Known For
Acting
Known Credits
65
Gender
Female
Birthday
January 4, 1862 (164 years old)
Place of Birth
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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).
| 2024 | Laurel & Hardy: Year Twoas (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1930 | Shivering Shakespeareas Woman in audience (uncredited) | |
| 1927 | Sensation Seekersas Mrs. Todd | |
| 1926 | Bromo and Julietas Bit Role (uncredited) | |
| 1926 | Long Fliv the Kingas Helga's Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited) | |
| 1926 | Don Key (Son of Burro)as | |
| 1926 | Say It with Babiesas | |
| 1926 | Madame Mysteryas | |
| 1926 | What's the World Coming To?as A Neighbor | |
| 1925 | His Wooden Weddingas (uncredited) | |
| 1925 | Should Sailors Marry?as Train Passenger | |
| 1925 | Moonlight and Nosesas | |
| 1925 | Unfriendly Enemiesas Laughing Woman (uncredited) | |
| 1925 | Sherlock Sleuthas Haughty Guest's Wife | |
| 1925 | Chasing the Chaseras The neighbor | |
| 1925 | Big Red Riding Hoodas Red Riding Hood | |
| 1925 | The Haunted Honeymoonas | |
| 1925 | The Wages of Tinas Meg's Mother | |
| 1925 | Laughing Ladiesas The Dentist's Assistant | |
| 1924 | Bungalow Boobsas The Neighbor Wife | |
| 1924 | Sittin' Prettyas | |
| 1924 | Short Kiltsas Mrs. McHungry | |
| 1924 | Stolen Goodsas Shopper (uncredited) | |
| 1924 | April Foolas The Editor's Wife | |
| 1924 | The 'Fraidy Catas Lem Tucker's Mother (uncredited) | |
| 1924 | Zeb vs. Paprikaas | |
| 1924 | Postage Dueas | |
| 1924 | The Cowboy Sheikas The cook | |
| 1924 | Just a Minuteas Caroline - the Mayor's Wife | |
| 1924 | All Wetas Boarding house landlady (uncredited) | |
| 1923 | It's a Joy!as His Mother-in-Law | |
| 1923 | The Whole Truthas The wife | |
| 1923 | Post No Billsas | |
| 1923 | Safety Last!as Department Store Customer (uncredited) | |
| 1923 | Tight Shoesas | |
| 1922 | Good Men and Trueas Mrs. Fite | |
| 1922 | Impulseas Mrs. Cameron | |
| 1921 | Never Weakenas (uncredited) | |
| 1921 | Dangerous Pathsas Deborah Hammond | |
| 1921 | The Blazing Trailas Village Talking Machine | |
| 1920 | Down Homeas Townswoman | |
| 1920 | Fickle Womenas Mrs. Cullison | |
| 1920 | A Bashful Bigamistas Uncle Oswald's Wife | |
| 1920 | His Royal Slynessas Queen Razzamatazz | |
| 1919 | Captain Kidd's Kidsas The Girl's mother | |
| 1919 | Bumping Into Broadwayas 'Bearcat' the Landlady | |
| 1919 | Just Neighborsas Old Woman with Packages (uncredited) | |
| 1918 | Take a Chanceas Landlady | |
| 1918 | Nothing But Troubleas | |
| 1918 | Bees in His Bonnetas | |
| 1918 | Two Scrambledas | |
| 1918 | Bride and Gloomas | |
| 1918 | That's Himas | |
| 1918 | An Ozark Romanceas | |
| 1918 | Are Crooks Dishonest?as Old lady in park | |
| 1918 | The City Slickeras Girl's Mother | |
| 1918 | Hey Thereas | |
| 1918 | It's a Wild Lifeas The girl's mother | |
| 1918 | Pipe the Whiskersas | |
| 1918 | Follow the Crowdas | |
| 1918 | Huck and Tomas Widow Douglas | |
| 1918 | A Petticoat Pilotas Mrs. Hobbs | |
| 1917 | Tom Sawyeras Widow Douglas | |
| 1915 | Never Againas | |
| 1914 | The Eagle's Mateas Hagar Morne (as Helen Gillmore) |