- Beryl Mercer
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name = Beryl Mercer
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birthdate =13 August ,1882
location =Seville ,Spain
deathdate =28 July 1939
deathplace =Santa Monica, California
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tonyawards =Beryl Mercer (
13 August ,1882 -28 July 1939 ) was a Spanish born Americanactress of the 1920s and 1930s.Mercer was best known for her motherly roles in film and regularly appeared as a grandmother or cook or maid in some high profile films. She actively appeared in over 50 films between 1916 and 1939 but her career was at a peak in the early- to mid-1930s where she regularly starred in between 5 and 10 pictures a year.
In 1933 Mercer appeared in "Cavalcade" as a cook and the following year made appearances in "
Jane Eyre ", "The Little Minister ", and "The Richest Girl in the World" which went on to be nominated for anAcademy Award for Best Script in 1935.Mercer died in
Santa Monica in 1939.External links
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NAME= Mercer, Beryl
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DATE OF BIRTH=13 August ,1882
PLACE OF BIRTH=Seville ,Spain
DATE OF DEATH=28 July 1939
PLACE OF DEATH=Santa Monica, California
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