Known for:	The Boys from Brazil, Body and Soul, Teufel in Seide
Birth name:	Lillie Marie Peiser
Birthday:	24 May 1914, Posen, Prussia, Germany [now Poznan, Poland]

Gave birth to her son Carey Harrison, with Rex Harrison, in 1944. Interred at Forest Lawn, Glendale, California, USA, directly across the street from the Freedome Mausoleum. An extremely gifted writer, Palmer's autobiography is entitled "Change Lobsters and Dance" (1976) and her 1978 novel "The Red Raven" -- about a European love triangle -- also received rave reviews. Sister of the character actress and singer Irene Prador Second child of Dr. Alfred Peiser, a German Jewish surgeon, and Rose Lissman, an Austrian Jewish actress. She had two sisters, Irene and Hilde. Took her surname from an English actress she admired. After studying drama in Berlin, she flew to Paris due to Nazi takeover in 1933. In the early 1950s, she appeared in the Broadway play "Bell, Book and Candle" together with her first husband Rex Harrison. Returned to Germany in 1954, where she became one of the biggest post war stars.

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