Alma Taylor
Known For
Acting
Born
1895-01-02 in London, England, UK
Died
1974-01-23
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.
Most Known For
The Man Who Knew Too Much
as Embassy Guest (uncredited)
A Night to Remember
as old woman who leaves her seat to a young mother on the lifeboat (uncredited)
Molly Bawn
as Eleanor Massareene
Tansy
as Tansy Firle
The House of Marney
David Copperfield
as Dora Spenlow
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
as Prince Bruno's Mother
Everybody Dance
as Rosemary Spurgeon
Anna the Adventuress
as Anna / Annabel Pelissier
Oliver Twist
as Nancy
Lost
as Mrs. Bellamy (Uncredited)
Lilacs in the Spring
as 1st Woman
Things Are Looking Up
as Schoolmistress
Annie Laurie
as Annie Laurie
Stock Car
as Nurse Sprott
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Mrs. Barrymore
Mist in the Valley
as Margaret Yeoland/'Heather Moreland'
Deadlock
as Mrs. Tring
The Shadow of Egypt
as Lilian Westcott
An Engagement of Convenience
as The Typist