January 27, 1986

She was born Lilli Marie Peiser, (May 24, 1914 to January 27, 1986) in Posen, Prussia, then German territory. When Hitler's policies became apparent, with her family she flew to Paris and shortly thereafter England, where she had parts in three Hitchcock movies. At some point she changed her name to Lilli Palmer. When the war was over she and her husband, Rex Harrison, moved to the USA and there continued successful movie careers. Which included Broadway. She and her husband starred in the first production of Bell, Book, and Candle. There along with her husband, she starred with a cat. Here's a shot from the production: 




Notice that Rex Harrison is ready with the cat-litter. Pyewacket, the cat, found at an animal hospital for the play, also had an understudy named, Sarah, and the director was ready to use a stuffed cat should that be necessary. Which it nearly was. According to IMDB:

The cat that starred as the magical cat "Pie" hated her, so she had to be very careful with it unless she wanted bad scratches on her hands and arms.

This may account for the fact,  according to one review:

...Pyewacket was actually on the stage all of three minutes, and in Lilli Palmer's arms at that....She (Lilli) acted as if she was scared to death of him and he was struggling to get away."

The film that made Lilli Palmer's career was supposedly Thunder Rock (1942), which starred Michael Redgrave. In 1954 she left Harrison and America to continue her starring ways back in Europe.