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Dorothy Davenport‌

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Dorothy Davenport

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Dorothy Davenport

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1895-03-13

Popularity

star2.3

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 next few years, and he died of the addiction in 1923. After Reid's death, Davenport and Thomas Ince co-produced the film Human Wreckage (1923) with James Kirkwood, Sr., Bessie Love and Lucille Ricksen, a film that dealt with the dangers of narcotics addiction. Davenport took Human Wreckage on a roadshow engagement, followed up with another "social conscience" picture about excessive mother-love called Broken Laws in 1924, again billed as "Mrs. Wallace Reid" to capitalize on her husband's notorious death. She then produced The Red Kimona (1925) about white slavery. On screen she opens the film in silent narration or prologue. The details of the latter film were so realistic that Davenport was successfully sued. She would later direct Linda (1929), Sucker Money (1933), Road to Ruin (1934), and The Woman Condemned (1934) and worked as a producer, writer, and dialogue director. Among her last credits are co-author of the screenplay for Footsteps in the Fog (1955), and as dialogue director for The First Traveling Saleslady (1956) with Ginger Rogers. She and husband Wallace Reid had two children. She was married to him until his death on January 18, 1923. She never remarried. Dorothy Davenport died at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in 1977 in Woodland Hills, California. She is interred with her husband in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dorothy Davenport, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movie Credits

The Fighting Chance

The Fighting Chance‌
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calendar 1920

Pierre of the North

Pierre of the North‌
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calendar 1913

His Only Son

His Only Son‌
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calendar 1912

The Heart of the Hills

The Heart of the Hills‌
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calendar 1914

Fires of Conscience

Fires of Conscience‌
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calendar 1914

The Wheel of Life

The Wheel of Life‌
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calendar 1914

The Greater Devotion

The Greater Devotion‌
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calendar 1914

A Flash in the Dark

A Flash in the Dark‌
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calendar 1914

Breed o' the Mountains

Breed o' the Mountains‌
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calendar 1914

The Test

The Test‌
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calendar 1914

The Mountaineer

The Mountaineer‌
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calendar 1914

The Way of a Woman

The Way of a Woman‌
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calendar 1914

The Spider and Her Web

The Spider and Her Web‌
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calendar 1914

The Voice of the Viola

The Voice of the Viola‌
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calendar 1914

The Test of Manhood

The Test of Manhood‌
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calendar 1914

Cupid Incognito

Cupid Incognito‌
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calendar 1914

A Gypsy Romance

A Gypsy Romance‌
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calendar 1914

The Skeleton

The Skeleton‌
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calendar 1914

The Fruit of Evil

The Fruit of Evil‌
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calendar 1914

The Quack

The Quack‌
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calendar 1914

Women and Roses

Women and Roses‌
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calendar 1914

The Siren

The Siren‌
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calendar 1914

The Man Within

The Man Within‌
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calendar 1914

Passing of the Beast

Passing of the Beast‌
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calendar 1914

The Spark of Manhood

The Spark of Manhood‌
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calendar 1913

The Cracksman's Reformation

The Cracksman's Reformation‌
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calendar 1913

The Fires of Fate

The Fires of Fate‌
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calendar 1913

Retribution

Retribution‌
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calendar 1913

A Hopi Legend

A Hopi Legend‌
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calendar 1913

The Lightning Bolt

The Lightning Bolt‌
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calendar 1913

A Cracksman Santa Claus

A Cracksman Santa Claus‌
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calendar 1913

The Intruder

The Intruder‌
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calendar 1914

The Countess Betty's Mine

The Countess Betty's Mine‌
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calendar 1914

Love's Western Flight

Love's Western Flight‌
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calendar 1914

The Wrong Heart

The Wrong Heart‌
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calendar 1916

'Cross the Mexican Line

'Cross the Mexican Line‌
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calendar 1914

A Wife on a Wager

A Wife on a Wager‌
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calendar 1914

The Den of Thieves

The Den of Thieves‌
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calendar 1914

The Squaw Man's Son

The Squaw Man's Son‌
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calendar 1917

His Extra Bit

His Extra Bit‌
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calendar 1918

Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo

Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo‌
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calendar 1915

The Revelation

The Revelation‌
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calendar 1913

Hellship Bronson

Hellship Bronson‌
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calendar 1928

In Humble Guise

In Humble Guise‌
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calendar 1915

The Red Kimona

The Red Kimona‌
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calendar 1925

Mothers of Men

Mothers of Men‌
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calendar 1917

A Brave Little Woman

A Brave Little Woman‌
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calendar 1912

The Satin Woman

The Satin Woman‌
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calendar 1927

Man Hunt

Man Hunt‌
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calendar 1933

Her Indian Hero

Her Indian Hero‌
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calendar 1912

Human Wreckage

Human Wreckage‌
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calendar 1923

The Unattainable

The Unattainable‌
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calendar 1916

Treason

Treason‌
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calendar 1917

The Girl and the Crisis

The Girl and the Crisis‌
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calendar 1917

The Unknown

The Unknown‌
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calendar 1915

The Devil's Bondwoman

The Devil's Bondwoman‌
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calendar 1916

The Way of the World

The Way of the World‌
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calendar 1916

Black Friday

Black Friday‌
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calendar 1916

Barriers of Society

Barriers of Society‌
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calendar 1916

A Yoke of Gold

A Yoke of Gold‌
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calendar 1916

A Gold Necklace

A Gold Necklace‌
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calendar 1910

Doctor Neighbor

Doctor Neighbor‌
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calendar 1916

The Golden Supper

The Golden Supper‌
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calendar 1910

Broken Laws

Broken Laws‌
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calendar 1924

The Scarlet Crystal

The Scarlet Crystal‌
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calendar 1917

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