Alma Taylor
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.
The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British...
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
as Embassy Guest (uncredited)A couple vacationing in Morocco with their young son accidentally stumble upon an assassination...
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Lost
as Mrs. Bellamy (Uncredited)U.S. Embassy employee Lee Cochrane and his wife, Sue, receive a shock when they discover that...
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Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
as Prince Bruno's MotherWith their headmistress under lock and key in her majesty's prison, the St Trinian's girls find...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Mrs. BarrymoreOne of the last of the silent Sherlock films.
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Things Are Looking Up
as SchoolmistressScatterbrain circus lady has to cover for her sour schoolmistress sister.
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The Basilisk
as uncreditedA mesmerist, obsessed with putting a beautiful woman under his power, hypnotizes her to try to...
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Lilacs in the Spring
as 1st WomanA young actress must decide which of two lovers will be her husband. She daydreams about each...
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Tilly and the Fire Engines
as TillyTomboys drive a fire engine through a fairground and hose the firemen.
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Deadlock
as Mrs. TringA murder takes place in a film studio during the shooting of a new film.
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Tilly in a Boarding House
as TillyGirls dress in boys' clothes and trick boarders.
Movie pageTilly the Tomboy Visits the Poor
as TillyFunny how we think of the loutish behaviour of some of today's teens as a modern-day phenomenon....
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as Nurse SprottKatie attempts to save her father's failing garage, after he is killed during a stock car race....
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Mist in the Valley
as Margaret Yeoland/'Heather Moreland'Young heiress Margaret Yeoland is found unconscious on the Devonshire moors by a disillusioned...
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An Engagement of Convenience
as The TypistA man fakes an engagement to a typist to please his rich aunt.
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Helen of Four Gates
as HelenHELEN OF FOUR GATES was made in Hebden Bridge in 1920 by silent film pioneer Cecil M. Hepworth,...
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Tansy
as Tansy Firle'Devon. Farming brothers give home to orphan shepherdess evicted for suspected immorality.'...
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I Do Like to Be Where the Girls Are
as uncreditedFilmed using Vivaphone sound system. This was invented by Cecil M. Hepworth, and performers...
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Everybody Dance
as Rosemary SpurgeonWhen her sister dies, a nightclub singer is left with her children. In order to raise the...
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Comin' Thro' the Rye
as uncreditedA girl wins her rival's fiancé with a fake marriage announcement.
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The Leopard's Spots
as The WomanBritish propaganda piece warning against buying German goods after the war, summer 1918.
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Comin' Thro the Rye
as Helen AdairA jealous girl breaks up a friend's engagement with a fake wedding announcement.
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Are We Down-Hearted?
as uncreditedCecil Hepworth’s Vivaphone film features Hay Plumb singing George Robins’ optimistic 1906 ditty...
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Broken in the Wars
as Lady Dorothea'Lady introduces wounded cobbler to Minister of Pensions, who makes him gift from King's Fund.'...
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A Seaside Introduction
as The Girl'Brighton. Dude searches for girl's lost shoes and stockings.' (British Film Catalogue)
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