Acting
Helen Gilmore
EN, XX cinema · 65 credits
Born
4 January 1862
Died
16 November 1936 (aged 74)
Birthplace
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Also known as Antoinette Field · Helen Field Gilmore · Helen Gillmore · Antoinette A. Field
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
Filmography
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Shivering Shakespeare
as Woman in audience (uncredited)
Sensation Seekers
as Mrs. Todd
What's the World Coming To?
as A Neighbor
Bromo and Juliet
as Bit Role (uncredited)
Long Fliv the King
as Helga's Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)
Sherlock Sleuth
1925
Sherlock Sleuth
as Haughty Guest's Wife
Chasing the Chaser
as The neighbor
His Wooden Wedding
as (uncredited)
Big Red Riding Hood
as Red Riding Hood
Should Sailors Marry?
as Train Passenger
The Wages of Tin
as Meg's Mother
Laughing Ladies
as The Dentist's Assistant
Unfriendly Enemies
as Laughing Woman (uncredited)
Just a Minute
as Caroline - the Mayor's Wife
April Fool
as The Editor's Wife
Bungalow Boobs
as The Neighbor Wife
Short Kilts
as Mrs. McHungry
The Cowboy Sheik
as The cook
The 'Fraidy Cat
as Lem Tucker's Mother (uncredited)
Stolen Goods
as Shopper (uncredited)
All Wet
as Boarding house landlady (uncredited)
The Whole Truth
as The wife
Safety Last!
as Department Store Customer (uncredited)
It's a Joy!
1923
It's a Joy!
as His Mother-in-Law
Good Men and True
as Mrs. Fite
Impulse
as Mrs. Cameron
Dangerous Paths
as Deborah Hammond
Never Weaken
as (uncredited)
The Blazing Trail
as Village Talking Machine
Down Home
as Townswoman
His Royal Slyness
as Queen Razzamatazz
Fickle Women
1920
Fickle Women
as Mrs. Cullison
A Bashful Bigamist
as Uncle Oswald's Wife
Bumping Into Broadway
as 'Bearcat' the Landlady
Captain Kidd's Kids
as The Girl's mother
Just Neighbors
as Old Woman with Packages (uncredited)
It's a Wild Life
as The girl's mother
The City Slicker
as Girl's Mother
Are Crooks Dishonest?
as Old lady in park
Take a Chance
as Landlady
Huck and Tom
as Widow Douglas
A Petticoat Pilot
as Mrs. Hobbs
Tom Sawyer
as Widow Douglas
The Eagle's Mate
as Hagar Morne (as Helen Gillmore)