Mildred Harris (November 29, 1901 – July 20, 1944) was an American stage, film, and vaudeville actress[1] during the early part of the 20th century.

Harris made her first screen appearance at age 10 in the 1912 Francis Ford- and Thomas H. Ince-directed Western short The Post Telegrapher.

In the 1920s, Harris transitioned from child actress to leading roles with Conrad Nagel, Charley Chase, Milton Sills, Lionel Barrymore, Rod La Rocque and the Moore brothers, Owen and Tom.

She appeared in Frank Capra's 1928 silent drama The Power of the Press with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Jobyna Ralston, and the same year, she starred in Universal Pictures first sound film Melody of Love with Walter Pidgeon.

In the 1936 Three Stooges comedy Movie Maniacs, she portrayed a film starlet who is startled by Curly Howard when he strikes a match on the sole of her foot.

At age 16, Harris met actor Charlie Chaplin in mid-1918, dated, and she thought she was pregnant by him, but the pregnancy was found to be a false alarm.

Their child, Norman Spencer, died in July 1919, at age 3 days,[7][8] and the couple separated in Autumn 1919.

The union lasted until November 26, 1929, when Harris filed for divorce in Los Angeles on the grounds of desertion.