Lillian Gilmore

Lobby card for Straight Shootin' (1927), with Gilmore

Lillian Gilmore
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1926–1935
Notable work	The Mojave Kid, Straight Shootin', The Phantom Flyer, Unconquered Bandit, Wolf Riders

Lillian Gilmore' (August 6, 1909, New York City – May 4, 1982, Los Angeles)^[1] was an American actress of film and stage. She was in five feature films, and five two-reel films.^[2]

Life and career

Lillian Gilmore was born on August 6, 1909, in New York City.^[1] She was the daughter of character actor and comedian, Barney Gilmore (1865–1949).^[3][4][5] Her acting career began at age 15 on the stage as "Freda", in Lightnin' (1923), with her father acting as the "Judge".^[5][6] She started film acting in 1926.^[2]

Gilmore was featured in an advertisement for Princess Pat's cosmetic powder in 1928, in Woman's Home Companion.^[7] Gilmore was cast as the female lead "Zitla" in the Mayan-themed musical theater production of The Drums of Sacrifice, (1935) at the Greek Theater in Griffith Park, Los Angeles.^[8]

Filmography

• Home Sweet Home (1926)
• The Mojave Kid (1927) as Thelma Vaddez^[2]
• Straight Shootin' (1927) as Bess Hale^[2]
• The Fighting Texan (1927), short film^[2]
• The Death's Head (1928), short film^[2]
• A Romeo of the Range (1928), short film^[2]
• The Boundary Battle (1928), short film^[2]
• Buckskin Days (1928), short film^[2]
• The Phantom Flyer (1928) as Mary Crandall^[9]
• The Forest Ranger (1928), episode 3, Universal Pictures television series^[10]
• Rawhide Mail (1934) as Nora Hastings^[2]
• Unconquered Bandit (1935) as Helen Cleyburn^[2]
• Wolf Riders (1935) as Mary Clark^[11]

References

1. "Gilmore, Lillian, 1909–1982". LC Name Authority File (LCNAF).
2. Katchmer, George A. (May 20, 2015). "Gilmore, Lillian". A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-0905-8 – via Google Books.
3. "Death Takes Wife of Stage Comedian". The Los Angeles Times. 1939-10-07. p. 28. Retrieved 2025-05-13.
4. "Obituary for Barney Gilmore". The Los Angeles Times. 1949-04-20. p. 6. Retrieved 2025-05-13.
5. "SF May See "Road to Dublin"". The San Francisco Examiner. June 24, 1925. p. 15. Retrieved 2025-05-13 – via Newspapers.com.
6. New York Star. Roland Burke Hennessy. 1923. pp. RA17 – PA3.
7. "Woman's Home Companion". Crowell & Kirkpatrick Company. May 12, 1928 – via Google Books.
8. "Principals for Mayan Opera Cast". The Los Angeles Times. May 6, 1935. p. 16. Retrieved 2025-05-13.
9. "Phantom Flyer Ends At Lido". News Journal. February 22, 1928. p. 14. Retrieved 2025-05-13 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Rainey, Buck (June 8, 2015). Serials and Series: A World Filmography, 1912–1956. McFarland. p. 87. ISBN 978-1-4766-0448-0.
11. Gevinson, Alan (1997). Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911–1960. University of California Press. p. 1151. ISBN 978-0-520-20964-0.