Beryl Mercer
Beryl Mercer ( born August 13, 1882 in Seville, Andalusia, Spain, † July 28, 1939 in Santa Monica, California, United States) was a Spanish- American actress.
Life
In over 50 films Beryl Mercer played mostly in supporting roles mothers, wives or servants and fell on mainly by their small body size (1.50 meters). 1906 joined the Spanish emigrant for the first time on Broadway and ten years later, she made her film debut, but it was only with the end of the silent film they could celebrate its first successes. In the war film on the Western Front (1930 ) and James Cagney's breakthrough The Public Enemy (1931 ) she played the mother of each main character. In 1933 she was in the Oscar winning drama epic Kalvakade a good supporting role as a chef. Even in his last years, she remained successful and none of her performances was " without mention in the credits ." Even in the year she died she was seen as Queen Victoria in both A Little Princess as well as in love and life of the phone maker A. Bell.
The age of 14 Mercer was married the first time, but the marriage was divorced with a child. A second marriage she entered into with the British actor Holmes Herbert. The marriage also came a child. Mercer died at the age of 56 years after surgery.