Fannie Dorothy Davenport was an American actress, screenwriter, film director, and producer.
19 Facts About Dorothy Davenport
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Dorothy Davenport took her own story as source material and co-produced Human Wreckage, in which she was billed as "Mrs Wallace Reid" and played the role of a drug addict's wife.
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Dorothy Davenport advertised the film in terms of a moral crusade.
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Dorothy Davenport followed its success with other social-conscience films on other topics, Broken Laws and The Red Kimono, with expensive litigation connected with the latter.
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In 1929 Dorothy Davenport directed Linda, a film about a woman who gives up her happiness for the sake of men and social expectations.
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Dorothy Davenport directed her last film in 1934; however, she continued in the film industry in other roles until her last known credit in 1956 as dialogue supervisor of The First Traveling Saleslady.
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Dorothy Davenport was born in Boston, Massachusetts on March 13,1895.
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At age 14, Dorothy Davenport continued in the entertainment industry, doing a type of burlesque.
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Dorothy Davenport began her career with the Nestor Film Company, later acquired by Universal Pictures.
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Dorothy Davenport's first known film appearance was in Life Cycle in a supporting role.
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Dorothy Davenport was a talented horsewoman and did many of her own stunts in films.
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On June 18,1917, Dorothy Davenport gave birth to her first son, Wallace Reid Jr.
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The birth of her son caused Dorothy Davenport to take a step back from her career to become a full-time mother.
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Dorothy Davenport took Human Wreckage on a roadshow engagement with personal appearances, followed up with another "social conscience" picture about excessive mother-love called Broken Laws in 1924, again billed as "Mrs Wallace Reid".
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Dorothy Davenport then produced The Red Kimono about white slavery.
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Dorothy Davenport later continued in the social-consciousness line with films Linda, Sucker Money, Road to Ruin, and The Woman Condemned, and worked as a producer, writer, and dialogue director.
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Dorothy Davenport gave the print to an organization planning a museum.
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The museum plans fell through, and Dorothy Davenport's last remaining print of Wally's favorite movie was lost.
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Dorothy Davenport is interred with her husband at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale.