Alice Davenport

American actress (1864–1936)

Harry Davenport

(m. 1893; div. 1896)

Edwin H. Morse

(died 1936)

ChildrenDorothy Davenport

Alice Davenport (née Shepphard; February 29, 1864 – June 24, 1936) was an American film actress. She appeared in 140 films from 1911 to 1930.

She was born Alice Shepphard in New York City, and died in Los Angeles. She made her stage debut at age 5.^[1] Davenport married silent actor, director, and talkie character actor Harry Davenport. They divorced in 1896. Actress Dorothy Davenport was their daughter.^[2] She married, secondly, to Edwin H. Morse.^[3]

Selected filmography

At It Again (1912)
That Ragtime Band (1913)
Passions, He Had Three (1913)
The Telltale Light (1913)
The Riot (1913)
Mabel's Dramatic Career (1913)
Mother's Boy (1913)
A Quiet Little Wedding (1913)
A Ride for a Bride (1913)
Some Nerve (1913)
He Would a Hunting Go (1913)
The Under-Sheriff (1914)
A Robust Romeo (1914)
Making a Living (1914)
Mabel's Strange Predicament (1914)
The Star Boarder (1914)
Caught in a Cabaret (1914)
Caught in the Rain (1914)
The Property Man (1914)
Gentlemen of Nerve (1914)
Fatty's Wine Party (1914)
The Sea Nymphs (1914)
Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914) as Guest
Mabel and Fatty's Married Life (1915)
Rum and Wall Paper (1915)
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day (1915)
Mabel, Fatty and the Law (1915)
That Little Band of Gold (1915)
Wished on Mabel (1915)
Mabel's Wilful Way (1915)
Fickle Fatty's Fall (1915)
Fatty and the Broadway Stars (1915)
Ramona (1916)
Luke Wins Ye Ladye Faire (1917)
Little Red Decides (1918)
Spotlight Sadie (1919)
Skirts (1921)
Oh, Mabel Behave (1922)
The Show (1922)
The Legend of Hollywood (1924)
Unmarried Wives (1924)

References

^ White, Wendy Warwick (2007). Ford Sterling: The Life and Films. McFarland. pp. 26–27. ISBN 9780786482207. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
^ "Dorothy Davenport". The Movie Magazine. 2 (3). Movie Magazine Publishing Company, Incorporated: 83. December 1915. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
^ "Stage manager taken by death". Spokane Chronicle. Washington, Spokane. Associated Press. August 23, 1951. p. 26. Retrieved June 27, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.