Dorothy Davenport

Personal Info

Birthday

March 13, 1895

Day of Death

1977-10-12

(82 years old)

Place of Birth

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Also Known As

Fannie Dorothy Davenport

Dorothy Reid

Dot Reid

Mrs. Wallace Reid

Dorothy Davenport

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.

Known For

The Red Kimona

A Gold Necklace

The Road to Ruin

The Test of Manhood

Her Indian Hero

Human Wreckage

Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo

Man Hunt

Filmography

1934
The Road to Ruin
as Mrs. Merrill (uncredited)
1933
Man Hunt
as Mrs. Scott
1928
Hellship Bronson
as Mrs. Bronson
1927
The Satin Woman
as Mrs. Jean Taylor (as Mrs. Wallace Reid)
1925
The Red Kimona
as Woman Telling the Story (uncredited)
1924
Broken Laws
as Joan Allen
1923
Human Wreckage
as Ethel MacFarland
1920
The Fighting Chance
as Leila Mortimer
1918
His Extra Bit
as The Wife
1917
The Squaw Man's Son
as Edith, Lady Effington
Treason
as Luella Brysk
The Girl and the Crisis
as Ellen Wilmot
The Scarlet Crystal
as Marie Delys
Mothers of Men
as Clara Madison
1916
The Devil's Bondwoman
as Beverly Hope
Barriers of Society
as Martha Gorham
Black Friday
as Elionor Rossitor
The Unattainable
as Bessie Gale
A Yoke of Gold
as Carner
The Way of the World
as Beatrice Farley
Doctor Neighbor
as Hazel Rogers
1915
The Unknown
as Nancy Preston
Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo
as Grand Duchess Feodora
In Humble Guise
as Grace Hunt
1914
The Test of Manhood
as Ethel Crandall
The Den of Thieves
as Dorothy
'Cross the Mexican Line
as Dorothy West
Love's Western Flight
as Dorothy
Passing of the Beast
as The Mountie's Wife
The Siren
as Renee
The Quack
as Mary Rohan
Women and Roses
as Wallace's Mistress
The Skeleton
as Jack's Wife
The Test
as The Poor Man's Wife
A Gypsy Romance
as Queen of the Gypsies
Cupid Incognito
as Angela Graham
The Way of a Woman
as Dorothy
The Mountaineer
as Dorothy - Jim's Sweetheart
The Heart of the Hills
as The Government Detective
The Voice of the Viola
as Dorothy
Breed o' the Mountains
as Sue Jarvis
A Flash in the Dark
as Mrs. Randall
Fires of Conscience
as Ethel
The Wheel of Life
as The Prospector's Wife
The Countess Betty's Mine
as Countess Betty Ardmore
The Intruder
as The Woodsman's Sweetheart
1913
The Lightning Bolt
as Dot
A Cracksman Santa Claus
as Dot
Retribution
as Dorothy
The Fires of Fate
as Dot - Wally's Sweetheart
The Cracksman's Reformation
as Dorothy
The Revelation
as Mrs. Burns
The Spark of Manhood
as Maud Brewster
Pierre of the North
as Mary McKenzie - the Factor's Daughter
1912
His Only Son
as Jessie Carter
Her Indian Hero
as Veda Mead
A Brave Little Woman
as Clara Lyttell
1910
The Golden Supper
as Flower Girl
A Gold Necklace
as A Friend
The Oath and the Man
as Aristocrat