Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 2, 1895
Place of Birth:
London, England, UK
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Alma Taylor
Biography
From Wikipedia
Alma Taylor (3 January 1895 – 23 January 1974) was a British actress.
Taylor was born in London. She made her first screen appearance as a child actor in the 1907 film His Daughter's Voice. She went on to appear in more than 150 film roles, appearing in a number of larger-budget films such as Shadow of Egypt which was shot on location in Egypt in 1924. Taylor was one of the major British stars of the 1910s and early 1920s. In 1915 she was voted the most popular British performer by readers of Pictures and the Picturegoers, comfortably beating Charlie Chaplin into second place.
She acted only occasionally after 1932, appearing in films such as Lilacs in the Spring, Blue Murder at St Trinian's and A Night to Remember during the 1950s. She died in London, she was 79.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1958 | A Night to Remember | old woman who leaves her seat to a young mother on the lifeboat (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Blue Murder at St. Trinian's | Prince Bruno's Mother |
| 1956 | The Man Who Knew Too Much | Embassy Guest (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Lost | Mrs. Bellamy (Uncredited) |
| 1955 | Stock Car | Nurse Sprott |
| 1954 | Lilacs in the Spring | 1st Woman |
| 1936 | Everybody Dance | Rosemary Spurgeon |
| 1935 | Things Are Looking Up | Schoolmistress |
| 1932 | Bachelor's Baby | Aunt Mary |
| 1931 | Deadlock | Mrs. Tring |
| 1929 | Die stärkere Macht | |
| 1929 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Mrs. Barrymore |
| 1928 | A South Sea Bubble | Mary Ottery |
| 1927 | Quinneys | Susan Quinney |
| 1927 | The House of Marney | |
| 1924 | Shadow of Egypt | Lilian Westcott |
| 1923 | Comin' Thro the Rye | Helen Adair |
| 1923 | Mist in the Valley | Margaret Yeoland/'Heather Moreland' |
| 1921 | Dollars in Surrey | |
| 1921 | The Narrow Valley | Victoria |
| 1921 | Tansy | Tansy Firle |
| 1920 | Helen of Four Gates | Helen |
| 1920 | Anna the Adventuress | Anna / Annabel Pelissier |
| 1919 | Broken in the Wars | Lady Dorothea |
| 1918 | The Leopard's Spots | The Woman |
| 1916 | Comin' Thro' the Rye | |
| 1916 | Annie Laurie | Annie Laurie |
| 1916 | Molly Bawn | Eleanor Massareene |
| 1915 | The Outrage | |
| 1914 | The Basilisk | |
| 1914 | An Engagement of Convenience | The Typist |
| 1914 | Heart of Midlothian | Madge Wildfire |
| 1913 | David Copperfield | Dora Spenlow |
| 1912 | Oliver Twist | Nancy |
| 1912 | Tilly in a Boarding House | Tilly |
| 1912 | I Do Like to Be Where the Girls Are | |
| 1911 | Tilly's Party | Tilly |
| 1911 | Tilly and the Fire Engines | Tilly |
| 1911 | Are We Down-Hearted? | |
| 1911 | When Tilly's Uncle Flirted | Tilly |
| 1911 | A Seaside Introduction | The Girl |
| 1910 | Tilly the Tomboy Visits the Poor | Tilly |
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