devonshire, and finds that Sherlock Holmes is there to investigate the local belief that his uncle was killed by a monster hound that has roamed the moors since 1650, and is likely to strike again at Sir Henry.
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The Little Princess
Title: The Little Princess
Character: Queen Victoria
Released: March 17, 1939
Type: Movie
A little girl goes in search of her father who is reported missing by the military during the Second Boer War.
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Night Must Fall
Title: Night Must Fall
Character: Saleslady
Released: April 30, 1937
Type: Movie
Wealthy widow Mrs. Bramson notices that her maid is distracted, and when she learns the girl's fiancé, Danny, is the reason, she summons him in. Mrs. Bramson's niece Olivia takes a liking to Danny, and comes to believe that he may have been involved in the disappearance of a local woman.
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Call It a Day
Title: Call It a Day
Character: Mrs. Elkins, the Cook
Released: April 17, 1937
Type: Movie
The various members of the middle-class Hilton family have a series of romantic misadventures during one eventful spring day.
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My Marriage
Title: My Marriage
Character: Mrs. Dolan
Released: January 31, 1936
Type: Movie
When gangster's bullets put an end to the career of H.J. Barton, underworld gambling czar who masquerades as a respectable member of high society, his daughter Carol is left to bear the brunt of social stigma.
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Three Live Ghosts
Title: Three Live Ghosts
Character: Mrs. Gubbins
Released: January 10, 1936
Type: Movie
Three WWI veterans thought long dead turn out to be still alive and return home - much to the consternation of their friends and family.
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Magnificent Obsession
Title: Magnificent Obsession
Character: Mrs. Eden
Released: December 30, 1935
Type: Movie
A playboy tries to redeem himself after his careless behavior causes a great man's death.
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Hitch Hike Lady
Title: Hitch Hike Lady
Character: Mrs. Bayne
Released: December 28, 1935
Type: Movie
Brit Amelia Blake travels to America to join her son Alfred. Fate forces her to hitchhike to California, a perilous journey that she shares with kind young Judy Martin. When Judy and another fellow traveler discover the unfortunate truth about Alfred, they struggle to spare Amelia's feelings.
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Forbidden Heaven
Title: Forbidden Heaven
Character: Agnes, 'The Duchess'
Released: October 4, 1935
Type: Movie
Charles Farrell stars as a British working stiff named Niba, who hopes one day to attain a Parliamentary seat. Niba's life is permanently altered when he rescues forlorn American girl Ann (Charlotte Henry). Though forced to give up his political dreams, Niba contentedly sets up house with Ann, eventually falling in love with her.
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Age of Indiscretion
Title: Age of Indiscretion
Character: Mrs. Williams
Released: May 10, 1935
Type: Movie
A book publisher finds his business floundering, which prompts his socially ambitious wife to desert him for a society millionaire, leaving him with their young son. The publisher's fortunes improve dramatically, however, when a best-selling romance novelist decides to publish her new book with his firm. In the meantime, his ex-wife has married the millionaire, and she and her new mother-in-law come up with a plan to sue her ex-husband for custody of the boy.
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The Little Minister
Title: The Little Minister
Character: Margaret
Released: December 28, 1934
Type: Movie
The stoic, proper Rev. Gavin Dishart, newly assigned to a church in the small Scottish village of Thrums, finds himself unexpectedly falling for one of his parishioners, the hot-blooded Gypsy girl Babbie. A village-wide scandal soon erupts over the minister's relationship with this feisty, passionate young woman, who holds a secret about the village's nobleman, Lord Milford Rintoul, and his role in an increasingly fractious labor dispute.
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The Richest Girl in the World
Title: The Richest Girl in the World
Character: Maid
Released: September 21, 1934
Type: Movie
Millionairess Dorothy Hunter is tired of finding out that her boyfriends love her for her money, and equally weary of losing eligible beaus who don't want to be considered fortune-hunters. That's why she trades identities with her secretary Sylvia before embarking on her next romance with Tony Travers. This causes numerous complications not only for Dorothy and Tony but for Sylvia, whose own husband Philip is not the most patient of men.
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Jane Eyre
Title: Jane Eyre
Character: Mrs. Fairfax
Released: August 15, 1934
Type: Movie
Jane Eyre is an orphan who was raised by her aunt until she came to Thornfield Hall as governess to the young ward of Edward Rochester. But Jane is attracted by the intelligent and energetic Sir Rochester, a man of almost twice her age. But just when Sir Rochester seems to pay attention to her, he invites the beautiful and wealthy Blanche Ingram to stay at his house.
