Dorothy Davenport


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Actress | Director | Writer | Story | Screenplay

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...

Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

Date of Birth: Mar 13, 1895

Date of Death: Oct 12, 1977


Filmography

Actress (8 Known Credits)


Man Hunt

Mrs. Scott

Hellship Bronson

Mrs. Bronson

The Red Kimona

Woman Telling the Story

Human Wreckage

Ethel MacFarland

Mothers of Men

Clara Madison

In Humble Guise

Grace Hunt

A Brave Little Woman

Clara Lyttell

Her Indian Hero

Veda Mead

Man Hunt (1933)
Mrs. Scott
Mrs. Bronson
Woman Telling the Story
Ethel MacFarland
Clara Madison
Grace Hunt
Clara Lyttell
Veda Mead

Director (7 Known Credits)


Director
Director
Sucker Money (1933)
Director
Linda (1929)
Director
Director
Director
Director

Writer (4 Known Credits)


Impact (1949)
Writer
Writer
Writer
Writer

Story (3 Known Credits)


Tomboy

Story

Tomboy (1940)
Story
Story
Story

Screenplay (9 Known Credits)


Rhubarb

Screenplay

Curley

Screenplay

Redhead

Screenplay

On the Spot

Screenplay

Haunted House

Screenplay

Prison Break

Screenplay

Screenplay
Rhubarb (1951)
Screenplay
Screenplay
Curley (1947)
Screenplay
Redhead (1941)
Screenplay
On the Spot (1940)
Screenplay
Haunted House (1940)
Screenplay
Screenplay
Prison Break (1938)
Screenplay

Producer (3 Known Credits)


Producer
Producer
Producer

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