Doris Lloyd

Doris Lloyd
Hessy Doris Lloyd (3 July 1891 – 21 May 1968) was an English–American film and stage actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles in The Time Machine (1960) and The Sound of Music (1965). Lloyd appeared in two Academy Award winners and four other nominees.
Early life
Lloyd's parents were Edward Franklin Lloyd and Hessy Jane McCappin. She was born in Liverpool, and she had a grandfather who was an amateur actor. Her father was born in 1855 in Holywell, Flintshire. Her mother was born in 1860.
Career
When Lloyd was 23, she debuted on stage with the Liverpool Repertory Company. She appeared a number of times in the London West End, including in Mr. Todd's Experiment by Walter C. Hackett (Queen's Theatre, 1920), and The Smiths of Surbiton by Keble Howard (New Theatre, 1922). Her film debut was in the 1920 British silent film The Shadow Between.
She went to the United States 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 US film in 1925. With the exception of returning to one Broadway play in 1947, her career was devoted to films and television.
Roles
Lloyd appeared in more than 150 films in a 42 year career 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 portrayed a nurse in Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) with Lon Chaney Jr. as the Wolf Man and Bela Lugosi as Frankenstein's monster. 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.
Death
Lloyd died on 21 May 1968, aged 76, in Santa Barbara, California. She is interred in Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.
Selected filmography
The Shadow Between (1920) as Marian West
Love's Influence (1922)
The Lady (1925) as Fannie Chair
The Man from Red Gulch (1925) as Madame Le Blanc
The Blackbird (1926) as Limehouse Polly
Brown of Harvard (1926) as nurse (uncredited)
Black Paradise (1926) as Lillian Webster
The Midnight Kiss (1926) as Ellen Atkins
Exit Smiling (1926) as Olga
The Auctioneer (1927) as Esther Levi
The Broncho Twister (1927) as Teresa Brady
Is Zat So? (1927) as Sue Parker
Rich But Honest (1927) as Mrs. O'Grady
Lonesome Ladies (1927) as Helen Wayne
Two Girls Wanted (1927) as Mrs. Timoney
Come to My House (1927) as Renee Parsons
The Trail of '98 (1928) as Locasto's procurer
The Drake Case (1929) as Mrs. Drake
The Careless Age (1929) as Mabs
Disraeli (1929) as Mrs. Travers
Sarah and Son (1930) as Mrs. Ashmore, Vanning's sister
Our Blushing Brides (1930) as Miss Hartley, head of the lingerie department (uncredited)
Old English (1930) as Mrs. Rosamond Lane
Reno (1930) as Lola Fealey
Way for a Sailor (1930) as Flossy
Charley's Aunt (1930) as Donna Lucia D'Alvadorez
The Bachelor Father (1931) as Mrs. Julia Webb
Transgression (1931) as Paula Vrain
Bought! (1931) as Mrs. Barry
Waterloo Bridge (1931) as Kitty
Devotion (1931) as Pansy
Once a Lady (1931) as Lady Ellen Somerville
Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) as Mrs. Cutten
The Washington Masquerade (1932) as dinner guest (uncredited)
Back Street (1932) as Corinne Saxel, Walter's wife
Payment Deferred (1932) as woman exchanging foreign currency in bank (uncredited)
A Farewell to Arms (1932) as nurse (uncredited)
Robbers' Roost (1932) as Prossie (uncredited)
Oliver Twist (1933) as Nancy Sikes
Secrets (1933) as Susan Channing
Looking Forward (1933) as Mrs. Lil Benton
A Study in Scarlet (1933) as Mrs. Murphy
Peg o' My Heart (1933) as Mrs. Grace Brent
Voltaire (1933) as Mme. Clarion, actress
Long Lost Father (1934) as Mrs. Bellwater, the blonde widow
Glamour (1934) as Nana
Sisters Under the Skin (1934) as Elinor Yates
Madame Du Barry (1934) as Madame of Dear Park (uncredited)
Kiss and Make-Up (1934) as Mme. Durand
She Was a Lady (1934) as Alice Vane
One Exciting Adventure (1934) as customer
British Agent (1934) as Lady Carrister
