[1] After launching her career in Broadway productions in the 1920s, she played a series of small cinematic roles, including in To Mary – with Love (1936), Gangster's Boy (1938), Manhattan Heartbeat (1940), and Flying Cadets (1941).

She returned to Broadway in the 1940s, including a role in I Remember Mama (1944), which featured Marlon Brando in his stage debut.

[2] Lorimer's film career continued with Gentleman's Agreement (1947), Once More, My Darling (1949), Father Was a Fullback (1949), The Glass Menagerie (1950), The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), The Prowler (1951), The People Against O'Hara (1951), Japanese War Bride (1952), Young Man with Ideas (1952), Mister Cory (1957), Compulsion (1959), and -30- (1959).

She appeared in several other series, including Dragnet (1955–58), Dennis the Menace (1959–61), Window on Main Street (1961–62), and Perry Mason (1958-62).

[2] Lorimer was close friends with actress Shirley Booth and made multiple appearances on the tv series Hazel as George Baxter’s mother.