Dorothy Boyd
Actress (1907-1996) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 89
Dorothy Boyd was an English film actress. She appeared in more than 30 films between 1926 and 1940. She was born in Sanderstead, Surrey, England and died in England.
Dorothy Boyd is read about 5 times a day, in 8 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 12 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
Lonely RoadFilm, 1936Palais Hostess (uncredited)1935
Inside the RoomFilm, Dorothy Ayres1934Lily of KillarneyFilm, Norah Cregeen1933A Shot in the DarkFilm, Alaris Browne1931
Love LiesFilm, Joyce
The Sport of KingsFilm, 1931Dulcie Primrose1930
Birds of PreyFilm, Mollie Cunningham1929
Auld Lang SyneFilm, Jill Bray1928
Easy VirtueFilm, Hilda Whittaker
The Constant NymphFilm, 1928Pauline Sanger1927
Somehow GoodFilm, Sally1907Born14 April 1907People around Dorothy
Close ties
- Adrian Brunel Directed Two Wives for Henry (1933)
Margaret Yarde Also in Third Time Lucky and A Shot in the Dark
Basil Dean Directed Birds of Prey (1930)
Alfred Hitchcock Directed Easy Virtue (1928)
Michael Powell Directed Rynox (1932)
Benita Hume Also in Easy Virtue and The Constant Nymph
Michael Balcon Produced Easy Virtue (1928)
John Longden Also in The Ball of Fortune and Rynox
Lupino Lane Directed Love Lies and The Love Race
Arthur Maude Directed Toni (1928)- Franklin Dyall Also in Easy Virtue and Called Back
Stewart Rome Also in Somehow Good and Rynox
Syd Crossley Also in Everything Is Rhythm (1936)
Clarissa Selwynne Also in Everything in Life (1936)
Wallace Lupino Also in Love Lies and The Love Race- Leslie Perrins Also in The House of Unrest (1931)
- Stanley Lupino Also in The Love Race (1931)
Filmography 26
About this person
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).
