- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- March 13, 1895
- Place of Birth
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Died
- October 12, 1977
Dorothy Davenport
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 call…
Filmography
movieFootsteps in the Fog
1955 · Screenplay
movieRhubarb
1951 · Screenplay
movieImpact
1949 · Writer
movieWho Killed Doc Robbin?
1948 · Screenplay
movieCurley
1947 · Story
movieRedhead
1941 · Screenplay
movieThe Old Swimmin' Hole
1940 · Writer
movieDrums of the Desert
1940 · Screenplay
movieHaunted House
1940 · Screenplay
movieOn the Spot
1940 · Screenplay
movieTomboy
1940 · Story
moviePrison Break
1938 · Screenplay
movieA Bride for Henry
1937 · Producer
movieParadise Isle
1937 · Producer
movieHoneymoon Limited
1935 · Producer, Screenplay
movieWomen Must Dress
1935 · Story, Producer
movieRedhead
1934 · Producer
movieThe Road to Ruin
1934 · Mrs. Merrill (uncredited), Director, Writer
movieThe Woman Condemned
1934 · Director
movieMan Hunt
1933 · Mrs. Scott
movieSucker Money
1933 · Director
movieThe Racing Strain
1932 · Story
movieLinda
1929 · Director
movieHellship Bronson
1928 · Mrs. Bronson
movieThe Satin Woman
1927 · Mrs. Jean Taylor (as Mrs. Wallace Reid)
movieThe Red Kimona
1925 · Woman Telling the Story (uncredited), Director, Writer, Producer
movieBroken Laws
1924 · Joan Allen
movieHuman Wreckage
1923 · Ethel MacFarland, Writer, Producer, Director
movieThe Fighting Chance
1920 · Leila Mortimer
His Extra Bit
movieHis Extra Bit
1918 · The Wife
The Squaw Man's Son
movieThe Squaw Man's Son
1917 · Edith, Lady Effington
movieTreason
1917 · Luella Brysk
movieThe Girl and the Crisis
1917 · Ellen Wilmot
movieThe Scarlet Crystal
1917 · Marie Delys
movieMothers of Men
1917 · Clara Madison
The Wrong Heart
movieThe Wrong Heart
1916
movieThe Devil's Bondwoman
1916 · Beverly Hope
movieBarriers of Society
1916 · Martha Gorham
movieBlack Friday
1916 · Elionor Rossitor
movieThe Unattainable
1916 · Bessie Gale
movieA Yoke of Gold
1916 · Carner
movieThe Way of the World
1916 · Beatrice Farley
movieDoctor Neighbor
1916 · Hazel Rogers
movieThe Unknown
1915 · Nancy Preston
Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo
movieMr. Grex of Monte Carlo
1915 · Grand Duchess Feodora
movieIn Humble Guise
1915 · Grace Hunt
movieThe Test of Manhood
1914 · Ethel Crandall
movieThe Den of Thieves
1914 · Dorothy
movie'Cross the Mexican Line
1914 · Dorothy West
A Wife on a Wager
movieA Wife on a Wager
1914
Love's Western Flight
movieLove's Western Flight
1914 · Dorothy
Passing of the Beast
moviePassing of the Beast
1914 · The Mountie's Wife
The Man Within
movieThe Man Within
1914
The Siren
movieThe Siren
1914 · Renee
The Quack
movieThe Quack
1914 · Mary Rohan
Women and Roses
movieWomen and Roses
1914 · Wallace's Mistress
The Fruit of Evil
movieThe Fruit of Evil
1914
The Skeleton
movieThe Skeleton
1914 · Jack's Wife
The Test
movieThe Test
1914 · The Poor Man's Wife
A Gypsy Romance
movieA Gypsy Romance
1914 · Queen of the Gypsies
Cupid Incognito
movieCupid Incognito
1914 · Angela Graham
movieThe Spider and Her Web
1914
The Way of a Woman
movieThe Way of a Woman
1914 · Dorothy
The Mountaineer
movieThe Mountaineer
1914 · Dorothy - Jim's Sweetheart
movieThe Heart of the Hills
1914 · The Government Detective
The Voice of the Viola
movieThe Voice of the Viola
1914 · Dorothy
Breed o' the Mountains
movieBreed o' the Mountains
1914 · Sue Jarvis
A Flash in the Dark
movieA Flash in the Dark
1914 · Mrs. Randall
The Greater Devotion
movieThe Greater Devotion
1914
Fires of Conscience
movieFires of Conscience
1914 · Ethel
The Wheel of Life
movieThe Wheel of Life
1914 · The Prospector's Wife
The Countess Betty's Mine
movieThe Countess Betty's Mine
1914 · Countess Betty Ardmore
The Intruder
movieThe Intruder
1914 · The Woodsman's Sweetheart
A Hopi Legend
movieA Hopi Legend
1913
The Lightning Bolt
movieThe Lightning Bolt
1913 · Dot
A Cracksman Santa Claus
movieA Cracksman Santa Claus
1913 · Dot
Retribution
movieRetribution
1913 · Dorothy
The Fires of Fate
movieThe Fires of Fate
1913 · Dot - Wally's Sweetheart
The Cracksman's Reformation
movieThe Cracksman's Reformation
1913 · Dorothy
movieThe Revelation
1913 · Mrs. Burns
The Spark of Manhood
movieThe Spark of Manhood
1913 · Maud Brewster
moviePierre of the North
1913 · Mary McKenzie - the Factor's Daughter
movieHis Only Son
1912 · Jessie Carter
movieHer Indian Hero
1912 · Veda Mead
movieA Brave Little Woman
1912 · Clara Lyttell
movieThe Golden Supper
1910 · Flower Girl
The Troublesome Baby
movieThe Troublesome Baby
1910 · Girl at Station
movieA Gold Necklace
1910 · A Friend
movieThe Oath and the Man
1910 · Aristocrat