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Change of Heart
Title: Change of Heart
Character: Harriet Hawkins
Released: May 18, 1934
Type: Movie
Catherine and Mack and their close friends Chris and Madge graduate from a West Coast college and fly to New York City to find work.
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Broken Dreams
Title: Broken Dreams
Character: Mom
Released: October 19, 1933
Type: Movie
Medical intern Robert Morley is distraught after his wife dies in childbirth. He's resentful of his new son and wants nothing to do with him. He leaves the child with his aunt and uncle and heads off to Europe to pursue his medical studies. Morley returns to his hometown six years later, now a successful doctor and engaged to be married to a beautiful socialite. He also feels differently about the boy and attempts to gain custody from his aunt and uncle.
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Her Splendid Folly
Title: Her Splendid Folly
Character: Mrs. McAllister
Released: October 7, 1933
Type: Movie
Solomon Ginsberg is the President of International Pictures Corporation and hires Joan McAllister, an unemployed stenographer, to double for his star, Laura Girard. While on a location trip, Laura is killed in an automobile accident, and in order to save the money already invested in the film Ginsberg, aided by the film's leading-man, Wallace Morely, with whom Joan is more than a little infatuated, persuades Joan to assume the identity of the dead actress, whose death is being concealed.
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Berkeley Square
Title: Berkeley Square
Character: Mrs. Barwick
Released: September 15, 1933
Type: Movie
A young American man is transported back to London in the time shortly after the American Revolution and meets his ancestors.
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Blind Adventure
Title: Blind Adventure
Character: Elsie
Released: August 18, 1933
Type: Movie
Richard Bruce, an American in fog bound London stumbles into the midst of international intrigue, with Rose Thorne, an innocent dupe. Together they try to unravel the mystery, enlisting the aid of a cat burglar named Holmes, who they bump into along the way.
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Supernatural
Title: Supernatural
Character: Madame Gourjan, Paul's landlady
Released: April 21, 1933
Type: Movie
After her brother's death, Roma Courtney becomes the heiress to his fortune. When fake psychic Paul Bavian claims to have a message from Roma's dead brother, he coaxes Roma into participating in a séance. Although Roma's fiancé, Grant, first believes the séance is nothing more than a scam, he eventually realizes that the vengeful spirit of an executed murderer has possessed Roma's body.
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Cavalcade
Title: Cavalcade
Character: Cook
Released: February 8, 1933
Type: Movie
A cavalcade of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 until 1933 is seen through the eyes of well-to-do Londoners Jane and Robert Marryot. Amongst events touching their family are the Boer War, the death of Queen Victoria, the sinking of the Titanic, and the Great War.
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6 Hours to Live
Title: 6 Hours to Live
Character: The Widow
Released: October 15, 1932
Type: Movie
A murder victim is brought back to life by a scientific experiment. However, the effects only last for six hours, and he must find his killer in that time.
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Smilin' Through
Title: Smilin' Through
Character: Mrs. Crouch
Released: September 24, 1932
Type: Movie
On the day of his wedding, Sir John Carteret's fiancée, Moonyeen, is killed by a jealous rival named Jeremy, leaving him emotionally devastated. Carteret spends three decades in seclusion, mostly communing with the spirit of Moonyeen, until he learns that her niece, Kathleen, has become an orphan. He adopts and raises the child as his own but is alarmed when, as a young woman, she falls in love with the son of Moonyeen's murderer.
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Midnight Morals
Title: Midnight Morals
Character: Mother O'Brien, the Prison Matron
Released: August 1, 1932
Type: Movie
A rookie cop falls for a "taxi dancer" in a dance hall, but his father has strong objections to the relationship.
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Unholy Love
Title: Unholy Love
Character: Mrs. Cawley
Released: June 8, 1932
Type: Movie
An adaptation of Madame Bovary transported to Rye, New York in the 1930's. All characters have been renamed.
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Young America
Title: Young America
Character: Grandma Beamish
Released: April 17, 1932
Type: Movie
Mrs. Doray sits with a Juvenile Court Judge to learn more about problem children and what to do about them. One of the cases involves 13 year old Arthur, "the worst kid in town", who moves cars away from fiire-plugs without the knowledge of the owners. The judge gives Arthur and friend Nutty another chance. However they run into further trouble when they break into Mr. Doray's drugstore to get medicine for Nutty's grandmother. Mr. Doray is not sympathetic and completely against his wife's plan to become Arthur's guardian. More incidents occur with Mr. Doray quick to judge prior to getting all of the facts. Mrs. Doray must choose between her marriage and Arthur.
