Personal Info
Birth date
1906-01-19 (119 Years)
Day of death
1968-07-27
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Hornsey, London, England, UK
Also known as
Helene Lilian Muriel Pape
Лилиан Харви
Lilian Helen Muriel Pape
Lilian Harvey
Biography
Lilian Harvey (born Helene Lilian Muriel Pape; January 19, 1906 – July 27, 1968) was an Anglo-German actress and singer, long based in Germany, where she is best known for her role as Christel Weinzinger in Erik Charell's 1931 film Der Kongreß tanzt.
Filmography
Bambi-Verleihung
9
Overview:
The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.The Three from the Filling Station
6.1
Overview:
Die Drei von der Tankstelle, meaning The Three from the Gas Station, was advertised as a German operetta when release and with it’s star studded cast would become the forerunner of Musical films. Even today the soundtrack of the comic harmonists is popular in Germany.Capriccio
5
Overview:
Lilian Harvey plays a young heiress in long-ago France named Madelon who is raised by her grandfather as a boy in order to frighten away fortune hunters. But when the old man dies, her guardian Cesaire wants to marry her off to the rich prefect Barberousse. She is tricked by Cesaire with the portrait of a young man (Viktor von Staal) which is presented to her as that of her future husband. But when Madelone discovers this scheme she flees, again in men's clothing. But on her route to escape, she meets the young man from the portrait and falls in love with him. But Madelone can't give up her disguise right now...I Am Suzanne!
6.2
Overview:
A dancer falls in love with a puppeteer, much to the consternation of her manipulative manager. The puppeteer himself seems more interested in his puppets than in romance with her. Can she find true love?Quick
5.9
Overview:
Lilian Harvey plays Eva, a young girl taking some time in a health spa and spending her evenings in the town's vaudeville theatre enamoured by a heavily made-up clown called Quick. Quick takes a shine to her and tries to woo her without make-up and masquerading as the theatre's manager. Unable to resolve her feelings for Quick and the theatre manager, Eva is angered when she finally learns that they are one and the same.My Weakness
NYR
Overview:
A wealthy young man bets his uncle that he can transform a clumsy cleaning lady into a glamorous fashion plate, then marry her off to his bachelor cousin.The Only Girl
NYR
Overview:
English-language version of Ich und die Kaiserin. 'Germany, 1890. Duke falls in love with voice which is not that of empress, but of hairdresser.' (British Film Catalogue)The Temporary Widow
NYR
Overview:
Kitty Kellermann is put on trial for murdering her husband, a failed painter. When her counsel resigns from his mandate, the mysterious Peter Bille steps in, though it becomes apparent that he actually is not an advocate but Kitty's lover and moreover confesses the murder. The widow has to admit that the pictures by her deceased spouse sell much better, only for him to suddenly appear alive.Quick
NYR
Overview:
A woman staying at a health spa (Lillian Harvey, goes to the theater every night to see "Quick" a comic performer, who wears clown make-up. She meets him off stage, without make-up and doesn't recognize him. He courts her, hoping she'll like him for himself but she maintains her crush on "Quick."Invitation To The Waltz
NYR
Overview:
As the threat of Napoleonic invasion looms ever closer, a German duke and potential ally of England falls for a pretty ballerina.The Congress Dances
7.2
Overview:
Vienna glove-sales-lady Christel falls in love with Russian Czar Alexander. Austrian Prince Metternich tries to use this and other pleasant diversions to keep him out of the negotiation conferences of the 1815 Vienna Congress.Congress Dances
NYR
Overview:
In 1815, Tsar Alexander I romances a working-class glove seller, while his double takes his place at the Vienna Congress. English-language version of Der Kongreß tanzt.Seven Slaps
6.3
Overview:
William MacPhab loses seven-pounds in the stock market and decides to slap the man who was responsible for the stock manipulation that caused him to lose his money. Astor Terbanks, the stock-market manipulator is surprised the next day when he gets soundly slapped by MacPhab, and the latter promises to deliver one more a day for the next six days. Terbank's daughter, Daisy, is amused by the procedure and is attracted to MacPhab.My Lips Betray
NYR
Overview:
In a make-believe, mittleuropean kingdom, a vivacious but dim country girl sings in a beer garden for her rent money. Meanwhile, the king is facing bankruptcy for his little nation, unless he marries a rich but undesirable queen of another comic opera principality. Eventually he takes in the struggling young singer, and they fall in love, despite possible ruin.Lucky Kids
6.7
Overview:
After completing work on the British musical Invitation to the Waltz, Lillian Harvey returned to her adopted country of Germany to star in the comedy-with-music Glueckskinder (Children of Fortune). Harvey plays Ann Garden, an unemployed actress who ends up in night court on a loitering charge. Here she meets Gil Taylor (Willy Fritsch), a struggling songwriter temporarily employed as a court reporter. Hoping to keep her out of jail, Gil impulsively tells the judge that he's engaged to Ann -- whereupon the judge, equally impulsively, marries the couple on the spot! After this inauspicious start, Ann and Gil embark upon a rocky (but tuneful) whirlwind romance.Jornal Português (1938-1951)
