Dorothy Davenport

Actor + Film Director

Female

Born Mar 13, 1895

Hometown Boston, Massachus...

Died Oct 12, 1977

Death Place Los Angeles, Cali...

Dorothy Davenport was an American actress, screenwriter, film director, and producer who appeared in silent film for Biograph Studios under the direction of D.W. Griffith.

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Wallace Reid
Married 1912 - 1923
Howard Hawks
Fling

Family

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Dorothy Davenport

d.1977

parents

Harry Davenport
Father, d.1949

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Davenport, Smith Wilkes Barre Times Leader
Google News - Jun 12, 2011

He is the grandson of Joyce Sralik and Dorothy Davenport, both of Wilkes-Barre. The bride, escorted by her father, chose her twin sister, Kelly Smith, as her maid of honor. Bridesmaids were her sisters, Sarah and Rebecca Smith; sister of the groom,
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'Wally: The True Wallace Reid Story' La Canyon News
Google News - Jun 11, 2011

Dorothy Davenport, his wife and a beautiful star in her own right, remained faithfully by his side while he wrestled with the demons that threatened to take his life. The author makes such a magnificent and successful effort at tackling the life of one
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Home Video; Women's Work In The Silent Era
NYTimes - Sep 15, 2000

New VHS and DVD editions of ''This Is Spinal Tap,'' Rob Reiner's 1984 parody of a rock documentary, were released on Tuesday, but some of the better entertainment issued this week can be found in two new series from the silent era: ''First Ladies: Early Women Filmmakers 1915-25'' from Kino and ''Equal Time: The Women of Cinema'' from Milestone Good
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Weddings; Monica Azare, David Davenport
NYTimes - Sep 03, 2000

Monica Faye Azare, a daughter of Dorothy Davenport of Abbeville, La., and Calvin Azare of Lafayette, La., is to be married today to David Glen Davenport, a son of Mr. and Mrs. William G. Davenport of New York. The Rev. E. James Guidry, a Baptist minister, is to perform the ceremony in the chapel at Vermilionville, a Cajun and Creole living history
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1895 Birth Born on March 13, 1895.

TEENAGE

1913 18 Years Old They married on October 13, 1913.

TWENTIES

1916 21 Years Old Davenport and Reid continued to work together as he directed and starred with her in two films per week for the next year. When Wallace left Universal, Dorothy also left films, only to return in 1916 to appear in a small number of movies. … Read More

1923 28 Years Old She and husband Wallace Reid had two children. She was married to him until his death on 18 January 1923. She never remarried. Dorothy Davenport died at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in 1977 in Woodland Hills, California. … Read More

1924 29 Years Old 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. … Read More

LATE ADULTHOOD

1977 83 Years Old Died on October 12, 1977.

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