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Beryl Mercer
Born	13 August 1882(1882-08-13) Seville, Spain
Died	28 July 1939 (aged 56) Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Years active	1916–1939
Spouse(s)	Maitland Paisley Holmes Herbert

Beryl Mercer (13 August 1882 – 28 July 1939) was a Spanish born American actress 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 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. In 1939, she appeared in The Little Princess as Queen Victoria.

Mercer died in Santa Monica, California in 1939.

External links

• Beryl Mercer at the Internet Movie Database
• Beryl Mercer at the Internet Broadway Database
• Beryl Mercer at Find a Grave