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Alma Taylor

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Alma Taylor

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

Jan 2, 1895 (131 years old)

Place of Birth

London, 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.

Known For

Acting
1958A Night to Rememberold woman who leaves her seat to a young mother on the lifeboat (uncredited)
1957Blue Murder at St Trinian'sPrince Bruno's Mother
1956The Man Who Knew Too MuchEmbassy Guest (uncredited)
1956LostMrs. Bellamy (Uncredited)
1955Stock CarNurse Sprott
1954Lilacs in the Spring1st Woman
1936Everybody DanceRosemary Spurgeon
1935Things Are Looking UpSchoolmistress
1932Bachelor's BabyAunt Mary
1931DeadlockMrs. Tring
1929Die stärkere Macht
1929The Hound of the BaskervillesMrs. Barrymore
1928A South Sea BubbleMary Ottery
1927QuinneysSusan Quinney
1927The House of Marney
1924The Shadow of EgyptLilian Westcott
1923Comin' Thro the RyeHelen Adair
1923Mist in the ValleyMargaret Yeoland/'Heather Moreland'
1921Dollars in Surrey
1921The Narrow ValleyVictoria
1921TansyTansy Firle
1920Helen of Four GatesHelen
1920Anna the AdventuressAnna / Annabel Pelissier
1919Broken in the WarsLady Dorothea
1918The Leopard's SpotsThe Woman
1916Comin' Thro' the Rye
1916Annie LaurieAnnie Laurie
1916Molly BawnEleanor Massareene
1915The Outrage
1914The Basilisk
1914An Engagement of ConvenienceThe Typist
1914Heart of MidlothianMadge Wildfire
1913David CopperfieldDora Spenlow
1912Oliver TwistNancy
1912Tilly in a Boarding HouseTilly
1912I Do Like to Be Where the Girls Are
1911Tilly's PartyTilly
1911Tilly and the Fire EnginesTilly
1911Are We Down-Hearted?
1911When Tilly's Uncle FlirtedTilly
1911A Seaside IntroductionThe Girl
1910Tilly the Tomboy Visits the PoorTilly
-The Heart of a FishergirlSusan
Writing
1916Annie LaurieWriter