Mildred Davis
Mildred Hillary Davis (February 22, 1901 – August 18, 1969) was an American actress who appeared in many of Harold Lloyd's classic silent comedies and eventually married him.
The daughter of Howard Beckett Davis, she was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and educated at the Friends School in Philadelphia. After several years spent studying, she traveled to Los Angeles in the hopes of securing a role in a film. After appearing in several small roles, she caught the attention of Hal Roach, who pointed her out to comedian Lloyd. He was looking for a leading lady to replace Bebe Daniels, and cast Davis in his comedy short From Hand to Mouth in 1919. It would be the first of fifteen films they would star in together.
On February 10, 1923, she married Lloyd. After their marriage, Lloyd announced that Davis would not appear in any more motion pictures. After much persuasion on Davis' part, and much grief, she received Lloyd's consent for her return to the screen in Too Many Crooks, which Lloyd produced through his production company. It was the only acting role she undertook after her marriage.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 8.422 |
Birthday | 1901-02-22 |
Place of Birth | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
Also Known As | Mildred Hillary Davis, |
1922
Grandma's Boy
6.455/43
A meek young man must find the courage within when a rogue tramp menaces his hometown.
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Grandma's Boy
1923
Safety Last!
7.772/482
When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself.
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Safety Last!
1920
An Eastern Westerner
6.9/35
A young man in New York has exasperated his father because of his constant carousing and irresponsibility, so his father sends him to his uncle's ranc...
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An Eastern Westerner
1922
Dr. Jack
6.8/30
Country doctor Jack Jackson is called in to treat the Sick-Little-Well-Girl, who has been making Dr. Saulsbourg and his sanitarium very rich after yea...
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Dr. Jack
1919
From Hand to Mouth
6.5/27
As a penniless man worries about how he will manage to eat, he is joined by a young waif and her dog, who are in the same predicament. Meanwhile, acro...
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From Hand to Mouth
1921
Never Weaken
6.8/40
Our hero is infatuated with a girl in the next office. In order to drum up business for her boss, an osteopath, he gets an actor friend to pretend inj...
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Never Weaken
1920
Number, Please?
6.6/25
While at an amusement park, trying vainly to forget the girl he has lost, a young man sees the girl with her new boyfriend. When her dog gets loose in...
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Number, Please?
1921
A Sailor-Made Man
6.3/17
An idle, wealthy playboy foolishly joins the Navy when the father of the girl he wants to marry tells him to get a job to prove himself worthy.
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A Sailor-Made Man
1920
High and Dizzy
6.6/32
A tipsy doctor encounters his patient sleepwalking on a building ledge, high above the street.
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High and Dizzy
1921
I Do
5.7/21
Comic adventures of newlyweds and children.
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I Do
1921
Now or Never
6.1/21
A young man, unaccustomed to children, must accompany a young girl on a train trip.
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Now or Never
1920
Get Out and Get Under
6.3/18
The comic adventures of a new car owner.
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Get Out and Get Under
1921
Among Those Present
5.8/18
An ambitious coat-room checker impersonates an English nobleman.
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Among Those Present
1920
His Royal Slyness
5.8/22
A young adventurer trades places with a European prince and falls in love above his station.
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His Royal Slyness
1920
Haunted Spooks
6.176/34
After numerous failed attempts to commit suicide, our hero (Lloyd) runs into a lawyer who is looking for a stooge to stand in as a groom in order to s...
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Haunted Spooks
1919
Call for Mr. Caveman
4.5/2
A giant cave man kidnaps beautiful Adorable from the cave clan and the man who rescues her can have her hand and a new suit of clothes.
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Call for Mr. Caveman
1919
Looking for Trouble
5.2/2
Snub plays a rich guy who wants to impress the ladies with his virility. So he pays a tough boxer to take a dive in a staged fight, though the fight d...
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Looking for Trouble
1919
How Dry I Am
0/0
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How Dry I Am
1962
Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy
7.3/3
Hilarious scenes from his silent and sound films as compiled and produced by Harold Lloyd himself.
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Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy
1917
Her Fractured Voice
5/1
Released June 11, 1917, Her Fractured Voice is a one-reel Black Diamond Comedy filmed and produced by the United States Motion Picture Corporation (US...
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Her Fractured Voice
1918
Bud's Recruit
4.9/4
This WWI home-front comedy is the earliest surviving film of King Vidor, who would later go on to make such classics as The Big Parade and The Crowd....
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Bud's Recruit
1919
All Wrong
4.5/2
Salesman Warren Kent develops the idea of "The Unending Courtship" and manages to convince his new wife Betty of his theory, which entails their livin...
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All Wrong
1919
All at Sea
0/0
Sailor 'Snub' Pollard on 'beach leave'.
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All at Sea
1923
Condemned
0/0
Unable to pay train fare for a pet, a girl disguises her dog as a baby. It is later mistaken for a kidnapped baby.
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Condemned
1917
What'll We Do with Uncle?
0/0
A comedy short featuring Mildred Davis
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What'll We Do with Uncle?
1918
A Weaver of Dreams
0/0
A Weaver of Dreams is a lost silent film directed by Edison's John H. Collins
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A Weaver of Dreams
1917
Fighting Mad
1/1
Doctor Lambert takes his wife west to a mining town, where he can both minister and doctor. His wife is not happy and upon discovering she is pregnant...
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Fighting Mad
1916
Marriage a la Carte
0/0
The first film featuring Mildred Davis
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Marriage a la Carte
1919
Start Something
0/0
A comedy short featuring Mildred Davis.
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Start Something
1919
Order in the Court
0/0
A comedy short starring Mildred Davis & 'Snub' Pollard
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Order in the Court
1919
Giving the Bride Away
0/0
A comedy short starring Mildred Davis & 'Snub' Pollard
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Giving the Bride Away
1919
It's a Hard Life
0/0
'Snub' Pollard, Mildred Davis, and Gaylord Lloyd in another comedy short.
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It's a Hard Life
1919
The Floor Below
5/2
Snub Pollard and his friend are clearly under their wives thumbs. But his grandfather turns up and tells them to assert themselves, which they do. Her...
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The Floor Below
1920
Red Hot Hottentotts
0/0
'Snub' Pollard stars in this 1920's comedy short.
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Red Hot Hottentotts
1919
Tough Luck
0/0
A comedy short featuring Sunshine Sammy Morrison.
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Tough Luck
1927
Too Many Crooks
0/0
Too Many Crooks is a lost 1927 American comedy silent film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer, written by E.J. Rath and Rex Taylor, and starring Mildred Dav...
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Too Many Crooks
1923
Temporary Marriage
0/0
Temporary Marriage is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Kenneth Harlan, Mildred Davis, and Myrtle Stedman.
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Temporary Marriage
1920
Why Go Home?
0/0
'Snub' Pollard and Mildred Davis star in this 1920 comedy short.
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Why Go Home?
1920
Getting His Goat
0/0
A comedy short directed by Charley Chase.
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