
Person
Alma Taylor
Acting · 1895–1974 · 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

The Man Who Knew Too Much
Embassy Guest (uncredited)

A Night to Remember
old woman who leaves her seat to a young mother on the lifeboat (uncredited)
Molly Bawn
Eleanor Massareene

David Copperfield
Dora Spenlow

Tansy
Tansy Firle

Helen of Four Gates
Helen
Anna the Adventuress
Anna / Annabel Pelissier

Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
Prince Bruno's Mother
Die stärkere Macht
1929

Tilly's Party
Tilly
Filmography
- 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'
- 1921TansyTansy Firle
- 1921Dollars in Surrey
- 1921The Narrow ValleyVictoria
- 1920Helen of Four GatesHelen
- 1920Anna the AdventuressAnna / Annabel Pelissier
- 1919Broken in the WarsLady Dorothea
- 1918The Leopard's SpotsThe Woman
- 1916Molly BawnEleanor Massareene
- 1916Annie LaurieAnnie Laurie
- 1916Comin' Thro' the Rye
- 1915The Outrage
- 1914The Basilisk
- 1914Heart of MidlothianMadge Wildfire
- 1914An Engagement of ConvenienceThe Typist
- 1913David CopperfieldDora Spenlow
- 1912Oliver TwistNancy
- 1912Tilly in a Boarding HouseTilly
- 1912I Do Like to Be Where the Girls Are
- 1911A Seaside IntroductionThe Girl
- 1911Tilly and the Fire EnginesTilly
- 1911Tilly's PartyTilly
- 1911When Tilly's Uncle FlirtedTilly
- 1911Are We Down-Hearted?
- 1910Tilly the Tomboy Visits the PoorTilly
- —The Heart of a FishergirlSusan
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