ACTOR

Dorothy Davenport

1895 - 1977

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Fannie Dorothy Davenport (March 13, 1895 – October 12, 1977) was an American actress, screenwriter, film director, and producer. Born into a family of film performers, Davenport had her own independent career before her marriage to the film actor and director Wallace Reid in 1913. Reid's star rose steadily, making feature films at a pace of one every seven weeks, until 1919 when a dose of morphine administered for an injury on location grew into an addiction. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dorothy Davenport has received more than 189,327 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Dorothy Davenport is the 8,593rd most popular actor, the 12,676th most popular biography from United States and the 4,016th most popular American Actor.

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  • 16

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  • 2.13

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  • 3.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Dorothy Davenport ranks 8,593 out of 13,578. Before her are Billy Miller, Sean Hayes, Bernard Blancan, Jacqueline Beer, Ebru Özkan, and Claire Keim. After her are Andrea Anders, Dylan Minnette, Charlie Callas, Arbaaz Khan, Tim Gunn, and Virginia Capers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Dorothy Davenport ranks 311. Before her are William Gilmore, Malik Ghulam Muhammad, Richard Cushing, Beattie Ramsay, William Grant Still, and Rex Ingram. After her are Lawrence Shields, John Boles, Frank Fredrickson, Noel Streatfeild, Nat Pendleton, and Willard Rice. Among people deceased in 1977, Dorothy Davenport ranks 274. Before her are Richard Carlson, Gertrude Astor, Norman Thomas Gilroy, Alexander Bustamante, Grațian Sepi, and Eddie "Rochester" Anderson. After her are Allison Hayes, Fannie Lou Hamer, MacKinlay Kantor, Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe, John L. McClellan, and Roop Singh.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dorothy Davenport ranks 12,676 out of 20,380. Before her are Billy Miller (1979), Sean Hayes (1970), Don L. Lind (1930), Hamza Yusuf (1958), Carl Robie (1945), and Michael Mukasey (1941). After her are Andrea Anders (1975), Robert Bork (1927), Walter Payton (1954), Sid Wilson (1977), George S. Boutwell (1818), and Dylan Minnette (1996).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Dorothy Davenport ranks 4,016. Before her are Archie Kao (1969), Lynne Thigpen (1948), Vince Edwards (1928), Sheri Moon Zombie (1970), Billy Miller (1979), and Sean Hayes (1970). After her are Andrea Anders (1975), Dylan Minnette (1996), Charlie Callas (1924), Tim Gunn (1953), Virginia Capers (1925), and Brian Baumgartner (1972).

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Television and Movie Roles

Mothers of Men
Clara Madison
Dorothy Davenport as Clara Madison, a prominent lawyer, wins a judgeship over fellow Attorney Grant Williams, played by Willis L. Robards. Upon winning the prominent position as judge, Ms. Madison finds herself walking a political tight rope with enemies all around doing what they can to cause her down fall. Judge Madison convicts a murderer to death paving the way for her to be easily elected as the first female Governor. As Governor she is faced with a difficult dilemma. She has the power to pardon her husband who has been convicted of a serious crime, but to do so she’d be using her office for her own personal gain. “I must find some way to realize my ideals without sacrificing my husband. I must struggle on somehow for the sake of womanhood!”
Jan 1o 19174 / 10
The Red Kimona
Woman Telling the Story (uncredited)
A woman is abandoned by her lover and prostitution is the only way she has to survive.
Nov 16o 19255.7 / 10
Her Indian Hero
Veda Mead
The Chief's son, Silver Water, returns from college and is met at the station by the tribe. The Indians make merry to celebrate his homecoming. Hal Benton, an easterner, rides on to ask his way to the hotel, where he is stopping with some friends, among them his fiancée, Veda Mead, and her father. Knowing that the Indian ceremonies will interest his friends, Hal obtains permission to come the next day and bring his friends. The Chief calls Morning Star, an Indian maiden, telling his son that she is to be his squaw. Silver Water is pleased with her. The next day Hal Benton and his friends arrive. While the others inspect the camp, Veda Mead amuses herself with Silver Water and ere long is thoroughly infatuated with him, while the Indian's vanity is touched by the attentions of the society coquette, and he promises to meet her the next day. Their little tete-a-tete is cut short by the entrance of Morning Star.
Apr 16o 19126 / 10