
Helen Gilmore
Known for Acting · 65 credits
- Born
- 1862-01-04
- Died
- 1936-11-16
- Place of birth
- Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Also known as
- Antoinette Field · Helen Field Gilmore · Helen Gillmore · Antoinette A. Field
Biography
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
Movies (65)

Short Kilts
1924
as Mrs. McHungry

Postage Due
1924

Two Scrambled
1918

Hey There
1918

Shivering Shakespeare
1930
as Woman in audience (uncredited)

Safety Last!
1923
as Department Store Customer (uncredited)
Sherlock Sleuth
1925
as Haughty Guest's Wife

Dangerous Paths
1921
as Deborah Hammond

Sensation Seekers
1927
as Mrs. Todd

Down Home
1920
as Townswoman

His Wooden Wedding
1925
as (uncredited)

Stolen Goods
1924
as Shopper (uncredited)

Never Weaken
1921
as (uncredited)

Bees in His Bonnet
1918
A Petticoat Pilot
1918
as Mrs. Hobbs

All Wet
1924
as Boarding house landlady (uncredited)

Follow the Crowd
1918

Madame Mystery
1926

Bromo and Juliet
1926
as Bit Role (uncredited)

Unfriendly Enemies
1925
as Laughing Woman (uncredited)

Post No Bills
1923

Tom Sawyer
1917
as Widow Douglas

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

Don Key (Son of Burro)
1926

Take a Chance
1918
as Landlady

Laughing Ladies
1925
as The Dentist's Assistant

Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
2024
as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bumping Into Broadway
1919
as 'Bearcat' the Landlady

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

April Fool
1924
as The Editor's Wife

Bungalow Boobs
1924
as The Neighbor Wife

Big Red Riding Hood
1925
as Red Riding Hood

Nothing But Trouble
1918

An Ozark Romance
1918

Huck and Tom
1918
as Widow Douglas

What's the World Coming To?
1926
as A Neighbor

The City Slicker
1918
as Girl's Mother

Chasing the Chaser
1925
as The neighbor

Captain Kidd's Kids
1919
as The Girl's mother
It's a Joy!
1923
as His Mother-in-Law

Just Neighbors
1919
as Old Woman with Packages (uncredited)

That's Him
1918

The Whole Truth
1923
as The wife

His Royal Slyness
1920
as Queen Razzamatazz

Good Men and True
1922
as Mrs. Fite

Zeb vs. Paprika
1924

Impulse
1922
as Mrs. Cameron

Pipe the Whiskers
1918
Fickle Women
1920
as Mrs. Cullison

The Cowboy Sheik
1924
as The cook

Moonlight and Noses
1925

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

A Bashful Bigamist
1920
as Uncle Oswald's Wife

Sittin' Pretty
1924

Say It with Babies
1926

The Blazing Trail
1921
as Village Talking Machine

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

The Haunted Honeymoon
1925

The Wages of Tin
1925
as Meg's Mother

Should Sailors Marry?
1925
as Train Passenger
Never Again
1915

Are Crooks Dishonest?
1918
as Old lady in park
Tight Shoes
1923

Bride and Gloom
1918

Just a Minute
1924
as Caroline - the Mayor's Wife
About Helen Gilmore
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… With 65 credits spanning from 1914 to 2024, Helen Gilmore has appeared in 65 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Helen Gilmore Movies
- Short Kilts (1924) — as Mrs. McHungry
- Postage Due (1924)
- Two Scrambled (1918)
- Hey There (1918)
- Shivering Shakespeare (1930) — as Woman in audience (uncredited)
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