Dorothy Boyd

Dorothy Boyd
Dorothy Boyd.
Born	14 April 1907(1907-04-14) Sanderstead, England
Died	1996 (aged 88–89) England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1926 – 1940

Dorothy Boyd (14 April 1907 – 1996) was an English film actress. She appeared in 38 films between 1926 and 1940. She was born in Sanderstead, Surrey and died in England.

Career

Without any previous stage experience, she came to films when she appeared in three short films made in the Phonofilm sound-on-film process, Knee Deep in Daisies (1926), The Sentence of Death (1927), and The Burglar and the Girl (1928). A director was impressed by her and brought her to the notice of Alfred Hitchcock who cast her in his feature Easy Virtue (1928).

Selected filmography

• The Ball of Fortune (1926)
• The Constant Nymph (1928)
• Easy Virtue (1928)
• Auld Lang Syne (1929)
• The Sport of Kings (1931)
• Third Time Lucky (1931)
• Rynox (1932)
• The Iron Stair (1933)
• A Shot in the Dark (1933)
• Virginia's Husband (1934)
• It Happened in Paris (1935)
• Pearls Bring Tears (1937)
• Shadowed Eyes (1940)

External links

• Dorothy Boyd at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Boyd, Dorothy
Alternative names
Short description	Actress
Date of birth	14 April 1907
Place of birth	Sanderstead, England
Date of death	1996
Place of death	England