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Warwick Davis' Wife Samantha Davis Dies at 53

Published: 18 April 2024 at 02:43

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Samantha Davis, wife of actor Warwick Davis, passed away at the age of 53. She co-founded Little People UK, appeared in the final Harry Potter film, and played a goblin in the franchise. Warwick described her as his trusted confidant, with their children honoring her as their best friend. The couple met on the set of Willow, where Warwick starred, and later founded Little People UK to support individuals with dwarfism. Samantha's acting talents extended to roles in Harry Potter films. Warwick announced her passing on March 24, leaving a void in their lives.

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Warwick Davis' Wife Samantha Davis Passes Away at 53


Samantha Davis, wife of actor Warwick Davis, passed away at 53. The couple met on the set of Willow in 1988, founded Little People UK charity in 2012, and faced tragedies including the loss of their baby son and a miscarriage. Samantha had a rare form of dwarfism called achondroplasia and battled sepsis in 2019. Warwick paid tribute to her as his confidant and supporter in his career. The couple had two children, Harrison and Annabelle, who expressed their love and honor for their mother. Samantha also had acting roles in Harry Potter and other productions.

Sammi Davis (Wikipedia)


Samantha "Sammi" Davis (born 21 June 1964) is an English actress. She gained considerable praise for her performances in Mona Lisa (1986), as a teenage prostitute, and Ken Russell's The Rainbow (1989). She also had significant roles in Mike Hodges' A Prayer for the Dying and John Boorman's Hope and Glory (both 1987) as well as a leading role in the American television series, Homefront (1991–1993).From 1990 to 1993, Davis was married to director Kurt Voss. After taking a few years out of the film industry to raise her family, she returned to the screen in a cameo role on Lost, playing the mother of Dominic Monaghan's character. She moved back to Britain in Christmas 2008. On 21 June 2009, she married Simon Drew, a children's TV show producer. She now lives in Sussex with her family, and works as a photographer.

Warwick Davis (Wikipedia)


Warwick Ashley Davis ( WORR-ik, born 3 February 1970) is an English actor and television presenter. Active within the industry since he was twelve, Davis is one of the highest grossing supporting actors of all time and has the highest average gross revenue of all time. He played the title character in Willow (1988) and the Leprechaun film series (1993–2003), several characters in the Star Wars film series (1983–2019), most notably Wicket the Ewok, and Professor Filius Flitwick and the goblin Griphook in the Harry Potter film series (2001–2011).Davis starred as a fictionalised version of himself in the sitcom Life's Too Short (2011–2013). He has also presented the ITV game shows Celebrity Squares (2014–2015) and Tenable (2016–2023).

Diana Warwick, Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe (Wikipedia)


Diana Mary Warwick, Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe (born 16 July 1945) is a British Labour member of the House of Lords.

Samantha Ruth Prabhu (Wikipedia)


Samantha Ruth Prabhu (formerly Akkineni; born 28 April 1987) is an Indian actress who works primarily in Telugu and Tamil films. She is the recipient of several accolades, including four Filmfare Awards South.After a brief stint as a model while pursuing a degree in commerce, Samantha made her acting debut in the Telugu romance film Ye Maaya Chesave (2010), winning the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South. She became the second actress to win both the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil and Best Actress – Telugu in the same year, for her performances in the 2012 films Neethaane En Ponvasantham and Eega, respectively. Over the next few years, she played the leading lady in top-grossing androcentric films such as Dookudu (2011), Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu (2012), Attarintiki Daredi (2013), Kaththi (2014), Theri (2016), 24 (2016), Mersal (2017), and Rangasthalam (2018). Her performance in A Aa (2016) won Samantha her fourth Filmfare Award, and she gained further praise for her performances in Mahanati (2018), Super Deluxe (2019), and Majili (2019), and the Amazon Prime Video thriller series The Family Man (2021). The last of these earned her a Filmfare OTT Award. In 2023, she had two critical and commercial failures in Shaakuntalam and Kushi.Samantha is the founder of a charitable trust Pratyusha Support.

Samantha's Law (Wikipedia)


Samantha's Law is an advocacy initiative in the Province of Alberta. Samantha Lauren Martin was born June 4, 1993, and died December 3, 2006. She was born with Tetrasomy 18p, a rare chromosome syndrome, resulting in global developmental delays, autism and a seizure disorder. In 2009, the House of Commons tabled the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities recognizing December 3 as International Day of Persons with Disability.

Annabelle Davis (Wikipedia)


Annabelle Davis (born 28 March 1997) is a British actress. She portrayed Sasha Bellman in the CBBC series The Dumping Ground from 2015 to 2022, and from 2023, she began to play Lacey Lloyd in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks. She is the daughter of Warwick Davis and Samantha Davis.

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Warwick Davis filmography (Wikipedia)


Warwick Davis (born 1970) is an English actor. He made his acting debut as Wicket W. Warrick in the Star Wars film Return of the Jedi (1983). He reprised the role in two television spin-offs: Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure (1984) and Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985). He has since appeared in several Star Wars films, portraying numerous different characters, usually in cameos. He appeared in the cult-classic Labyrinth (1986). He then played the protagonist in the Ron Howard-directed Willow (1988). In 1993, he portrayed the villainous Lubdan in Leprechaun. He returned to the role in Leprechaun 2 (1994), Leprechaun 3 (1995), Leprechaun 4: In Space (1996), Leprechaun in the Hood (2000), and Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood (2003).In 2005, he played Marvin the Paranoid Android in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

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Samantha Jones (Sex and the City) (Wikipedia)


Samantha Jones is a fictional character created by Candace Bushnell who appears in the Sex and the City media franchise. The character first appeared in Bushnell's newspaper column Sex and the City, which was published in The New York Observer from 1994 to 1996, and as a book of the same name in 1996. A semi-fictionalized version of one of Bushnell's real-life friends, Samantha is a confident and sexually liberated woman in her forties with a propensity for dating multiple men.Sex and the City was adapted into a television series of the same name that aired on HBO from 1998 to 2004, where Samantha was portrayed by Kim Cattrall. Cattrall received two Screen Actors Guild Awards and a Golden Globe Award for her portrayal of the character. She reprised the role in the films Sex and the City (2008) and Sex and the City 2 (2010), and for a cameo appearance in the Max streaming series And Just Like That... (2021-present). Samantha also appears in Bushnell's young adult novels The Carrie Diaries and Summer and the City; the novels were adapted into a series of the same name that aired on The CW from 2013 to 2014, where Samantha is portrayed by Lindsey Gort.

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