NYR
Overview:
The newsreel series Jornal Português (1938-1951) was produced for the Secretariat of National Propaganda (SPN/SNI) by the "Portuguese Newsreel Society" (SPAC), under the technical supervision of António Lopes Ribeiro. It was conceived and employed as part of the propaganda machinery of Salazar's regime. Screened in cinema theatres prior to the main feature film, each issue of Jornal had approximately ten minutes in length and covered a variety of official government acts, national political news, major sports events and other assorted social and cultural affairs. Jornal Português is not only an indispensable document for the history of Estado Novo's propaganda, but also an unparalleled audiovisual archive of 1940s Portugal.The Love Waltz
7
Overview:
Originally Liebeswalzer, this German operetta was the third talkie vehicle for the effervescent Lillian Harvey. The plot is a typical Graustarkian affair, with Princess Eva (Harvey) preparing to marry a duke whom she's never met. Getting cold feet, the duke ducks the wedding, persuading a handsome young commoner named Bobby (Willy Fritsch) to take his place. The wedding goes on as planned, with Eva never suspecting that her new hubby is a ringer. Eventually, the false duke confesses everything, leading to all sorts of intrigue before a happy ending can be realized. Love Waltz was simultaneously filmed in an English-language version, which posed no problem for the British-born Harvey but caused a few uncomfortable moments for her Teutonic co-stars (eventually, Willy Fritsch was replaced by John Batton, who'd played a bit role in the German version).Let's Live Tonight
1
Overview:
Nick Kerry (Tullio Carminati) is a rich rounder who holds tremendous fascination over women......mainly because he is rich and has his own yacht. At Monte Carlo one evening he romances Kay Routledge (Lilian Harvey), a romantic young and gullible American girl. She takes the dilettante seriously and when he sails away on his yacht, she is heartbroken. But the memory of her haunts him, and brings him back from India and the arms of another woman,Countess Margot de Legere (Tala Birell),only to find Kay now engaged to his friend. Oh, what's a rich guy to do?The Only Girl
6
Overview:
A dashing marquis bends from his horse when he discovers a lost garter in the woods and falls. During his delirium he is serenaded by a little hairdresser. She is the person who lost the garter to begin with and has only come to get it back having borrowed it from her employer--the empress of France. The marquis mistakenly thinks he was nursed by the empress, herself, and decides to woo her.Fanny Elssler
6
Overview:
Prince Klemens von Metternich orders Friedrich Gentz, one of his aides, to keep the Duke of Reichstadt---Napoleon Francois Joseph Charles---son of Napoleon and heir to the French throne, from thinking about French politics. Gentz enlists the help of ballerina Fanny Elsser, all the rage in several European capitals, to keep the Duke distracted.Acting
2005Jornal Português (1938-1951) as Self (archive footage)
1964Gut gefragt ist halb gewonnen (1 Episode) as Self
1963Blick zurück im Film (1 Episode) as Self
1951Deutscher Filmpreis (1 Episode) as Self
1948Bambi-Verleihung (1 Episode) as Self
1940Miquette as Miquette Grandier
1940Schubert's Serenade as Margaret Brenton
1939Woman at the Wheel as Maria Kelemen
1939Castles in the Air as Annie Wagner detta 'Mimì'
1938Capriccio as Madelone alias Don Juan de Casanova
1937Fanny Elssler as Fanny Elßler
1937Seven Slaps as Daisy Terbanks
1936Black Roses as Tania Fedorovna
1936Lucky Kids as Ann Garden
1935Black Roses as Tania Fedorovna
1935Invitation To The Waltz as Jenny Peachey
1935Let's Live Tonight as Kay 'Carlotta' Routledge
1933I Am Suzanne! as Suzanne
1933My Lips Betray as Lili Wieler
1933My Weakness as Looloo Blake
1933The Only Girl as Juliette
1933Moi et l'impératrice as Juliette
1933The Only Girl as Juliette
1932A Blonde Dream as Jou-Jou
1932Happy Ever After as Jou-Jou
1932Quick as Christine Dawson
1932Quick as Eva Prätorius
1932Zwei Herzen und ein Schlag as Jenny Müller
1931Congress Dances as Chrystel
1931The Congress Dances as Christel Weinzinger
1931Calais-Douvres as Unknown
1931No More Love as Gladys O'Halloran
1931Princess, At Your Orders! as La princesse Marie-Christine
1931The girl and the boy as Jenny Berger / Ria Bella
1930Burglars as Renée
1930The Road to Paradise as Liliane Bourcart
1930The Three from the Filling Station as Lilian Cossmann
1930The Love Waltz as Princess Eva
1930The Temporary Widow as Kitty Kellermann
1930Hokuspokus as Kitty Kellermann
1930Love waltz as Prinzessin Eva
1929Wenn du einmal dein Herz verschenkst as Dolly
1929Adieu Mascotte as Mascotte
1929Her Dark Spot as Lilian von Trucks / Yvette Demoulin
1928A Knight in London as Aline Morland
1928Thou Shalt Not Steal as Unknown
1927Vacation from Marriage as Hella
1927Die tolle Lola as Lola Cornero
1926Vater werden ist nicht schwer... as Harriet
1926The Chaste Susanne as Jacqueline
1926Prinzessin Trulala as Prinzessin Trulala
1925Die Kleine vom Bummel as Unknown
1925Liebe und Trompetenblasen as Komtesse Maria Charlotte
1925Leidenschaft as Hella von Gilsa
1925Der Fluch as Ruth