Editing Lilli Palmer (section)

==Career==
In France, she appeared in an operetta at the Moulin Rouge, and then to London, where she began her film career. While performing in [[cabaret]]s, she attracted the attention of British talent scouts and was offered a contract by the [[Gaumont Film Company]]. She made her screen debut in ''[[Crime Unlimited]]'' (1935) and appeared in numerous British films for the next decade.{{Sfn|Bergfelder|Cargnelli|2008|p=176}}

She married British actor [[Rex Harrison]] on 25 January 1943,<ref name="wjc" /> and travelled with him to [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] in 1945. She signed with [[Warner Bros.|Warner Brothers]] and appeared in several films, notably ''[[Cloak and Dagger (1946 film)|Cloak and Dagger]]'' (1946) and ''[[Body and Soul (1947 film)|Body and Soul]]'' (1947).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/69277/body-and-soul|work=Turner Classic Movies Database|title=Body and Soul (1947)|access-date=26 December 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329141700/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/69277/Body-and-Soul/|archive-date=29 March 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

She periodically appeared in stage plays as well as hosting her own television series in 1951.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/29/obituaries/lilli-palmer-actress-on-tv-stage-and-screen-for-50-years.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=Lilli Palmer, actress on TV, stage and screen for 50 years|author=Kleiman, Dena|date=29 January 1986|access-date=22 December 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329141956/http://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/29/obituaries/lilli-palmer-actress-on-tv-stage-and-screen-for-50-years.html|archive-date=29 March 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
Harrison and Palmer appeared together in the hit [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] play ''Bell, Book and Candle'' in the early 1950s. They also appeared in the 1951 British melodrama ''[[The Long Dark Hall]]'', and later starred in the film version of ''[[The Four Poster (film)|The Four Poster]]'' (1952), which was based on the award-winning Broadway play of the same name, written by [[Jan de Hartog]]. She won the [[Volpi Cup for Best Actress]] in 1953 for ''The Four Poster''.<ref>[https://www.labiennale.org/en/history-venice-film-festival "Venice Film Festival: History 1932–2018 – Coppa Volpi for best actors since 1935"], labiennale.org. Accessed 31 July 2023.</ref>

Harrison and Palmer divorced in 1956; they had one son, [[Carey Harrison|Carey]], born in 1944.<ref name="obit">{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-01-29-me-1178-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|title=Lilli Palmer, Actress and Best-Selling Author, Dies|date=29 January 1986|access-date=30 December 2016|author=Folkart, Burt|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329141159/http://articles.latimes.com/1986-01-29/local/me-1178_1_film-producer|archive-date=29 March 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Palmer returned to [[West Germany|Germany]] in 1954, where she played roles in many films and television productions. She also continued to play both leading and supporting parts in the U.S. and abroad. In 1957, she won the [[Deutscher Filmpreis]] for Best Actress for her portrayal of [[Anna Anderson]] in ''[[The Story of Anastasia]]'', called ''Is Anna Anderson Anastasia?'' in the UK. In 1958, she played the role of a teacher opposite [[Romy Schneider]] in ''[[Mädchen in Uniform (1958 film)|Mädchen in Uniform]]'' (''Girls in Uniform''), the remake of the 1931 film of [[Mädchen in Uniform (1931 film)|the same title]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/82349/maedchen-in-uniform|work=Turner Classic Movies Database|title=Maedchen in Uniform|access-date=30 December 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329141227/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/82349/Maedchen-in-Uniform/|archive-date=29 March 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
[[File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F062649-0005, Lilli Palmer interviewt Helmut Schmidt.jpg|thumb|Palmer interviewing German chancellor [[Helmut Schmidt]] in 1982]]
Palmer starred with [[Fred Astaire]] and [[Debbie Reynolds]] in ''[[The Pleasure of His Company]]'' in 1961.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/4791/the-pleasure-of-his-company|work=Turner Classic Movies Database|title=The Pleasure of His Company|access-date=28 December 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329141146/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/4791/The-Pleasure-of-His-Company/|archive-date=29 March 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

She starred opposite [[William Holden]] in ''[[The Counterfeit Traitor]]'' (1962), an espionage thriller based on fact, and opposite [[Robert Taylor (American actor)|Robert Taylor]] in another true [[Second World War]] story, [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]'s ''[[Miracle of the White Stallions]]'' (1963). On the small screen, in 1974 she starred as Manouche Roget in the six-part television drama series ''[[The Zoo Gang]]'', about a group of former underground freedom fighters from the Second World War, with [[Brian Keith]], Sir [[John Mills]] and [[Barry Morse]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1975/07/16/archives/tv-zoo-gang-on-nbc-sixpart-series-based-on-gallico-book-tells-of.html "TV: ''Zoo Gang'' on NBC"] by [[John J. O'Connor (journalist)|John J. O'Connor]], ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 16, 1975. Retrieved February 2, 2021.</ref>

Palmer published a memoir, ''Change Lobsters and Dance'', in 1975.<ref name="obit" /> She wrote a full-length work of fiction presented as a novel rather than a memoir, ''The Red Raven'', in 1978.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_d0RAAAAMAAJ|title=The Red Raven: A Novel|first=Lilli|last=Palmer|year=1978|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=9780025946309}}</ref>