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