- Born
- Died
- Height4′ 11″ (1.50 m)
- Too short to be a leading lady, Beryl Mercer had a very active and productive career playing motherly characters. She played opposite great leading men, such as Colin Clive, Robert Montgomery, James Cagney, Gary Cooper, Leslie Howard, Spencer Tracy, and Randolph Scott. She also played Queen Victoria in The Little Princess (1939) and The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939).
She and Holmes Herbert had a daughter, Joan.
- IMDb mini biography by: Lester Solnin & MO840
- SpousesHolmes Herbert(June 3, 1909 - ?) (divorced, 1 child)Maitland Stewart Sabine Pasley(September 14, 1896 - January 6, 1909) (his death)
- She played Queen Victoria in two unrelated films released in 1939: The Little Princess (1939) and The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939).
- Received a medal for entertaining British troops during World War I.
- Her father, Sheppard Mercer, was a diplomat and her mother, Beryl Montague, was an English concert singer.
- Early in her career, played boys in several stage productions.
- Made her first stage appearance when she was four years old.
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