Edith Prescott Davis (née Luckett; July 16, 1888 – October 26, 1987)[1][2] was an American film and Broadway stage actress in the 1900s through the 1920s.

[6] Other friends in the business included Zasu Pitts, Louis Calhern, David Belasco and Alla Nazimova.

[3] While on a sea voyage to the United Kingdom in 1928, Edith met Loyal Edward Davis, a pioneering Chicago neurosurgeon.

[6] In 1932, Loyal Davis was appointed Chairman of the Department of Surgery at his alma mater, the Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago, a position he held until 1963.

[3] While living in Chicago, she saw Nancy move to California, become an actress in her own right, and marry fellow actor Ronald Reagan.

[6] Upon her husband's retirement as Chief of Surgery in 1963, the couple moved to Phoenix, Arizona, where she volunteered time to healthcare organizations, including the United Cerebral Palsy Crusade.

She died on October 26, 1987, aged 99, from a stroke, while her 66-year-old daughter was recovering from breast cancer surgery earlier in the month.