Dorothy Davenport
Birthday
1895/03/13
Day of death
1977/10/12 (82 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Also know as
Fannie Dorothy Davenport, Dorothy Reid, Dot Reid, Mrs. Wallace Reid
Biography
Dorothy Davenport (March 13, 1895 – October 12, 1977) was an American actress, screenwriter, film director, and producer who appeared in silent film for Biograph Studios under the direction of D.W. Griffith. While filming on location in Oregon for The Valley of the Giants (1919), Wallace Reid was injured in a train wreck. As a remedy for the pain from this injury, studio doctors administered large doses of morphine to Reid to which he became addicted. Reid's health slowly grew worse over the ne...Read more
Acting
(1920) The Fighting Chance
as Leila Mortimer
(1913) Pierre of the North
as Mary McKenzie - the Factor's Daughter
(1912) His Only Son
as Jessie Carter
(1914) The Heart of the Hills
as The Government Detective
(1914) The Wheel of Life
as The Prospector's Wife
(1914) Fires of Conscience
as Ethel
(1914) The Greater Devotion
as ---
(1914) A Flash in the Dark
as Mrs. Randall
(1914) Breed o' the Mountains
as Sue Jarvis
(1914) The Voice of the Viola
as Dorothy
(1914) The Way of a Woman
as Dorothy
(1914) The Mountaineer
as Dorothy - Jim's Sweetheart
(1914) The Spider and Her Web
as ---
(1914) Cupid Incognito
as Angela Graham
(1914) A Gypsy Romance
as Queen of the Gypsies
(1914) The Test
as The Poor Man's Wife
(1914) The Test of Manhood
as Ethel Crandall
(1914) The Skeleton
as Jack's Wife
(1914) The Fruit of Evil
as ---
(1914) Women and Roses
as Wallace's Mistress
(1914) The Quack
as Mary Rohan
(1914) The Siren
as Renee
(1914) The Man Within
as ---
(1914) Passing of the Beast
as The Mountie's Wife
(1913) The Spark of Manhood
as ---
(1913) The Cracksman's Reformation
as Dorothy
(1913) The Fires of Fate
as Dot - Wally's Sweetheart
(1913) Retribution
as Dorothy
(1913) A Cracksman Santa Claus
as Dot
(1913) The Lightning Bolt
as Dot
(1913) A Hopi Legend
as ---
(1914) The Intruder
as The Woodsman's Sweetheart
(1914) The Countess Betty's Mine
as Countess Betty Ardmore
(1914) Love's Western Flight
as Dorothy
(1916) The Wrong Heart
as ---
(1914) A Wife on a Wager
as ---
(1914) 'Cross the Mexican Line
as Dorothy West
(1914) The Den of Thieves
as Dorothy
(1917) The Squaw Man's Son
as Edith, Lady Effington
(1918) His Extra Bit
as The Wife
(1915) Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo
as Grand Duchess Feodora
(1913) The Revelation
as Mrs. Burns
(1928) Hellship Bronson
as Mrs. Bronson
(1915) In Humble Guise
as Grace Hunt
(1925) The Red Kimona
as Woman Telling the Story (uncredited)
(1917) Mothers of Men
as Clara Madison
(1912) A Brave Little Woman
as Clara Lyttell
(1927) The Satin Woman
as Mrs. Jean Taylor (as Mrs. Wallace Reid)
(1933) Man Hunt
as Mrs. Scott
(1912) Her Indian Hero
as Veda Mead
(1923) Human Wreckage
as Ethel MacFarland
(1916) The Unattainable
as Bessie Gale
(1917) Treason
as Luella Brysk
(1917) The Girl and the Crisis
as Ellen Wilmot
(1915) The Unknown
as Nancy Preston
(1916) The Devil's Bondwoman
as Beverly Hope
(1916) The Way of the World
as Beatrice Farley
(1916) Black Friday
as Elionor Rossitor
(1916) Barriers of Society
as Martha Gorham
(1916) A Yoke of Gold
as Carner
(1910) A Gold Necklace
as A Friend
(1916) Doctor Neighbor
as Hazel Rogers
(1910) The Golden Supper
as Flower Girl
(1924) Broken Laws
as Joan Allen
(1917) The Scarlet Crystal
as Marie Delys
(1934) The Road to Ruin
as Mrs. Merrill (uncredited)