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Portrait of Dorothy Davenport

Acting

Dorothy Davenport

Career

Active from 1910 to 1955, busiest in 1914 with 22 main titles.

Leading roles
54
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score55/100
Highest rated
Poster for Prison Break
Prison Break
GoodWatch score70/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 7 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Dorothy Davenport Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.3, average 5.4
  • Family Dynamics
    2.7, average 4.8
  • Coming of Age
    1.6, average 3.0
  • Pop Culture
    0.9, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Early Cinema 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Historical Setting 2
  • Dream Sequence 2
  • Psychological Drama 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Silent Era Drama 2
  • Class Conflict 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

82
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1950s

2 titles Β· average score 65
Footsteps in the Fog
Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
GoodWatch score 70

Screenplay

Rhubarb
Rhubarb (1951)
GoodWatch score 60

Screenplay

1940s

9 titles Β· average score 54
Impact
Impact (1949)
GoodWatch score 65

Writer

Who Killed Doc Robbin?
Who Killed Doc Robbin? (1948)
GoodWatch score 44

Screenplay

Curley
Curley (1947)

Story

Redhead
Redhead (1941)

Screenplay

Drums of the Desert
Drums of the Desert (1940)

Screenplay

The Old Swimmin' Hole
The Old Swimmin' Hole (1940)

Writer

Haunted House
Haunted House (1940)
GoodWatch score 52

Screenplay

On the Spot
On the Spot (1940)

Screenplay

Tomboy
Tomboy (1940)

Story

1930s

11 titles Β· average score 51
Prison Break
Prison Break (1938)
GoodWatch score 70

Screenplay

A Bride for Henry
A Bride for Henry (1937)
GoodWatch score 59

Producer

Paradise Isle
Paradise Isle (1937)

Producer

Honeymoon Limited
Honeymoon Limited (1935)

Screenplay, Producer

Women Must Dress
Women Must Dress (1935)

Story, Producer

The Woman Condemned
The Woman Condemned (1934)
GoodWatch score 45

Director

The Road to Ruin
The Road to Ruin (1934)
GoodWatch score 31

as Mrs. Merrill (uncredited)

Redhead
Redhead (1934)

Producer

Sucker Money
Sucker Money (1933)

Director

Man Hunt
Man Hunt (1933)

as Mrs. Scott

The Racing Strain
The Racing Strain (1932)

Story

1920s

7 titles Β· average score 61
Linda
Linda (1929)

Director

Hellship Bronson
Hellship Bronson (1928)

as Mrs. Bronson

The Satin Woman
The Satin Woman (1927)

as Mrs. Jean Taylor (as Mrs. Wallace Reid)

The Red Kimona
The Red Kimona (1925)
GoodWatch score 61

as Woman Telling the Story (uncredited)

Broken Laws
Broken Laws (1924)

as Joan Allen

Human Wreckage
Human Wreckage (1923)

as Ethel MacFarland

The Fighting Chance
The Fighting Chance (1920)

as Leila Mortimer

1910s

53 titles
Mothers of Men
Mothers of Men (1917)

as Clara Madison

The Way of the World
The Way of the World (1916)

as Beatrice Farley

The Unknown
The Unknown (1915)

as Nancy Preston

In Humble Guise
In Humble Guise (1915)

as Grace Hunt

'Cross the Mexican Line
'Cross the Mexican Line (1914)

as Dorothy West

The Test of Manhood
The Test of Manhood (1914)

as Ethel Crandall

The Test
The Test (1914)

as The Poor Man's Wife

Her Indian Hero
Her Indian Hero (1912)

as Veda Mead

A Brave Little Woman
A Brave Little Woman (1912)

as Clara Lyttell

The Golden Supper
The Golden Supper (1910)

as Flower Girl

A Gold Necklace
A Gold Necklace (1910)

as A Friend

The Troublesome Baby
The Troublesome Baby (1910)

as Girl at Station