- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 2, 1895
- Place of Birth
- London, England, UK
- Died
- January 23, 1974
Alma Taylor
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.
Filmography
movieA Night to Remember
1958 · old woman who leaves her seat to a young mother on the lifeboat (uncredited)
movieBlue Murder at St. Trinian's
1957 · Prince Bruno's Mother
movieThe Man Who Knew Too Much
1956 · Embassy Guest (uncredited)
movieLost
1956 · Mrs. Bellamy (Uncredited)
movieStock Car
1955 · Nurse Sprott
movieLilacs in the Spring
1954 · 1st Woman
movieEverybody Dance
1936 · Rosemary Spurgeon
movieThings Are Looking Up
1935 · Schoolmistress
Bachelor's Baby
movieBachelor's Baby
1932 · Aunt Mary
movieDeadlock
1931 · Mrs. Tring
Die stärkere Macht
movieDie stärkere Macht
1929
movieThe Hound of the Baskervilles
1929 · Mrs. Barrymore
A South Sea Bubble
movieA South Sea Bubble
1928 · Mary Ottery
Quinneys
movieQuinneys
1927 · Susan Quinney
The House of Marney
movieThe House of Marney
1927
The Shadow of Egypt
movieThe Shadow of Egypt
1924 · Lilian Westcott
movieComin' Thro the Rye
1923 · Helen Adair
movieMist in the Valley
1923 · Margaret Yeoland/'Heather Moreland'
movieTansy
1921 · Tansy Firle
Dollars in Surrey
movieDollars in Surrey
1921
The Narrow Valley
movieThe Narrow Valley
1921 · Victoria
movieHelen of Four Gates
1920 · Helen
Anna the Adventuress
movieAnna the Adventuress
1920 · Anna / Annabel Pelissier
movieBroken in the Wars
1919 · Lady Dorothea
movieThe Leopard's Spots
1918 · The Woman
Molly Bawn
movieMolly Bawn
1916 · Eleanor Massareene
Annie Laurie
movieAnnie Laurie
1916 · Annie Laurie, Writer
movieComin' Thro' the Rye
1916
The Outrage
movieThe Outrage
1915
The Basilisk
movieThe Basilisk
1914
movieHeart of Midlothian
1914 · Madge Wildfire
movieAn Engagement of Convenience
1914 · The Typist
movieDavid Copperfield
1913 · Dora Spenlow
Oliver Twist
movieOliver Twist
1912 · Nancy
movieTilly in a Boarding House
1912 · Tilly
movieI Do Like to Be Where the Girls Are
1912
A Seaside Introduction
movieA Seaside Introduction
1911 · The Girl
movieTilly and the Fire Engines
1911 · Tilly
movieTilly's Party
1911 · Tilly
movieWhen Tilly's Uncle Flirted
1911 · Tilly
Are We Down-Hearted?
movieAre We Down-Hearted?
1911
movieTilly the Tomboy Visits the Poor
1910 · Tilly
movieThe Heart of a Fishergirl
— · Susan