Dorothy Boyd (14 April 1907 – 1996) was an English film actress. She appeared in more than 30 films between 1926 and 1940. She was born in

Sanderstead Sanderstead is a village and medieval-founded church parish at the southern end of Croydon in south London, England, within the London Borough of Croydon, and formerly in the historic county of Surrey, until 1965. It takes in Purley Downs and S ...

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, England and died in England. Without any previous stage experience, she came to films when she appeared in three short films made in the

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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 Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English film director. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 featu ...

who cast her in his feature '' Easy Virtue'' (1928).

Selected filmography

* '' The Ball of Fortune'' (1926) * '' Somehow Good'' (1927) * '' The Constant Nymph'' (1928) * '' Love's Option'' (1928) * '' Easy Virtue'' (1928) * ''

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'' (1929) * ''

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'' (1930) * '' Love Lies'' (1931) * '' The Sport of Kings'' (1931) * '' The Girl in the Night'' (1931) * '' The House of Unrest'' (1931) * '' Third Time Lucky'' (1931) * '' Rynox'' (1932) * '' The Iron Stair'' (1933) * '' Called Back'' (1933) * '' Two Wives for Henry'' (1933) * '' A Shot in the Dark'' (1933) * '' Virginia's Husband'' (1934) * '' Oh No Doctor!'' (1934) * '' Lily of Killarney'' (1934) * '' It Happened in Paris'' (1935) * '' Inside the Room'' (1935) * '' The Ace of Spades'' (1935) * ''

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'' (1936) * '' Everything in Life'' (1936) * '' A Touch of the Moon'' (1936) * '' Pearls Bring Tears'' (1937) * '' Shadowed Eyes'' (1940)

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* 1907 births 1996 deaths English film actresses English silent film actresses People from Sanderstead 20th-century English actresses Actors from the London Borough of Croydon Actresses from Surrey {{England-film-actor-stub