Fanny Lily Gipsey Davenport (April 10, 1850 – September 26, 1898) was an American stage actress.

[4] At age 7, she appeared at Boston's Howard Athenæum as Metamora's child,[citation needed] but her real debut occurred in February 1862 when she portrayed King Charles in Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady at Niblo's Garden.

She took over emotional Sardou roles that had been originated in Europe by Sarah Bernhardt.

Her last appearance was at the Grand Opera House in Chicago[4] on March 25, 1898, shortly before her death.

[1] Davenport died September 26, 1898, from an enlarged heart, at her summer home in Duxbury, Massachusetts.