Alma Taylor
Also Known As: Alma Louise 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.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
Adult: No
Birthday: January 02, 1895
Age: 130 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: January 23, 1974
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Tilly's Party
Overview: Two young men help two girls escape.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1911-04-01
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Oliver Twist
Overview: An orphan named Oliver Twist meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-10-24
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Die stärkere Macht
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1929-09-23
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Quinneys
Overview: 'Antique dealer's daughter loves foreman who makes fakes for ex-partner.' (British Film Catalogue)
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-12-01
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A South Sea Bubble
Overview: 'Girl reporter and insane fiancé join pirate's descendant in treasure hunt.' (British Film Catalogue)
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-08-03
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Tilly in a Boarding House
Overview: Girls dress in boys' clothes and trick boarders.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-09-16
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Tilly and the Fire Engines
Overview: Tomboys drive a fire engine through a fairground and hose the firemen.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1911-09-16
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The Outrage
Overview: A Prussian lieutenant rapes a girl in 1870. He is killed by their son in 1914.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-01-02
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Dollars in Surrey
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-08-31
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Comin' Thro' the Rye
Overview: A girl wins her rival's fiancé with a fake marriage announcement.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-01-02
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The Leopard's Spots
Overview: British propaganda piece warning against buying German goods after the war, summer 1918.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-07-22
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Helen of Four Gates
Overview: HELEN OF FOUR GATES was made in Hebden Bridge in 1920 by silent film pioneer Cecil M. Hepworth, based on a popular novel of the same name. Reportedly highly successful when it first opened, the film would later fall into obscurity, with all copies believed to be destroyed. In 2007, a print was discovered in a vault in Canada.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-09-01
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Things Are Looking Up
Overview: Scatterbrain circus lady has to cover for her sour schoolmistress sister.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-06-09
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The Basilisk
Overview: A mesmerist, obsessed with putting a beautiful woman under his power, hypnotizes her to try to force her to kill her fiancé. His plans are altered with the appearance of a deadly serpent.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-12-01
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Tilly the Tomboy Visits the Poor
Overview: Funny how we think of the loutish behaviour of some of today's teens as a modern-day phenomenon. Here, in a short film more than one hundred years old, we see two tearaways terrorising a bed-ridden old lady, sabotaging a number of honest workmen as they go about their daily work, vandalising a bakery and taking a vehicle without consent - all in the space of six frenetic minutes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1910-09-16
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David Copperfield
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-01-02
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
Overview: A couple vacationing in Morocco with their young son accidentally stumble upon an assassination plot. When the child is kidnapped to ensure their silence, they have to take matters into their own hands to save him.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-05-16
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Annie Laurie
Overview: A Scottish Laird weds a peasant's niece who falls in love with his nephew.....
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-06-01
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Anna the Adventuress
Overview: Two identical sisters are able to switch places, leading to a series of unfortunate incidents.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-02-01
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The Narrow Valley
Overview: The story of a small valley community that is narrow minded and those who wish to leave it on the train that regularly hurries from the narrow valley.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-01-01
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Shadow of Egypt
Overview: A European adventurer tries to steal from an ancient Egyptian tomb, only to become afflicted by a mysterious curse...
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-11-01
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Stock Car
Overview: Katie attempts to save her father's failing garage, after he is killed during a stock car race. She is assisted by an American driver, Larry Duke, but unfortunately one of the creditors is determined to take the garage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-01-01
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An Engagement of Convenience
Overview: A man fakes an engagement to a typist to please his rich aunt.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-03-27
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Comin' Thro the Rye
Overview: A jealous girl breaks up a friend's engagement with a fake wedding announcement.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-11-01
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Deadlock
Overview: A murder takes place in a film studio during the shooting of a new film.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-09-04
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Bachelor's Baby
Overview: Jimmy finds an abandoned baby while motorcycling in the country.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-08-22
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The House of Marney
Overview: An Essec sailor helps a girl save an heir from his crooked uncle.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-04-04
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Mist in the Valley
Overview: Young heiress Margaret Yeoland is found unconscious on the Devonshire moors by a disillusioned author, Denis Marlowe. She tells him she has run away from her family, but is reluctant to reveal the full story. Intent on concealing her identity from her pursuers, Denis coerces her into marrying him. But when the body of Margaret's missing father is discovered, it leads Denis to suspect his wife of murder.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-03-01
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Everybody Dance
Overview: When her sister dies, a nightclub singer is left with her children. In order to raise the children properly, she leaves her singing career and takes her new family to a farm. However, her greedy manager--seeing his "cash cow" slipping away--goes to court to have her declared legally incompetent.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-09-06
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Lost
Overview: U.S. Embassy employee Lee Cochrane and his wife, Sue, receive a shock when they discover that their 18-month-old son, Simon, has disappeared in London. He was last seen with their nanny, and the couple seemingly have no leads that might help police Detective Craig in his investigation. The media sensationalizes the incident, causing an unnecessary distraction as the couple prepares to confront the culprit face-to-face.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-01-31
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Are We Down-Hearted?
Overview: Cecil Hepworth’s Vivaphone film features Hay Plumb singing George Robins’ optimistic 1906 ditty concerning the mischievous responses of a poor family to regular visits from the bailiffs.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1911-01-01
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I Do Like to Be Where the Girls Are
Overview: Filmed using Vivaphone sound system. This was invented by Cecil M. Hepworth, and performers mimed to a 10" record.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-01-23
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Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
Overview: With their headmistress under lock and key in her majesty's prison, the St Trinian's girls find themselves under the protection of the army. However, when the sixth form take a fancy to winning a trip to Italy through means fair or foul, the army discover this is one battle they can't win. Let loose in Europe, it is not long before St Trinian's have succeeded in endangering European relations.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-12-01
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When Tilly's Uncle Flirted
Overview: Tomboys play tricks on their uncle when he flirts with a maid.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1911-03-18
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Lilacs in the Spring
Overview: A young actress must decide which of two lovers will be her husband. She daydreams about each one to help her decide.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-12-21
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A Seaside Introduction
Overview: 'Brighton. Dude searches for girl's lost shoes and stockings.' (British Film Catalogue)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1911-10-01
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Broken in the Wars
Overview: 'Lady introduces wounded cobbler to Minister of Pensions, who makes him gift from King's Fund.' (British Film Catalogue)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-01-01
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Tansy
Overview: 'Devon. Farming brothers give home to orphan shepherdess evicted for suspected immorality.' (British Film Catalogue)
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-09-01
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Overview: One of the last of the silent Sherlock films.
Genres: Crime Horror Mystery
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1929-08-28
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A Night to Remember
Overview: The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's second officer, Charles Lightoller. Despite numerous warnings about ice, the ship sails on, with Capt. Edward John Smith keeping it going at a steady clip. When the doomed vessel finally hits an iceberg, the crew and passengers discover that they lack enough lifeboats, and tragedy follows.
Genres: Drama Action History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-07-03
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Heart of Midlothian
Overview: A crofter's daughter has a child by an outlaw and is condemned to death when it is stolen by a midwife's mad daughter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-04-16
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Molly Bawn
Overview: Molly Bawn. British silent drama movie. Directed by Cecil M Hepworth. Starring Alma Taylor, Stewart Rome an Violet Hopson. adaptation of the1878 Irish novel of the same name by Margaret Wolfe Hungerford. Molly Bawn the novel by M. W. Hungerford contains her most famous idiom: "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." It is also referenced in chapter 8 of James Joyce's Ulysses.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-12-01
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