Alma Taylor
Born
Alma Louise Taylor

(1895-01-03)3 January 1895
London, England
Died23 January 1974(1974-01-23) (aged 79)
London, England
Years active19071958
SpouseLeonard Avery

Alma Louise Taylor (3 January 1895 – 23 January 1974) was a British actress.

Life

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.[1]

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. On television, she appeared twice in Armchair Theatre, in 1957: she played Mrs. Castor and Greta Stenbourg.

She died in London at the age of 79.[2]

Selected filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1907His Daughter's VoiceShort
1910The Burglar and Little PhyllisPhyllisShort
1911Tilly at the ElectionTillyShort
1912Oliver TwistNancy
1913Adrift on Life's TideEdna WilsonShort
David CopperfieldDora Spenlow
The Cloister and the HearthMargaret
1914JusticeNan Prescott
The Heart of MidlothianMadge Wildfire
The Old Curiosity ShopMrs. Quilp
1915The Baby on the BargeNelly JanisShort
The Golden PavementBrenda Crayle
The Man Who Stayed at HomeMolly Preston
Sweet LavenderRuth Rolfe
The Bottle
1916Molly BawnEleanor Massareene
The Marriage of William AsheLady Kitty Bristol
Trelawny of the WellsRose Trelawny
Sowing the WindRosamond
The Grand Babylon HotelPrincess Anna
Annie LaurieAnnie LaurieShort
1917The American HeiressBessieShort
Nearer My God to TheeJoan
1918The Touch of a ChildBarbara Dell
The Leopard's SpotsThe WomanShort
A New VersionThe WomanShort
Boundary HouseJenny Gay
1919The Forest on the HillDrusilla Whyddon
Broken in the WarsLady Dorothea HamlynShort
Sunken RocksEvelyn Farrar
ShebaSheba
The Nature of the BeastAnna de Berghem
1920Alf's ButtonLiz
Helen of Four GatesHelen
Mrs. Erricker's ReputationGeorgiana Erricker
1921The Narrow ValleyVictoria
TansyTansy Firle
The Tinted VenusMatilda Collum
Dollars in Surrey
1923The Pipes of PanPolly Bunning
Comin' Thro the RyeHelen Adair
Mist in the ValleyMargaret Yeoland
Strangling ThreadsIrma Brian
1924Shadow of EgyptLilian Westcott
1926The House of MarneyBeatrice Maxon
1927QuinneysSusan Quinney
1928Two Little Drummer BoysAlma Carsdale
A South Sea BubbleMary Ottery
1929The Night of Terror
The Hound of the BaskervillesMrs. Barrymore
1931DeadlockMrs. Tring
1932Bachelor's BabyAunt Mary
1935Things Are Looking UpSchoolmistressUncredited
1936Everybody DanceRosemary Spurgeon
1954Lilacs in the Spring1st Woman
1955Stock CarNurse Sprott
1956LostMrs. BellamyUncredited
The Man Who Knew Too MuchEmbassy GuestUncredited
1957Blue Murder at St Trinian'sPrince Bruno's Mother
1958A Night to RememberOld LadyFinal film role

Bibliography

  • Babington, Bruce. British stars and stardom: from Alma Taylor to Sean Connery. Manchester University Press, 2001.

References

  1. Babington p. 30
  2. The Shadow of Egypt Archived 16 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine. British Film Institute, retrieved 10 August 2011


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