Alma Lloyd
| Alma Lloyd | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 3, 1914 Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Died | June 14, 1988 (aged 74) Santa Barbara, California, USA |
| Years active | 1933 - 1941 |
Alma Lloyd (April 3, 1914 in Los Angeles – June 14, 1988 in Santa Barbara) was an American Actress. She is best known for her roles in If I Were King as Colette, Song of the Saddle as Jen Coburn, and The Big Noise as Betty Trent.
Lloyd was the daughter of film director Frank Lloyd. She was the only child of Frank and his wife Alma Haller, who was a vaudeville actress.
On November 11, 1939, she and actor, playwright Franklin Gray were married in Los Angeles. They had met five years earlier on a theater guild production. She left acting to raise a family. She had four children, Christopher who was born in 1942, Antonia born in 1947, Jonathan born in 1951 and Miranda who was born in 1954.
She died on June 14, 1988 aged 74. Her last place of residence was in California.
Her daughter Antonia aka Tonia Guerrero is a retired teacher and translator who as of 2008 was living in Santa Barbara. She has been vocal about preserving the older films as well as introducing Frank Lloyd's films. Two of Alma Lloyd's other children Christopher Gray and Miranda Gray are involved in film. Chris makes documentary fllms and Miranda is a film editor.
Prior to her adult film entry, she had acted on stage and had done reasonably well. She had started out at the Pasadena Community Playhouse. She had also had a couple of acting roles as a child with one in a film that her father was in, playing a villain. In July 1935, she was signed up by Warner Brothers in a long term contract. In late 1935, along with, among others, Kay Linaker, June Travis, Paula Stone, and Marie Wilson, she was picked for stardom. It was predicted that she along with them would be a fully fledged star by 1938. Also that year, she was pictured in the May 22 edition of the Nashua Telegraph presenting a winners trophy to athlete Frank Wykoff.
In an article that ran in the Chicago Daily Tribune, March 13, 1936 edition, she said that her father was a burden to her career. She said that he embarrassed her friends with his questions, checking up on her and asking people such as Guy Kibbee if she had any talent. She also said that his taking her out and showing her off was affecting her studying her lines and doing her rehearsals.
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