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

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)

Blue Murder at St. Trinian's

as Prince Bruno's Mother

The Hound of the Baskervilles

as Mrs. Barrymore

Tilly the Tomboy Visits the Poor

as Tilly

Tilly and the Fire Engines

as Tilly

Lost

as Mrs. Bellamy (Uncredited)

Helen of Four Gates

as Helen

An Engagement of Convenience

as The Typist

Tilly in a Boarding House

as Tilly