Alyce Mills | |
|---|---|
 Mills in 1925 | |
| Born | February 16, 1899 |
| Died | April 27, 1990 (aged 91) Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1923 - 1927 (film) |
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 . [1] 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 . [2]
Mills was from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she attended Allegheny High School [3] and won a beauty contest before beginning a career in film. [4] [5] She arrived in Los Angeles in 1925, having signed a long-term contract with Schulberg to appear in his films. [4]
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." [6]
Mills married businessman William Davey in 1928. He bought her a house and they honeymooned in Honolulu, Hawaii. [7] Mills retired from acting at the time of her marriage. [3] The couple divorced in 1937, and Davey went on to marry actress Gloria Swanson in 1945. [8]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 | Daughters of the Night | Betty Blair | Lost film [9] |
| 1925 | Faint Perfume | Ledda Perrin | Lost film [2] |
| The Keeper of the Bees | Molly Cameron | Lost film | |
| Morals for Men | Marion Winslow | ||
| My Lady's Lips | Dora Blake | ||
| Parisian Love | Jean D'Arcy | ||
| With This Ring | Lost film [10] | ||
| School for Wives | Mary Wilson | Lost film | |
| Too Many Kisses | Flapper | ||
| 1926 | The Prince of Broadway | Nancy Lee | [11] |
| Say It Again | Princess Elena | Lost film [12] | |
| The Romance of a Million Dollars | Marie Moore | ||
| 1927 | The Whirlwind of Youth | Cornelia Evans | |
| Two Girls Wanted | Edna Delafield | Lost film |
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