Alyce Mills

American silent film actress
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAmerican silent film actress
PlacesUnited States of America
wasActor
Work fieldFilm, TV, Stage & Radio
Gender
Female
Birth16 February 1899, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death27 April 1990Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida, USA (aged 91 years)
Star signAquarius
Education
Allegheny High SchoolPittsburgh, Allegheny County, USA
The details

Biography

Alice Chapin and Alyce Mills in the film Daughters of the Night (1924)

Alyce Mills (16 February 1899 – 27 April 1990) was an American actress. She appeared in silent films including as a lead. She starred in the 1924 film Daughters of the Night. and the 1926 film Say It Again. She also starred in two B. P. Schulberg films with William Powell: My Lady's Lips and Faint Perfume.

Biography

Mills was from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she attended Allegheny High School and won a beauty contest before beginning a career in film. She arrived in Los Angeles in 1925, having signed a long-term contract with Schulberg to appear in his films.

In a review of With This Ring, the Lansing State Journal wrote that Mills was "rapidly becoming established as one of the leading actresses of the younger players."

Mills married businessman William Davey in 1928. He bought her a house and they honeymooned in Honolulu, Hawaii. Mills retired from acting at the time of her marriage. The couple divorced in 1937, and Davey went on to marry actress Gloria Swanson in 1945.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1924Daughters of the NightBetty BlairLost film
1925Faint PerfumeLedda PerrinLost film
The Keeper of the BeesMolly CameronLost film
Morals for MenMarion Winslow
My Lady's LipsDora Blake
Parisian LoveJean D'Arcy
With This RingLost film
School for WivesMary WilsonLost film
Too Many KissesFlapper
1926The Prince of BroadwayNancy Lee
Say It AgainPrincess ElenaLost film
The Romance of a Million DollarsMarie Moore
1927The Whirlwind of YouthCornelia Evans
Two Girls WantedEdna DelafieldLost film
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