Mildred Davis

Born: 1901-02-22

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.


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Safety Last!

as The Girl
Released: 1923-04-01

When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances...

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Never Weaken

as The Girl
Released: 1921-10-22

Our hero is infatuated with a girl in the next office. In order to drum up business for her...

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Dr. Jack

as The Sick-Little-Well-Girl
Released: 1922-11-26

Country doctor Jack Jackson is called in to treat the Sick-Little-Well-Girl, who has been making...

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High and Dizzy

as The Girl
Released: 1920-07-11

A tipsy doctor encounters his patient sleepwalking on a building ledge, high above the street.

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Grandma's Boy

as His Girl
Released: 1922-09-03

A meek young man must find the courage within when a rogue tramp menaces his hometown.

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An Eastern Westerner

as The Girl
Released: 1920-05-02

A young man in New York has exasperated his father because of his constant carousing and...

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Haunted Spooks

as The Girl
Released: 1920-03-14

After numerous failed attempts to commit suicide, our hero (Lloyd) runs into a lawyer who is...

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All Wrong

as Betty Thompson
Released: 1919-06-01

Salesman Warren Kent develops the idea of "The Unending Courtship" and manages to convince his...

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I Do

as The Girl
Released: 1921-09-11

Comic adventures of newlyweds and children.

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Now or Never

as The Girl
Released: 1921-03-27

A young man, unaccustomed to children, must accompany a young girl on a train trip.

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Get Out and Get Under

as The Girl
Released: 1920-09-26

The comic adventures of a new car owner.

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From Hand to Mouth

as The Girl
Released: 1919-12-28

As a penniless man worries about how he will manage to eat, he is joined by a young waif and her...

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Among Those Present

as Miss O'Brien, The Girl
Released: 1921-05-29

An ambitious coat-room checker impersonates an English nobleman.

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Number, Please?

as The Girl
Released: 1920-12-26

While at an amusement park, trying vainly to forget the girl he has lost, a young man sees the...

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His Royal Slyness

as Princess Florelle
Released: 1920-02-08

A young adventurer trades places with a European prince and falls in love above his station.

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A Sailor-Made Man

as The Girl
Released: 1921-12-25

An idle, wealthy playboy foolishly joins the Navy when the father of the girl he wants to marry...

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Too Many Crooks

as Ceia Mason
Released: 1927-04-02

Too Many Crooks is a lost 1927 American comedy silent film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer, written...

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Fighting Mad

as Lily Sawyer
Released: 1917-11-18

Doctor Lambert takes his wife west to a mining town, where he can both minister and doctor. His...

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Bud's Recruit

as Edith's Sister
Released: 1918-01-18

This WWI home-front comedy is the earliest surviving film of King Vidor, who would later go on...

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Temporary Marriage

as Hazel Manners
Released: 1923-06-30

Temporary Marriage is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring...

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Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy

as (archive footage)
Released: 1962-12-04

Hilarious scenes from his silent and sound films as compiled and produced by Harold Lloyd himself.

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A Weaver of Dreams

as Margery Gordon
Released: 1918-03-02

A Weaver of Dreams is a lost silent film directed by Edison's John H. Collins

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