Dangerous Corner (1934) as Maude Mockridge
Strange Wives (1934) as Mrs. Sleeper
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1934) as Lulu, woman in theatre box (uncredited)
Clive of India (1935) as Mrs. Nixon
A Shot in the Dark (1935) as Lucille Coates
The Woman in Red (1935) as Mrs. Casserly
Straight from the Heart (1935) as Miss Carter
Chasing Yesterday (1935) as Mme. De Gabry (uncredited)
Motive for Revenge (1935) as Mrs. Fleming
Becky Sharp (1935) as Duchess of Richmond
Two for Tonight (1935) as Lady Ralston (uncredited)
A Feather in Her Hat (1935) as Liz Vining
Peter Ibbetson (1935) as Mrs. Dorian
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) as Cockney Moll (uncredited)
The Perfect Gentleman (1935) as Kate
Kind Lady (1935) as Lucy Weston
Don't Get Personal (1936) as Mrs. Charles van Ronesoleer
Follow the Fleet (1936) as Mrs. Courtney (uncredited)
Too Many Parents (1936) as Mrs. Downing
Brilliant Marriage (1936) as Mrs. Madeleine Allison
Mary of Scotland (1936) as fisherman's wife
The Luckiest Girl in the World (1936) (uncredited)
A Woman Rebels (1936) as Mrs. Seaton - at Party (uncredited)
The Plough and the Stars (1936) as woman at barricades
Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937) as nurse
The Soldier and the Lady (1937) as shepherdess (uncredited)
Alcatrez Island (1937) as Miss Marquand
Tovarich (1937) as Madame Chauffourier-Dubleff
Murder Is News (1937) as Pauline Drake
The Black Doll (1938) as Laura Leland
The Baroness and the Butler (1938) as lady at charity party (uncredited)
Lord Jeff (1938) as hostess of party (uncredited)
Port of Seven Seas (1938) as xustomer (uncredited)
Letter of Introduction (1938) as Charlotte in play (uncredited)
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) as Mrs. Williamson (uncredited)
Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939) as guest (uncredited)
I'm from Missouri (1939) as Mrs. Arthur, duchess of Cricklewood
The Spellbinder (1939) as Mrs. Raymond, school headmistress (uncredited)
Chicken Wagon Family (1939) as Mrs. McGinty (uncredited)
The Old Maid (1939) as Miss Ford (uncredited)
The Under-Pup (1939) as Mrs. Binns
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) as handmaiden (uncredited)
Intermezzo (1939) as schoolteacher at accident scene (uncredited)
First Love (1939) as Mrs. Parker
We Are Not Alone (1939) as Mrs. Jaeggers (uncredited)
Barricade (1939) as Mrs. Ward
Vigil in the Night (1940) as Mrs. Martha Bowley
'Til We Meet Again (1940) as Louise
The Boys from Syracuse (1940) as woman
Life with Henry (1940) as Mrs. Anderson (uncredited)
The Letter (1940) as Mrs. Cooper
Lady with Red Hair (1940) as teacher at Miss Humbert's school (uncredited)
The Great Plane Robbery (1940) as Mrs. Jamison
Scotland Yard (1941) as Miss Harcourt, nurse (uncredited)
The Great Lie (1941) as Bertha, Sandra's maid (uncredited)
Shining Victory (1941) as Mrs. Foster
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) as Mrs. Marley (uncredited)
International Squadron (1941) as Mother (uncredited)
Appointment for Love (1941) as woman spectator (uncredited)
Keep 'Em Flying (1941) as lady with lipstick (uncredited)
The Wolf Man (1941) as Mrs. Williams (uncredited)
On the Sunny Side (1942) as Mrs. Whitaker (uncredited)
The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942) as Martha
This Above All (1942) as WAAF Sergeant (uncredited)
Night Monster (1942) as Sarah Judd
Journey for Margaret (1942) as Mrs. Barrie
Forever and a Day (1943) as Trimble maid
No Place for a Lady (1943) as Evelyn Harris
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) as Dr. Mannering's nurse (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow (1943) as Mrs. Churchill (uncredited)
Two Tickets to London (1943) as Emmie (uncredited)
The Constant Nymph (1943) as Miss Hamilton
