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. Reid died in January 1923 at age 31. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dorothy Davenport is the 8,229th most popular actor (up from 8,595th in 2019), the 12,716th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,684th in 2019) and the 3,856th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Dorothy Davenport ranks 8,229 out of 13,578Before her are Zhang Jingchu, Imogene Coca, Erik Everhard, Lilian Bond, Sarah Butler, and Kimberly Williams-Paisley. After her are Lee Garlington, Vladimir Luxuria, Vincent Kartheiser, Dorothy Provine, Danila Kozlovsky, and Jacqueline Obradors.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Dorothy Davenport ranks 307Before her are Margaret Livingston, Richard Cushing, Louise Fazenda, Edward Brophy, Beattie Ramsay, and Alexander Aitken. After her are William Boyd, Michael Arlen, William Grant Still, Sylvia Lance Harper, Whina Cooper, and Frank Fredrickson. Among people deceased in 1977, Dorothy Davenport ranks 277Before her are Alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Fannie Lou Hamer, Freddie Prinze, Gertrude Abercrombie, Sleepy John Estes, and Alfred Lunt. After her are Gertrude Astor, Guy Lombardo, Tom C. Clark, Charlotte Greenwood, Allison Hayes, and MacKinlay Kantor.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dorothy Davenport ranks 12,720 out of 20,380Before her are Sarah Butler (1985), Felix Grundy (1777), David Murray (1955), Larry Johnson (1969), Glen Keane (1954), and Kimberly Williams-Paisley (1971). After her are Lee Garlington (1953), Daniel Manning (1831), Charlie Barnet (1913), Buck Owens (1929), Mandy Rose (1990), and Zion Suzuki (2002).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Dorothy Davenport ranks 3,858Before her are Austin Nichols (1980), Elsie Janis (1889), Carmel Myers (1899), Imogene Coca (1908), Sarah Butler (1985), and Kimberly Williams-Paisley (1971). After her are Lee Garlington (1953), Vincent Kartheiser (1979), Dorothy Provine (1935), Jacqueline Obradors (1966), Julia Jones (1981), and William Boyd (1895).