Mildred Davis

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Biography

American actress

  • Primary profession
  • Actress
  • Country
  • United States
  • Nationality
  • American
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 22 February 1901
  • Place of birth
  • Philadelphia
  • Death date
  • 1969-08-18
  • Death age
  • 68
  • Place of death
  • Santa Monica· California
  • Cause of death
  • Natural causes
  • Children
  • Gloria Lloyd·Harold Lloyd Jr.
  • Spouses
  • Harold Lloyd
  • Parents
  • Joshua Davis

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Trivia

Sister of actor Jack Davis.

Grandmother of Suzanne Lloyd Hayes.

In her later life, she suffered from depression and serious (though short-lived) drinking spells.

Mother of Harold Lloyd Jr. , Gloria Lloyd Roberts , and Peggy Lloyd

Best friends with actresses Marion Davies , Mary Pickford and Colleen Moore , they would all get together and sew.

Daughter-in-law of J. Darcie Foxy Lloyd and Elisabeth Fraser Lloyd

Sister-in-law of Gaylord Lloyd

Never learned to drive.

Hobbies were needlepoint and collecting Dresden china.

Retired from acting in films (regularly) in 1923. Though her style of acting and look were waning in popularity at the time, husband Harold Lloyd also discouraged her from continuing an acting career.

Throughout her married life, close friend (and Harolds secretary) Roy Brooks lived with the Lloyds at Greenacres and kept Mildred company when Harold was not at home.

Was among the elite list of Hollywood starlets for the role of the young Swedish soprano Christine Daa in the film adaption of Gaston Lerouxs novella "Le Fantme de lOpra" (The Phantom of the Opera) in 1924, that Carl Laemmle wanted.

Mildred and her husband Harold Lloyd are mentioned twice in the Drake Bell song "End it Good" off of his 2006 album "Its Only Time".

Quotes

Tragedy had its compensations. Once the worst misfortune occurred one never worried about the minor ones. .

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