Helen Gilmore
Biography
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).
Known For
Townswoman
Down Home
The girl's mother
It's a Wild Life
The Haunted Honeymoon
Never Again
Haughty Guest's Wife
Sherlock Sleuth
Moonlight and Noses
Caroline - the Mayor's Wife
Just a Minute
The Editor's Wife
April Fool
The Neighbor Wife
Bungalow Boobs
Deborah Hammond
Dangerous Paths
'Bearcat' the Landlady
Bumping Into Broadway
The Girl's mother
Captain Kidd's Kids
Girl's Mother
The City Slicker
Mrs. Fite
Good Men and True
Bees in His Bonnet
(uncredited)
Never Weaken
Follow the Crowd
That's Him
Two Scrambled
Old lady in park
Are Crooks Dishonest?
Old Woman with Packages (uncredited)
Just Neighbors
Say It with Babies
An Ozark Romance
The wife
The Whole Truth
The neighbor
Chasing the Chaser
Landlady
Take a Chance
Mrs. McHungry
Short Kilts
Widow Douglas
Huck and Tom
Mrs. Todd
Sensation Seekers
Postage Due
(uncredited)
His Wooden Wedding
Hey There
Post No Bills
Woman in audience (uncredited)
Shivering Shakespeare
The cook
The Cowboy Sheik
Village Talking Machine
The Blazing Trail
A Neighbor
What's the World Coming To?
Sittin' Pretty
Lem Tucker's Mother (uncredited)
The 'Fraidy Cat
Nothing But Trouble
Pipe the Whiskers
Madame Mystery
Bit Role (uncredited)
Bromo and Juliet
Red Riding Hood
Big Red Riding Hood
Queen Razzamatazz
His Royal Slyness
Department Store Customer (uncredited)
Safety Last!
Hagar Morne (as Helen Gillmore)
The Eagle's Mate
Bride and Gloom
Tight Shoes
His Mother-in-Law
It's a Joy!
Fickle Women
Train Passenger
Should Sailors Marry?
Meg's Mother
The Wages of Tin
Uncle Oswald's Wife
A Bashful Bigamist
Zeb vs. Paprika
Shopper (uncredited)
Stolen Goods
Widow Douglas
Tom Sawyer
The Dentist's Assistant
Laughing Ladies
Boarding house landlady (uncredited)
All Wet
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
Helga's Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)
Long Fliv the King
Mrs. Cameron
Impulse
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
62
Gender
Female
Birthday
1862-01-04
Place of Birth
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Also Known As
Antoinette Field