Lily Hertha Kann 26th. October, 1893, Peitz – 2nd. November, 1978, Sussex, was a German-born, British actress. (Though the BFI website claims that she was born in Berlin, and died in Horsham).^[1] She appeared in the West End in the play Background by Warren Chetham-Strode (1950).

Selected filmography

• The Flemish Farm (1943) as Farm Wife
• Escape to Danger (1943) as Karin Möller
• Latin Quarter (1945) as Maria
• Woman to Woman (1947) as Concierge
• The Woman in the Hall (1947) as Baroness von Soll
• The White Unicorn (1947) as Shura
• Mrs. Fitzherbert (1947) as Queen Charlotte
• Now Barabbas (1949) as Woman
• I Was a Male War Bride (1949) as Innkeeper's Wife (uncredited)
• The Third Man (1949) as Nurse (uncredited)
• The Clouded Yellow (1950) as Minna Cesare
• A Tale of Five Cities (1951) as Charlady - (US: 'A Tale of Five Women')
• Flesh and Blood (1951) as Sister Maria (uncredited)
• Twice Upon a Time (1953) as Mrs. Muller
• Background (1953) as Brownie
• A Day to Remember (1953) as Grandmere
• Eight O'Clock Walk (1954) as Mrs. Zunz
• Twist of Fate (1954) as Nicole
• Betrayed (1954) as Jan's Grandmother
• A Kid for Two Farthings (1955) as Mrs. Kramm (uncredited)
• Foreign Intrigue (1956) as Blind Housekeeper
• Cat Girl (1957) as Anna, Brandts' Housekeeper
• Nowhere to Go (1958) as Anna Berg (uncredited)
• Whirlpool (1959) as Frau Steen
• No Trees in the Street (1959) as Mrs. Sarah Jacobson
• The House of the Seven Hawks (1959) as Gerta
• The Long Shadow (1961) as Old Lady
• Theatre 625 (1965) as Old Woman