Helen Gilmore
Helen Gilmore (born Antoinette A. Field, c. 1872 – April 1936) 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 (and fellow Kentuckian), 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 (both at the New York Hippodrome), 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 (1918), 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 (1922). 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 (1928).
Acted in
Shivering Shakespeare
1930
as Woman in audience (uncredited)
Sensation Seekers
1927
as Mrs. Todd
Bromo and Juliet
1926
as Bit Role (uncredited)
Say It with Babies
1926
Madame Mystery
1926
What's the World Coming To?
1926
as A Neighbor
His Wooden Wedding
1925
as (uncredited)
Should Sailors Marry?
1925
as Train Passenger
Moonlight and Noses
1925
Sherlock Sleuth
1925
as Haughty Guest's Wife
Chasing the Chaser
1925
as The neighbor
Big Red Riding Hood
1925
as Red Riding Hood
The Haunted Honeymoon
1925
The Wages of Tin
1925
as Meg's Mother
Laughing Ladies
1925
as The Dentist's Assistant
Bungalow Boobs
1924
as The Neighbor Wife
Sittin' Pretty
1924
Short Kilts
1924
as Mrs. McHungry
Stolen Goods
1924
as Shopper (uncredited)
April Fool
1924
as The Editor's Wife
The 'Fraidy Cat
1924
as Lem Tucker's Mother (uncredited)
Zeb vs. Paprika
1924
Postage Due
1924
The Cowboy Sheik
1924
as The cook
Just a Minute
1924
as Caroline - the Mayor's Wife
All Wet
1924
as Boarding house landlady (uncredited)
It's a Joy!
1923
as His Mother-in-Law
The Whole Truth
1923
as The wife
Post No Bills
1923
Safety Last!
1923
as Department Store Customer (uncredited)
Tight Shoes
1923
Good Men and True
1922
as Mrs. Fite
Never Weaken
1921
as (uncredited)
Dangerous Paths
1921
as Deborah Hammond
The Blazing Trail
1921
as Village Talking Machine
Down Home
1920
as Townswoman
Fickle Women
1920
A Bashful Bigamist
1920
as Uncle Oswald's Wife
His Royal Slyness
1920
as Queen Razzamatazz
Captain Kidd's Kids
1919
as The Girl's mother
Bumping Into Broadway
1919
as 'Bearcat' the Landlady
Just Neighbors
1919
as Old Woman with Packages (uncredited)
Take a Chance
1918
as Landlady
Nothing But Trouble
1918
Bees in His Bonnet
1918
Two Scrambled
1918
Bride and Gloom
1918
That's Him
1918
An Ozark Romance
1918
Are Crooks Dishonest?
1918
as Old lady in park
The City Slicker
1918
as Girl's Mother
Hey There
1918
It's a Wild Life
1918
Pipe the Whiskers
1918
Follow the Crowd
1918
Huck and Tom
1918
as Widow Douglas
Tom Sawyer
1917
as Widow Douglas
Never Again
1915
The Eagle's Mate
1914
as Hagar Morne (as Helen Gillmore)