Beryl Mercer

Too short to be a leading lady, 'Beryl Mercer' (qv) had a very active and productive career playing motherly characters. She played opposite great leading men, such as 'Colin Clive' (qv), 'Robert Montgomery' (qv), 'James Cagney' (qv), 'Gary Cooper' (qv), 'Leslie Howard' (qv), 'Spencer Tracy' (qv), and 'Randolph Scott' (qv). She also played Queen Victoria in _The Little Princess (1939)_ (qv) and _The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)_ (qv).She and 'Holmes Herbert' (qv) had a daughter, Joan.::Lester Solnin & MO840