Enid Georgiana Stamp Taylor (12 June 1904 – 13 January 1946) was an English actress. Her childhood home was 17, Percy Avenue, in

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, Northumberland, in what is now Tyne and Wear. Taylor first became known when she won a beauty pageant at a young age and this led to parts in musical comedies on stage, including ''

The Cabaret Girl ''The Cabaret Girl'' is a musical comedy in three acts with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by George Grossmith, Jr. and P. G. Wodehouse. It was produced by Grossmith and J. A. E. Malone at the Winter Garden Theatre in London's West ...

'' (1922), in which she was billed as simply "Enid Taylor". She progressed to film, appearing in Alfred Hitchcock's '' Easy Virtue'' (1928), ''

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'' (1934), and ''

The Wicked Lady ''The Wicked Lady'' is a 1945 British costume drama film directed by Leslie Arliss and starring Margaret Lockwood in the title role as a nobleman's wife who becomes a highwayman for the excitement. The film had one of the top audiences for a f ...

'' (1945). The Stamp part of her name was included as a middle name; it was her grandmother's maiden name. Taylor married Sidney Colton and they had a daughter called Robin Anne who was born in 1933. Her marriage to Colton was dissolved in 1936. On 9 January 1946 she fell in the bathroom of her Park Lane flat and suffered a fractured skull. She was unconscious for three days; she woke briefly following two operations at St George's Hospital in Wimbledon to remove a blood clot to her brain, but died on the 13 January, two months after the release of her penultimate film, ''The Wicked Lady''.

Partial filmography

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Land of Hope and Glory "Land of Hope and Glory" is a British patriotic song, with music by Edward Elgar written in 1901 and lyrics by A. C. Benson later added in 1902. Composition The music to which the words of the refrain 'Land of Hope and Glory, &c' below ar ...

'' (1927) - Jane * '' Easy Virtue'' (1928) - Sarah * '' A Little Bit of Fluff'' (1928) - Susie West * ''

Yellow Stockings ''Yellow Stockings'' is a 1928 British drama film directed by Theodore Komisarjevsky and starring Percy Marmont, Enid Stamp-Taylor, Marie Ault, and Georges Galli. It was based on a novel by Wilson McArthur and made at Cricklewood Studios. Pr ...

'' (1928) - Nellie Jackson * ''

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'' (1928) - Betty * '' The Broken Melody'' (1929) - Gloria * ''

Meet My Sister ''Meet My Sister'' is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Jean Daumery and starring Clifford Mollison, Constance Shotter and Enid Stamp-Taylor. It was made at Welwyn Studios as a quota quickie by British International Pictures.Chibnall p.27 ...

'' (1933) - Lulu Marsoc * ''

A Political Party ''A Political Party'' is a 1934 British comedy film directed by Norman Lee and starring Leslie Fuller, John Mills, Enid Stamp-Taylor and Viola Lyel. The screenplay concerns the son of a chimney sweep running for parliament in a by-election. P ...

'' (1934) - Elvira Whitman * '' Gay Love'' (1934) - Marie Hopkins * '' Virginia's Husband'' (1934) - June Haslett * '' The Feathered Serpent'' (1934) - Ella Crewe * ''

Radio Pirates ''Radio Pirates'', also known as ''Big Ben Calling'', is a 1935 British musical film directed by Ivar Campbell and starring Leslie French, Mary Lawson and Enid Stamp-Taylor. It was made at Shepperton Studios.Wood p.83 Cast * Leslie Frenc ...

'' (1935) (also known as 'Big Ben Calling')transmitted in UK, Talking Pictures tv 16 Feb.2017 at 21.10 - Enid * '' So You Won't Talk'' (1935) - Pauline * '' Mr. What's-His-Name?'' (1935) - Corinne Henfield * ''

Jimmy Boy ''Jimmy Boy'' is a 1935 British comedy film directed by John Baxter and starring Jimmy O'Dea, Guy Middleton and Enid Stamp-Taylor. It was made at Cricklewood Studios Cricklewood Studios, also known as the Stoll Film Studios, were British ...

'' (1935) - The Star * ''

While Parents Sleep ''While Parents Sleep'' is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Jean Gillie, Enid Stamp Taylor and Romilly Lunge. The film is a screen adaptation of a 1932 play of the same name by Anthony Kimmins, which had been ...

'' (1935) - Lady Cattering * '' Two Hearts in Harmony'' (1935) - Sheila * ''

'' (1936) - Yvonne * '' Blind Man's Bluff'' (1936) - Sylvia Fairfax * '' House Broken'' (1936) - Cousin Carrie * '' Keep Your Seats, Please'' (1936) - Madame Louise * '' Take a Chance'' (1937) - Cicely Burton * ''

Action for Slander ''Action for Slander'' is a 1937 British drama film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Clive Brook, Ann Todd and Googie Withers. The plot is about an army officer who is falsely accused at cheating at cards by a man whose wife he had an affair ...

'' (1937) - Jenny * '' Underneath the Arches'' (1937) - Dolores * ''

Feather Your Nest ''Feather Your Nest'' is a 1937 British musical comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring George Formby, Polly Ward and Enid Stamp-Taylor. Plot A worker at a gramophone record factory surprisingly creates a hit song, " Leaning on a L ...

'' (1937) - Daphne Randall * '' O-Kay for Sound'' (1937) - Jill Smith - Secretary * '' Talking Feet'' (1937) - Sylvia Shirley * '' Stepping Toes'' (1938) - Mrs. Warrington * ''

Climbing High ''Climbing High'' is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Carol Reed and produced by Michael Balcon with a screenplay by Sonnie Hale, Marion Dix and Lesser Samuels. It stars Jessie Matthews, Michael Redgrave, Noel Madison, Margaret Vyner and ...

'' (1938) - Winnie * '' Old Iron'' (1938) - Eileen Penshaw * '' Blondes for Danger'' (1938) - Valerie * ''

The Lambeth Walk "The Lambeth Walk" is a song from the 1937 musical '' Me and My Girl'' (with book and lyrics by Douglas Furber and L. Arthur Rose and music by Noel Gay). The song takes its name from a local street, Lambeth Walk, once notable for its street mark ...

'' (1939) - Jacqueline * ''

The Girl Who Forgot ''The Girl Who Forgot'' is a 1940 British comedy film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Elizabeth Allan, Ralph Michael and Enid Stamp-Taylor. It was made at the Nettlefold Studios in Walton-on-Thames, based on a play ''The Young Lady in Pi ...

'' (1940) - Caroline Tonbridge * ''

Spring Meeting ''Spring Meeting'' is a 1941 British comedy film directed by Walter C. Mycroft and Norman Lee and starring Enid Stamp-Taylor, Michael Wilding, Basil Sydney and Sarah Churchill. It was based on a 1938 play of the same title by M. J. Farrell ...

'' (1941) - Tiny Fox-Collier * ''

The Farmer's Wife ''The Farmer's Wife'' is a 1928 British silent romantic comedy film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Jameson Thomas, Lillian Hall-Davis and Gordon Harker. It is adapted from a 1916 play of the same name by British novelist, poet an ...

'' (1941) - Mary Hearne * '' South American George'' (1941) - Frances Martinique * '' Hatter's Castle'' (1942) - Nancy * ''

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'' (1942) - Dany * '' Candlelight in Algeria'' (1944) - Maritza * ''

'' (1945) - Lady Kingsclere * '' Caravan'' (1946) - Bertha (final film role)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stamp Taylor, Enid 1904 births 1946 deaths English film actresses English silent film actresses Accidental deaths from falls Accidental deaths in England 20th-century English actresses