Helen Gilmore
Helen Gilmore was an American actress of the stage and silent motion pictures from Louisville, Kentucky. She appeared in over 140 films between 1913 and 1932.
In approximately 1872, Gilmore was born to Richard Field and Mary Cilia Daniels. In 1894, she toured with comic actor Stuart Robson'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 A Comedy of Errors. It was during that tour that Gilmore met and married fellow cast member, Joseph B. Zahner, hurriedly tying the knot at New York's City Hall on Friday, July 13. Scarcely five years later, Zahner, then 33, suffered a fatal heart attack.
Between 1910 and 1913, Gilmore appeared on Broadway in 4 musical revues: Deems Taylor's The Echo, Manuel Klein's Around the World and Under Many Flags, 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, Gilmore was commended for her careful character study. The Paramount Pictures 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. This was a comedy which originated with a Saturday Evening Post story by Earl Derr Biggers. In it Gilmore was cast with Elsa Lorimer and Mack Fenton. Her final motion picture credit is for the role of a motorist in the Laurel and Hardy short Two Tars.
Filmography
A Female Fagin – The Female FaginNotoriety A Mexican Warrior – The Warrior's Mother-in-LawThe Eagle's Mate – Hagar Morne The Earl of Pawtucket – Aunt Jane PutnamThis Way Out Their Wedding Day – Mrs. FindemThe Rivals (1916 film) – The Lumber King's WifeThe Pretenders Never Again – Mrs. DaleFor Better or Worse – Mrs. GothroxWill a Woman Tell? – Wait a Minute – Jane HiggsLife Savers – Old MaidComrades – The LandladyThe Reward – Mabel's MotherA Bag of Trouble – Mrs. PokesJerry's Double Header – MotherJerry's Winning Way – The LandladyJerry's Big Doings – The MotherJerry's Brilliant Scheme – Her MotherJerry's Romance – Lady IsabelleThe Flying Target – JaneJerry's Triple Alliance – The HousekeeperTom Sawyer – Widow DouglasA Petticoat Pilot – Mrs. HobbsHuck and Tom – Widow DouglasOn the Jump – Girl's MotherFollow the Crowd – Pipe the Whiskers It's a Wild Life Hey There! Kicked Out Two-Gun Gussie – The City Slicker Sic 'Em, Towser Are Crooks Dishonest? – Old lady in parkAn Ozark Romance Kicking the Germ Out of Germany – That's Him Bride and Gloom – Two Scrambled Bees in His Bonnet Why Pick on Me? – Nothing But Trouble – Take a Chance – Landlady Ring Up the Curtain – Manager's Wife Just Neighbors – Old Woman with Packages Bumping Into Broadway – 'Bearcat' the Landlady Captain Kidd's Kids – The Girl's MotherFrom Hand to Mouth – Hag His Royal Slyness – Queen of Thermosa A Bashful Bigamist – Uncle Oswald's Wife Fickle Women – Mrs. CullisonDown Home – TownswomanThe Blazing Trail – Village Talking MachineJudge Her Not – Jerusha SprigginsDangerous Paths – Deborah HammondNever Weaken Too Much Business – The Head NurseImpulse – Mrs. CameronOne Terrible Day – Carlene Culpepper Our Gang – Emil's Wife Good Men and True – Mrs. FiteNewly Rich Tight Shoes Safety Last! – Department Store Customer Boys to Board – Mother MaloneKill or Cure – Aggressive non-customerPost No Bills No Noise – NurseJus' Passin' Through Stage Fright – Mickey's MotherThe Whole Truth – The WifeSunday Calm – Mrs. McTeeterMother's Joy – DippyIt's a Joy! – His Mother-in-LawThe Cowboy Sheik – Gussie the CookJust a Minute – Caroline - the Mayor's WifePostage Due The Fraidy Cat – Lem Tucker's MotherZeb vs. Paprika Seein' Things – Baby's MotherCommencement Day – Joe's MotherNear Dublin – VillagerApril Fool – Jackie's MotherStolen Goods – Shopper Our Congressman – The Dowager Lady Hemingway AbbottIt's a Bear – Farmer's WifeShort Kilts – Mrs. McHungrySittin' Pretty – Undetermined secondary role Should Landlords Live? Every Man for Himself – Pedestrian Bungaloo Boobs – The Neighbor's WifeFast Company – Woman from Traveler's Aid SocietyAll Wet – Boarding House Landlady Meet the Missus The Wages of Tin – Meg's MotherThe Rat's Knuckles – Diner The Big Town – Train Passenger The Haunted Honeymoon The Love Bug – Beauty Parlor CustomerWhose Baby Are You? – Train Passenger Big Red Riding Hood – Book Buyer / Red Riding Hood in FantasyWild Papa Chasing the Chaser – The NeighborSherlock Sleuth – Haughty Guest's WifeTame Men and Wild Women – Arthur's MotherMary, Queen of Tots – Dollmaker's wifeUnfriendly Enemies – Laughing WomanMoonlight and Noses Should Sailors Marry? – Train PassengerLaughing Ladies Starvation Blues His Wooden Wedding – Dressmaker Tol'able Romeo What's the World Coming To? – A NeighborYour Husband's Past Madame Mystery Baby Clothes – Joe's Mother Say It with Babies Don Key (Son of Burro) Long Fliv the King – Helga's Lady-in-Waiting Never Too Old Merry Widower Should Husbands Pay? Sensation Seekers Mad Scrambles The Eyes Have It Idle Eyes Their Purple Moment Seein' Things Two Tars – MotoristShivering Shakespeare – Woman in Audience The Real McCoy – Townswoman Any Old Port! – Spectator