Lilli Palmer | |
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Born | Lilli Marie Peiser 24 May 1914 |
Died | 27 January 1986 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 71)
Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California |
Nationality | German |
Years active | 1935–1986 |
Spouses | |
Children | Carey Harrison |
Relatives | Irene Prador (sister) |
Lilli Palmer (German: [ˈlɪ.li ˈpal.mɐ] ; born Lilli Marie Peiser; 24 May 1914 – 27 January 1986) was a German actress and writer. After beginning her career in British films in the 1930s, she would later transition to major Hollywood productions, earning a Golden Globe Award nomination for her performance in But Not for Me (1959).
Other notable roles include in the comedy The Pleasure of His Company (1961), the Spanish horror film The House That Screamed (1969), and in the miniseries Peter the Great (1986), which earned her another Golden Globe Award nomination. For her career in European films, Palmer won the Volpi Cup, and the Deutscher Filmpreis three times.