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Alma Taylor

Alma Taylor

Acting1895London, England, UK

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.

Acting History

1958
A Night to Remember
as old woman who leaves her seat to a young mother on the lifeboat (uncredited)
1957
Blue Murder at St Trinian's
as Prince Bruno's Mother
1956
Lost
as Mrs. Bellamy (Uncredited)
The Man Who Knew Too Much
as Embassy Guest (uncredited)
1955
Stock Car
as Nurse Sprott
1954
1936
Everybody Dance
as Rosemary Spurgeon
1935
Things Are Looking Up
as Schoolmistress
1932
Bachelor's Baby
as Aunt Mary
1931
Deadlock
as Mrs. Tring
1928
A South Sea Bubble
as Mary Ottery
1927
1924
The Shadow of Egypt
as Lilian Westcott
1923
Comin' Thro the Rye
as Helen Adair
Mist in the Valley
as Margaret Yeoland/'Heather Moreland'
1921
1920
Anna the Adventuress
as Anna / Annabel Pelissier
1919
Broken in the Wars
as Lady Dorothea
1918
1916
Molly Bawn
as Eleanor Massareene
Annie Laurie
as Annie Laurie
1913
David Copperfield
as Dora Spenlow

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1/2/1895
Day of Death
1/23/1974
Place of Birth
London, England, UK