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Doris Lloyd

Doris Lloyd

Birthday: 1896-07-03 | Place of Birth: Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hessy Doris Lloyd (3 July 1896 – 21 May 1968) was an English-American film, television and stage actress. Born in Liverpool, she went to the United States of America to visit a sister already living there. What was supposed to be a visit she made permanent. She spent several years (1916–25) appearing in Broadway theatre plays, notably a number of Ziegfeld Follies editions, and probably spent some time on the road in touring companies. She decided on a film career, making her first film in 1925. With the exception of returning to one Broadway play in 1947, her career was devoted to films and television. Lloyd appeared in over 150 films between 1925 and 1967, including the 1933 low-budget Monogram Pictures version of Oliver Twist, in which she played Nancy. Irving Pichel starred as Fagin and Dickie Moore as Oliver. Her roles ranged from the sinister Russian spy Mrs. Travers in the biopic Disraeli (1929) to the meek housekeeper Mrs. Watchett in The Time Machine (1960). Her most famous film roles were in the Tarzan films starring Johnny Weissmuller. She voiced one of the roses in Disney's Alice in Wonderland (1951), later making small appearances in Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music which both starred Julie Andrews.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1962
The Notorious Landlady

as    Lady Fallott

1960
The Time Machine

as    Mrs. Watchett

1958
The Great Gatsby

as    Mrs. Fay

1951
Kind Lady

as    Rose

1946
Tarzan and the Leopard Woman

as    Miss Wetherby (uncredited)

1945
Scotland Yard Investigator

as    Emma Todworthy

1945
Molly and Me

as    Mrs. Graham

1945
My Name Is Julia Ross

as    Mrs. Mackie

1944
The Lodger

as    Jennie

1942
The Ghost of Frankenstein

as    Martha the Housekeeper