Helen Gilmore
Born
January 4, 1862
Died
November 16, 1936 (74 years old)
Known For
Acting
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).

Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
2024

Shivering Shakespeare
Woman in audience (uncredited)
1930

Sensation Seekers
Mrs. Todd
1927

Bromo and Juliet
Bit Role (uncredited)
1926

Long Fliv the King
Helga's Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)
1926

Say It with Babies
1926

Madame Mystery
1926

What's the World Coming To?
A Neighbor
1926

His Wooden Wedding
(uncredited)
1925

Should Sailors Marry?
Train Passenger
1925

Moonlight and Noses
1925
Sherlock Sleuth
Haughty Guest's Wife
1925

Chasing the Chaser
The neighbor
1925

Big Red Riding Hood
Red Riding Hood
1925

The Haunted Honeymoon
1925

The Wages of Tin
Meg's Mother
1925

Laughing Ladies
The Dentist's Assistant
1925

Bungalow Boobs
The Neighbor Wife
1924

Sittin' Pretty
1924

Short Kilts
Mrs. McHungry
1924

Stolen Goods
Shopper (uncredited)
1924

April Fool
The Editor's Wife
1924

The 'Fraidy Cat
Lem Tucker's Mother (uncredited)
1924

Zeb vs. Paprika
1924

Postage Due
1924
The Cowboy Sheik
The cook
1924

Just a Minute
Caroline - the Mayor's Wife
1924

All Wet
Boarding house landlady (uncredited)
1924
It's a Joy!
His Mother-in-Law
1923

The Whole Truth
The wife
1923

Post No Bills
1923

Safety Last!
Department Store Customer (uncredited)
1923
Tight Shoes
1923

Good Men and True
Mrs. Fite
1922

Impulse
Mrs. Cameron
1922

Never Weaken
(uncredited)
1921

Dangerous Paths
Deborah Hammond
1921

The Blazing Trail
Village Talking Machine
1921

Down Home
Townswoman
1920
Fickle Women
1920

A Bashful Bigamist
Uncle Oswald's Wife
1920

His Royal Slyness
Queen Razzamatazz
1920

Captain Kidd's Kids
The Girl's mother
1919

Bumping Into Broadway
'Bearcat' the Landlady
1919

Just Neighbors
Old Woman with Packages (uncredited)
1919

Take a Chance
Landlady
1918

Nothing But Trouble
1918

Bees in His Bonnet
1918

Two Scrambled
1918

Bride and Gloom
1918

That's Him
1918

An Ozark Romance
1918

Are Crooks Dishonest?
Old lady in park
1918

The City Slicker
Girl's Mother
1918

Hey There
1918

It's a Wild Life
The girl's mother
1918

Pipe the Whiskers
1918

Follow the Crowd
1918

Huck and Tom
Widow Douglas
1918

Tom Sawyer
Widow Douglas
1917
Never Again
1915

The Eagle's Mate
Hagar Morne (as Helen Gillmore)
1914