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 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.
Filmography
The Road to Ruin
as Mrs. Merrill (uncredited)
The Road to Ruin
as Mrs. Merrill (uncredited)
Man Hunt
as Mrs. Scott
Man Hunt
as Mrs. Scott
Hellship Bronson
as Mrs. Bronson
Hellship Bronson
as Mrs. Bronson
The Satin Woman
as Mrs. Jean Taylor (as Mrs. Wallace Reid)
The Satin Woman
as Mrs. Jean Taylor (as Mrs. Wallace Reid)
The Red Kimona
as Woman Telling the Story (uncredited)
The Red Kimona
as Woman Telling the Story (uncredited)
Broken Laws
as Joan Allen
Broken Laws
as Joan Allen
Human Wreckage
as Ethel MacFarland
Human Wreckage
as Ethel MacFarland
The Fighting Chance
as Leila Mortimer
The Fighting Chance
as Leila Mortimer
His Extra Bit
as The Wife
His Extra Bit
as The Wife
The Squaw Man's Son
as Edith, Lady Effington
The Squaw Man's Son
as Edith, Lady Effington
Treason
as Luella Brysk
Treason
as Luella Brysk
The Girl and the Crisis
as Ellen Wilmot
The Girl and the Crisis
as Ellen Wilmot
The Scarlet Crystal
as Marie Delys
The Scarlet Crystal
as Marie Delys
Mothers of Men
as Clara Madison
Mothers of Men
as Clara Madison
The Wrong Heart
The Wrong Heart
The Devil's Bondwoman
as Beverly Hope
The Devil's Bondwoman
as Beverly Hope
Black Friday
as Elionor Rossitor
Black Friday
as Elionor Rossitor
The Unattainable
as Bessie Gale
The Unattainable
as Bessie Gale
A Yoke of Gold
as Carmen
A Yoke of Gold
as Carmen
The Way of the World
as Beatrice Farley
The Way of the World
as Beatrice Farley
Doctor Neighbor
as Hazel Rogers
Doctor Neighbor
as Hazel Rogers
The Unknown
as Nancy Preston
The Unknown
as Nancy Preston
Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo
as Grand Duchess Feodora
Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo
as Grand Duchess Feodora
In Humble Guise
as Grace Hunt
In Humble Guise
as Grace Hunt
The Test of Manhood
as Ethel Crandall
The Test of Manhood
as Ethel Crandall
The Den of Thieves
as Dorothy
The Den of Thieves
as Dorothy
'Cross the Mexican Line
as Dorothy West
'Cross the Mexican Line
as Dorothy West
A Wife on a Wager
A Wife on a Wager
Love's Western Flight
as Dorothy
Love's Western Flight
as Dorothy
Passing of the Beast
as The Mountie's Wife
Passing of the Beast
as The Mountie's Wife
The Siren
as Renee
The Siren
as Renee
The Quack
as Mary Rohan
The Quack
as Mary Rohan
Women and Roses
as Wallace's Mistress
Women and Roses
as Wallace's Mistress
The Fruit of Evil
The Fruit of Evil
The Skeleton
as Jack's Wife
The Skeleton
as Jack's Wife
The Test
as The Poor Man's Wife
The Test
as The Poor Man's Wife
Cupid Incognito
as Angela Graham
Cupid Incognito
as Angela Graham
The Spider and Her Web
The Spider and Her Web
The Way of a Woman
as Dorothy
The Way of a Woman
as Dorothy
The Mountaineer
as Dorothy - Jim's Sweetheart
The Mountaineer
as Dorothy - Jim's Sweetheart
The Heart of the Hills
as The Government Detective
The Heart of the Hills
as The Government Detective
The Voice of the Viola
as Dorothy
The Voice of the Viola
as Dorothy
A Flash in the Dark
as Mrs. Randall
A Flash in the Dark
as Mrs. Randall
Fires of Conscience
as Ethel
Fires of Conscience
as Ethel
The Wheel of Life
as The Prospector's Wife
The Wheel of Life
as The Prospector's Wife
The Countess Betty's Mine
as Countess Betty Ardmore
The Countess Betty's Mine
as Countess Betty Ardmore
The Lightning Bolt
as Dot
The Lightning Bolt
as Dot
A Cracksman Santa Claus
as Dot
A Cracksman Santa Claus
as Dot
The Fires of Fate
as Dot - Wally's Sweetheart
The Fires of Fate
as Dot - Wally's Sweetheart
His Only Son
as Jessie Carter
His Only Son
as Jessie Carter
Her Indian Hero
as Veda Mead
Her Indian Hero
as Veda Mead
The Golden Supper
as Flower Girl
The Golden Supper
as Flower Girl
The Troublesome Baby
as Girl at Station
The Troublesome Baby
as Girl at Station
A Gold Necklace
as A Friend
A Gold Necklace
as A Friend
The Oath and the Man
as Aristocrat
The Oath and the Man
as Aristocrat