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Lena Rivers
Title: Lena Rivers
Character: Grandmother Nichols
Released: March 27, 1932
Type: Movie
Young Lena Rivers, who was born out of wedlock, goes to live with a rich uncle. Unfortunately, her uncle's wife and daughter make no secret of their dislike of Lena and that they don't want her in their family.
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Devil's Lottery
Title: Devil's Lottery
Character: Mrs. Mary Ann Meech
Released: March 27, 1932
Type: Movie
Intricate, soapy drama of romance, heartbreak, and murder amongst a diverse group of sweepstakes winners visiting a newspaper tycoon's estate.
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Lovers Courageous
Title: Lovers Courageous
Character: Mrs. Smith
Released: January 23, 1932
Type: Movie
A daydreaming dramatist and his beloved persevere through hard times in the hope that one of his plays will be a hit.
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Forgotten Women
Title: Forgotten Women
Character: Fern Madden
Released: November 25, 1931
Type: Movie
Acting on a tip from former stage actress Fern Madden, who is now working as a movie extra, Jimmy Burke, a Hollywood reporter, publishes an article revealing an independent film producer to have mob connections. As a result of the story, Jimmy becomes city editor.
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Are These Our Children?
Title: Are These Our Children?
Character: Mrs. Martin
Released: November 13, 1931
Type: Movie
A tale of juvenile delinquency, about a high-school student neglecting his studies, partying hard, falling in with the wrong crowd and finally finding himself on trial for murder committed during a robbery.
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The Sky Spider
Title: The Sky Spider
Character: Mother Morgan
Released: October 1, 1931
Type: Movie
The three Morgan brothers, Glenn, Jim and Buddy are all air mail pilots. The plane flown by Jim is shot down by Hugh Jeffries for the money it carries. Another flight is made by Buddy followed by Jeffries intending to shoot him down also...
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Merely Mary Ann
Title: Merely Mary Ann
Character: Mrs. Leadbatter
Released: September 6, 1931
Type: Movie
Orphan drudge Mary Ann finds love and hope in the arms of a promising but poor composer, John Lonsdale.
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The Miracle Woman
Title: The Miracle Woman
Character: Mrs. Higgins
Released: July 17, 1931
Type: Movie
After an unappreciated minister dies, his daughter loses her faith in God, prompting her to open a phony temple with a con man. Can the love of a blind aviator restore her faith and happiness?
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The Man in Possession
Title: The Man in Possession
Character: Mrs. Dabney
Released: July 4, 1931
Type: Movie
A deeply in debt heiress tries to land a rich man while a collector from the Sheriff's office is guarding the assets in her house.
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The Public Enemy
Title: The Public Enemy
Character: Ma Powers
Released: April 23, 1931
Type: Movie
Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers. But with street notoriety and newfound wealth, the duo feels the heat from the cops and rival gangsters both. Despite his ruthless criminal reputation, Tom tries to remain connected to his family, however, gang warfare and the need for revenge eventually pull him away.
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East Lynne
Title: East Lynne
Character: Joyce
Released: March 1, 1931
Type: Movie
The refined Lady Isabel Carlisle, after leaving her family and enduring nearly a decade of hardships, learns that her son has fallen ill. Despite being nearly blinded as the result of an explosion, she returns home to see her son again.
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Inspiration
Title: Inspiration
Character: Marthe, Yvonne's Maid
Released: January 31, 1931
Type: Movie
The film features the leading actress Greta Garbo as Yvonne, an artist's model. Other stars include Robert Montgomery, Lewis Stone, Marjorie Rambeau and Judith Vosselli. It is a romantic melodrama, portraying a Parisian belle with a past returning to haunt her. The film is the only one where Montgomery played opposite Garbo.
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Outward Bound
Title: Outward Bound
Character: Mrs. Midget
Released: September 17, 1930
Type: Movie
A group of strangers find themselves aboard an unmanned ship, surrounded by fog and uncertain of their destination. As they attempt to make sense of their situation, the group of passengers discover a commonality that changes their perception of the nature of their journey. The film was later remade, with some changes, as Between Two Worlds (1944).
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An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Title: An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Character: Mrs. Warner Bros. Pictures
Released: August 1, 1930
Type: Movie
Mr. and Mrs. Warner Bros. Pictures and their precocious offspring, Little Miss Vitaphone, host a dinner in honor of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee, attended by most of the major players and song writers under contract to WB at that time.
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The Matrimonial Bed
Title: The Matrimonial Bed
Character: Corinne
Released: August 1, 1930
Type: Movie
Five years after Adolphe's death in a train wreck, he is discovered very much alive and with amnesia. Unfortunately he and his first wife are remarried and with children.
