Person Details

Birthday: 1895-01-03 23:24:11

Death: 1974-01-23 23:24:11

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Female

Place of birth: London, England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 21

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

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 Famous Work

The Man Who Knew Too Much
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7

The Man Who Knew Too Much

(1956) Box Office Woman (uncredited)
Lost
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7

Lost

(1956) Mrs. Bellamy (Uncredited)
Stock Car
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7

Stock Car

(1955) Nurse Sprott
The Hound of the Baskervilles
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7

The Hound of the Baskervilles

(1929) Mrs. Barrymore
Broken in the Wars
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5

Broken in the Wars

(1919) Lady Dorothea
Deadlock
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0

Deadlock

(1931) Mrs. Tring
Oliver Twist
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1

Oliver Twist

(1912) Nancy
Everybody Dance
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0

Everybody Dance

(1936) Rosemary Spurgeon

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1957 Prince Bruno's Mother
1956 Box Office Woman (uncredited)
Mrs. Bellamy (Uncredited)
1955 Nurse Sprott
1954 1st Woman
1936 Rosemary Spurgeon
1935 Schoolmistress
1932 Aunt Mary
1931 Mrs. Tring
1929 N/A
Mrs. Barrymore
1928 Mary Ottery
1927 Susan Quinney
N/A
1924 Lilian Westcott
1923 Helen Adair
Margaret Yeoland/'Heather Moreland'
1921 Tansy Firle
N/A
1920 Helen
Anna / Annabel Pelissier
1919 Lady Dorothea
1918 The Woman
1916 Annie Laurie
N/A
1915 N/A
1914 N/A
The Typist
1913 Dora Spenlow
1912 Nancy
Tilly
N/A
1911 The Girl
Tilly
Tilly
Tilly
N/A
1910 Tilly
Year Character Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1916 Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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