Doris Lloyd

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Doris Lloyd (1921)

Doris Lloyd (born July 3, 1896 in Liverpool , England , as Hessy Doris Lloyd , † May 21, 1968 in Santa Barbara , California ) was a British character actress in film, television and theater. She starred in around 200 British and US cinema and television productions from the 1920s to the 1960s. These include roles in films such as Lullaby , Tarzan, the Ape Man , My Name is Julia Ross , The Double Life of Mr Mitty and The Time Machine .

life and career

Doris Lloyd, born in Liverpool in 1896, made her first appearances as an actress in 1914 with the Liverpool Repertory Theater Company. From 1916 to 1925 she appeared regularly in well-known plays in her home country. In 1920 she also entrusted the British director George Dewhurst with the lead role in his crime film The Shadow Between . In 1922 she played another leading role in England in the silent film Love's Influence by director Edward Gordon.

Sister Melba's original invitation to visit her in the United States in 1925 grew. Doris Lloyd decided to settle in California and pursue a career as an actress in Hollywood productions. That same year she played her first supporting role in a US feature film in Frank Borzage's drama The Lady . As a formally trained theater actress, she quickly found a high level of acceptance in Hollywood and a year later she played in Tod Browning's crime drama The Raven of London alongside silent film stars such as Lon Chaney senior , Owen Moore and Renée Adorée . From 1926 onwards, it was not uncommon for Doris Lloyd to work five to six roles per year for presentations on the big screen.

In 1930 she cast director Dorothy Arzner in the role of Mrs. Ashmore in her film drama Lullaby alongside icons such as Ruth Chatterton and Fredric March . In WS Van Dyke's film adaptation of Edgar Rice Burrough's classic Tarzan, the Ape Man , she played in a colleague ensemble of well-known actors such as Neil Hamilton , Maureen O'Sullivan , C. Aubrey Smith and Johnny Weissmuller .

With her experience and background as a serious theater actress, Doris Lloyd was a worthwhile cast for well-known directors for dramas, crime films and the genre of fantastic films. She played character roles in numerous film classics in the 1930s and 1940s, including in Clarence Brown's film drama A Man Goes His Way in 1933, in Frank Lloyd's adventure film Mutiny on the Bounty in 1935 and in Henry Hathaway's film adaptation of the Maurier novel Peter Ibbetson . Lloyd was in 1936 in John Ford's historical film Mary of Scotland and 1939 in the costume drama The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex of Michael Curtiz to see. In the 1940s a series of appearances in films of the horror genre followed, such as in Victor Fleming's film adaptation of the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde material in Doctor and Demon , in George Waggner's adaptation of Der Wolfsmensch or in Ford Beebes Continuation The invisible takes revenge . She then played in the film noir genre as in Robert Siodmak's Witness Wanted , in Jean Negulesco's Three Strangers or in the Joseph H. Lewis mystery drama My Name is Julia Ross .

In 1947 she impersonated Mrs. Follinsbee in Norman Z. McLeod's tumultuous comedy The Double Life of Mr. Mitty . In 1951, she voiced the rose in the Disney cartoon Alice in Wonderland . In the 1950s, he made several appearances in various history and adventure films, such as In the Shadow of the Crown , The Heir apparent , The Iron Knight of Falworth and The Swan .

In the 1960s, she was seen in small but important character roles in Oscar-winning works such as George Pal's H. G. Wells film The Time Machine as housekeeper Mrs. Watchett at the side of Rod Taylor and in the two Julie Andrews -Films Mary Poppins by Robert Stevenson and My Songs, My Dreams by director Robert Wise .

Doris Lloyd remained active on the screen until 1967. Doris Lloyd had already turned successfully to television in 1950 and played there in well-known series. Her appearances in the then new medium included The Bigelow Theater (1950), Cavalcade of America (1953), The Lone Wolf (1954), Waterfront (1955), Ford Star Jubilee (1956), Suspicion (1958), The Betty Hutton Show (1959), Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (1960), The Best of the Post (1961), Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1962), Thriller (1962), Arrest and Trial (1963) or Gauner gegen Gauner (1965).

Doris Lloyd has been a very popular radio, cinema and television actress since moving to the United States in 1925, and was also active on Broadway , including as Sybil Birling in the 1947-1948 season in the play An Inspector Calls and beyond also in particular in a number of editions of the popular Ziegfeld Follies .

The versatile character actress died on May 21, 1968 in Santa Barbara, California, at the age of 71. Her grave is in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles County.

Filmography (selection)

literature

Web links

Commons : Doris Lloyd  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lloyd, Doris . In: Thomas S. Hischak: Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary . McFarland, 2011, p. 130.
  2. ^ Robert K. Klepper: Silent Films, 1877-1996: A Critical Guide to 646 Movies . McFarland, 1999, p. 402.
  3. ↑ Lloyd, Doris . In: Eugene Michael Vazzana: Silent Film Necrology . McFarland, 2001, p. 21.
  4. ^ The Time Machine . In: Thomas C. Renzi: HG Wells: Six Scientific Romances Adapted for Film . Scarecrow Press, 2004, p. 1.
  5. ↑ Ruth Benjamin, Arthur Rosenblatt: Who Sang What on Broadway, 1866–1996: The Singers (A – K) . McFarland & Company, Publishers, 2006, p. 465.
  6. ↑ Lloyd, Doris . In: Allan R. Ellenberger: Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory . McFarland, 2001, p. 59.
personal data
SURNAME Lloyd, Doris
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lloyd, Hessy Doris (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actress
DATE OF BIRTH July 3, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Liverpool , England
DATE OF DEATH May 21, 1968
Place of death Santa Barbara , California , USA