Flesh and Fantasy (1943) as Mrs. Carrington (uncredited)
What a Woman! (1943) as drama coach (uncredited)
The Lodger (1944) as Jennie
Phantom Lady (1944) as Kettisha
Follow the Boys (1944) as nurse (uncredited)
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944) as plump lady at boardinghouse (uncredited)
The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944) as Maud
Frenchman's Creek (1944)
The Conspirators (1944) as Mrs. Benson (uncredited)
The House of Fear (1945) as Bessie (uncredited)
Molly and Me (1945) as Mrs. Graham
Scotland Yard Investigator (1945) as Emma Todworthy
Kitty (1945) as fishhawker (uncredited)
My Name Is Julia Ross (1945) as Mrs. Mackie
Allotment Wives (1945) as Alice Van Brook
Three Strangers (1946) as Mrs. Proctor
Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946) as Miss Wetherby, school superintendent (uncredited)
To Each His Own (1946) as Miss Pringle
Devotion (1946) as Mrs. Ingraham (uncredited)
Of Human Bondage (1946) as landlady
G.I. War Brides (1946) as Beatrice Moraski
Holiday in Mexico (1946) as Cady Millicent Owen (uncredited)
Sister Kenny (1946) as Matron (uncredited)
The Imperfect Lady (1947) as woman in theater balcony (uncredited)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) as Mrs. Leticia Follinebee
Escape Me Never (1947) as Mrs. Cooper (uncredited)
The Sign of the Ram (1948) as Mrs. Woolton (uncredited)
The Red Danube (1949) as Mrs. Omicron (uncredited)
Challenge to Lassie (1949) as landlady (uncredited)
Adam's Rib (1949) as lady with Attinger kids in court (uncredited)
Tyrant of the Sea (1950) as Elizabeth Blake
Kind Lady (1951) as Rose
Alice in Wonderland (1951) as Rose (voice)
The Son of Dr. Jekyll (1951) as Lottie Sorelle (uncredited)
The Prisoner of Zenda (1952) as Lady Topham (uncredited)
Young Bess (1953) as Mother Jack
The Black Shield of Falworth (1954) as Dame Ellen
A Man Called Peter (1955) as Miss Hopkins (uncredited)
Interrupted Melody (1955) as volunteer worker (uncredited)
The Swan (1956) as Countess Sibenstoyn
Jeanne Eagels (1957) as Mrs. Corliss (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958) (Season 3 Episode 35: "Dip in the Pool") as Emily's Mother
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958) (Season 3 Episode 38: "The Impromptu Murder") as Miss Wilkinson
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958) (Season 4 Episode 8: "Safety for the Witness") as Gun Store Customer
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960) (Season 5 Episode 35: "The Schartz-Metterklume Method") as Nannie
The Time Machine (1960) as Mrs. Watchett
Midnight Lace (1960) as Nora Stanley, the housekeeper
The Notorious Landlady as Lady Fallott
Thriller (1960) as Edith Pringle
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1962) (Season 7 Episode 13: "Silk Petticoat") as Mrs. Boyd
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963) (Season 1 Episode 29: "The Dark Pool") as Andrina Gibbs
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964) (Season 2 Episode 31: "Isabel") as Martha
Mary Poppins (1964) as Depositor (uncredited)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1965) (Season 3 Episode 16: "One of the Family") as Callendars' Maid
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1965) (Season 3 Episode 22: "Thou Still Unravished Bride") as Mother
The Sound of Music (1965) as Baroness Ebberfeld
Rosie! (1967) as Sedalia
References
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1891 births
1968 deaths
British expatriate actresses in the United States
English film actresses
English silent film actresses
English television actresses
English voice actresses
Actresses from Liverpool
Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)
20th-century English actresses
20th-century British businesspeople