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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

43

Gender

Female

Birthday

1895-01-02

Day of Death

1974-01-23 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Also Known As

Alma Louise Taylor

Alma Taylor

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

Tilly's Party

1911

Tilly's Party

as

Tilly

Oliver Twist

1912

Oliver Twist

as

Nancy

Quinneys

1927

Quinneys

as

Susan Quinney

A South Sea Bubble

1928

A South Sea Bubble

as

Mary Ottery

The Leopard's Spots

1918

The Leopard's Spots

as

The Woman

Things Are Looking Up

1935

Things Are Looking Up

as

Schoolmistress

David Copperfield

1913

David Copperfield

as

Dora Spenlow

The Man Who Knew Too Much

1956

The Man Who Knew Too Much

as

Embassy Guest (uncredited)

Annie Laurie

1916

Annie Laurie

as

Annie Laurie

Anna the Adventuress

1920

Anna the Adventuress

as

Anna / Annabel Pelissier

The Narrow Valley

1921

The Narrow Valley

as

Victoria

Shadow of Egypt

1924

Shadow of Egypt

as

Lilian Westcott

Stock Car

1955

Stock Car

as

Nurse Sprott

Comin' Thro the Rye

1923

Comin' Thro the Rye

as

Helen Adair

Deadlock

1931

Deadlock

as

Mrs. Tring

Bachelor's Baby

1932

Bachelor's Baby

as

Aunt Mary

Mist in the Valley

1923

Mist in the Valley

as

Margaret Yeoland/'Heather Moreland'

Everybody Dance

1936

Everybody Dance

as

Rosemary Spurgeon

Lost

1956

Lost

as

Mrs. Bellamy (Uncredited)

Blue Murder at St. Trinian's

1957

Blue Murder at St. Trinian's

as

Prince Bruno's Mother

Lilacs in the Spring

1954

Lilacs in the Spring

as

1st Woman

Broken in the Wars

1919

Broken in the Wars

as

Lady Dorothea

Tansy

1921

Tansy

as

Tansy Firle

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1929

The Hound of the Baskervilles

as

Mrs. Barrymore

A Night to Remember

1958

A Night to Remember

as

old woman who leaves her seat to a young mother on the lifeboat (uncredited)

Heart of Midlothian

1914

Heart of Midlothian

as

Madge Wildfire

Molly Bawn

1916

Molly Bawn

as

Eleanor Massareene

Production

Crew

Directing