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Common Clay
Title: Common Clay
Character: Mrs. Neal
Released: August 1, 1930
Type: Movie
Young Ellen Neal gets work as a servant with the wealthy Fullerton family. She falls in love with the Fullerton's handsome young son. But he leaves her with child, and when she attempts to gain recognition for her child, the Fullerton family treats her as a blackmailer. But a surprise awaits them all.
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In Gay Madrid
Title: In Gay Madrid
Character: Doña Concha
Released: May 17, 1930
Type: Movie
Ricardo, a young law student in his home town of Madrid, is a carefree playboy who loves nightclubs and courting pretty girls. His father hopes to instill a more serious attitude in his son by transferring him to a school in the rural town of Santiago. At Santiago, his father's old friend is to be his guardian. When Ricardo arrives at Santiago he joins a fraternity, and continues his carefree lifestyle while serenading and courting his guardian's daughter, Carmina.
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Dumb-bells in Ermine
Title: Dumb-bells in Ermine
Character: Grandma Corey
Released: May 10, 1930
Type: Movie
In a small town in Virginia, Faith Corey, daughter of a socially prominent family, meets and falls in love with Jerry Malone, a prizefighter, though her straitlaced mother wants her to marry Siegfried, a spellbinding "missionary reformer." Though Grandma Corey promotes the romance with the prizefighter, Mike, the fighter's hardboiled, wisecracking manager, tries to keep them apart; following a quarrel, Faith reconciles herself to marrying Siegfried, but when he invites a group of "weak sisters" to a revival meeting, he is disgraced when one accuses him of her downfall. Finally, with Mike's advice, Jerry wins back Faith and they are united with the family's blessings.
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All Quiet on the Western Front
Title: All Quiet on the Western Front
Character: Paul's Mother
Released: April 29, 1930
Type: Movie
When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during World War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is destroyed by the harsh realities of combat.
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Seven Days Leave
Title: Seven Days Leave
Character: Sarah Ann Dowey
Released: January 24, 1930
Type: Movie
In London, during WWI, a lonely woman who wants to feel a part of the war effort pretends to her friends to have a son fighting in the war. She is shocked when he shows up on her doorstep, and they make an agreement that he will pretend to be her son. "Seven Days Leave" is a screen adaption of James M. Barrie's play, "The Old Lady Shows Her Medals."
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Three Live Ghosts
Title: Three Live Ghosts
Character: Mrs. Gubbins
Released: September 15, 1929
Type: Movie
An investigator is asking Mrs. Gubbins about a William Foster, who was a friend of her stepson Jimmy. Both are listed as killed in action during the Great War. It is Armistice Day, 1918, and the war is over. Who should be strolling down the street but Jimmy Gubbins, Bill 'Jones' and another man who has lost his memory. They are ghosts as the official records list them as dead and not as escaped P.O.W's. Jimmy's mother is not happy to see that Jimmy is still living as she has been spending the death benefits, but she is happy to see Bill as there is a large reward for him. No one knows much about the third one, called 'Spoofy', except that he can steal anything at anytime and that gets everyone is trouble.
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Mother's Boy
Title: Mother's Boy
Character: Mrs.O'Day
Released: July 1, 1929
Type: Movie
Young Irish lad Tommy O'Day lives in a poor section of New York's Lower East Side, and is blessed with a beautiful singing voice. After an argument with his father, who accuses him of stealing the family's life savings, Tommy leaves home and gets a job singing in a cabaret. He is successful and soon lands the lead in a Broadway revue. On opening night, just as he is about to go on stage, he receives word that his mother, who he has not seen since he left home, is dying and wants to see him.
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We Americans
Title: We Americans
Character: Mrs. Levine
Released: May 6, 1928
Type: Movie
We Americans was based on the Broadway play of the same name. Returning to the "melting pot" themes that he handled so well, director Edward H. Sloman concentrates on the trials and tribulations of three first-generation American families: The Jewish Levines, the German Schmidts and the Italian Albertinis.
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The Christian
Title: The Christian
Character: Liza
Released: January 14, 1923
Type: Movie
Glory Quayle and John Storm, sweethearts since childhood on the Isle of Man, go to London, Glory to become a nurse and John to enter a monastery. Instead, Glory becomes a theater star, and John renounces his vows because he cannot forget his love for her. Lord Robert Ure, who has already betrayed Glory's friend, Polly Love, incites the London populace against John....
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Broken Chains
Title: Broken Chains
Character: Mrs. Mulcahy
Released: December 10, 1922
Type: Movie