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Doris Lloyd

01 Jul, 1896 in 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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Hessy Doris Lloyd

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Is Zat So?
0% (1927)
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The Old Maid
71% (1939)
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The Letter
73% (1940)
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Disraeli
51% (1929)
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Bought!
60% (1931)
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Charley's Aunt
50% (1930)
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Voltaire
57% (1933)
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Rosie!
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Murder Is News
10% (1937)
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Once a Lady
35% (1931)
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Old English
40% (1930)
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Secrets
51% (1933)
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Transgression
40% (1931)
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Tovarich
62% (1937)
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Exit Smiling
79% (1926)
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Glamour
35% (1934)
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Oliver Twist
50% (1933)
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Sister Kenny
65% (1946)
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Sarah and Son
52% (1930)
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The Lady
55% (1925)
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The Great Lie
69% (1941)
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Molly and Me
62% (1945)
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Reno
0% (1930)
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Lord Jeff
71% (1938)
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Devotion
60% (1946)
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Kitty
55% (1945)