Alma Louise Taylor (3 January 1895 – 23 January 1974) was a British actress.
Life
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. Most of her films were produced by Cecil Hepworth. Trav S.D. "Alma Taylor: Tillie the Tomboy and Britain’s Top Star", Travalanche, 3 January 2026. Retrieved 3 January 2026
She is best remembered for her role as Tilly in the long-running Tilly the Tomboy series (1910-1915). In 1915 she was voted the most popular British performer by readers of Pictures and the Picturegoers, comfortably beating Charlie Chaplin into second place.Babington p. 30
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. On television, she appeared twice in Armchair Theatre, in 1957: she played Mrs. Castor and Greta Stenbourg.
She died in London at the age of 79.The Shadow of Egypt . British Film Institute, retrieved 10 August 2011
Selected filmography Year Title Role Notes1907 His Daughter's Voice Short 1910 The Burglar and Little Phyllis Phyllis Short1911 Tilly at the Election TillyShort1912 Oliver Twist Nancy 1913 Adrift on Life's Tide Edna Wilson Short David Copperfield Dora Spenlow The Cloister and the Hearth Margaret 1914 Justice Nan Prescott The Heart of Midlothian Madge Wildfire The Old Curiosity Shop Mrs. Quilp 1915 The Baby on the Barge Nelly Janis Short The Golden Pavement Brenda Crayle The Man Who Stayed at Home Molly Preston Sweet Lavender Ruth Rolfe The Bottle 1916 Molly Bawn Eleanor Massareene The Marriage of William Ashe Lady Kitty Bristol Trelawny of the Wells Rose Trelawny Sowing the Wind Rosamond The Grand Babylon Hotel Princess Anna Annie Laurie Annie Laurie Short 1917 The American Heiress Bessie Short Nearer My God to Thee Joan1918 The Touch of a Child Barbara Dell The Leopard's Spots The Woman Short A New Version The Woman Short Boundary House Jenny Gay1919 The Forest on the Hill Drusilla Whyddon Broken in the Wars Lady Dorothea Hamlyn Short Sunken Rocks Evelyn Farrar Sheba Sheba The Nature of the Beast Anna de Berghem 1920 Alf's Button Liz Helen of Four Gates Helen Mrs. Erricker's Reputation Georgiana Erricker1921 The Narrow Valley Victoria Tansy Tansy Firle The Tinted Venus Matilda Collum Dollars in Surrey 1923 The Pipes of Pan Polly Bunning Comin' Thro the Rye Helen Adair Mist in the Valley Margaret Yeoland Strangling Threads Irma Brian 1924 Shadow of Egypt Lilian Westcott1926 The House of Marney Beatrice Maxon1927 Quinneys Susan Quinney 1928 Two Little Drummer BoysAlma Carsdale A South Sea Bubble Mary Ottery1929 The Night of Terror The Hound of the Baskervilles Eliza Barrymore 1931 Deadlock Mrs. Tring 1932 Bachelor's Baby Aunt Mary 1935 Things Are Looking Up Schoolmistress Uncredited 1936 Everybody Dance Rosemary Spurgeon 1954 Lilacs in the Spring 1st Woman 1955 Stock Car Nurse Sprott 1956 Lost Mrs. Bellamy Uncredited The Man Who Knew Too Much Embassy Guest Uncredited 1957 Blue Murder at St Trinian's Prince Bruno's Mother 1958 A Night to Remember Old Lady Final film role
Bibliography Babington, Bruce. British stars and stardom: from Alma Taylor to Sean Connery. Manchester University Press, 2001.
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