Milla Davenport
Born
February 3, 1871
Died
May 17, 1936 (65 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Zürich, Switzerland
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Milla Davenport was a stage and film actress, born in Zurich, Switzerland. Davenport was educated in Switzerland. She appeared with her husband actor Harry J. Davenport's (not the more famous Harry Davenport) repertory company for fifteen years. She began her career in motion pictures in the silent film Trapping the Bachelor (1916). She was in Daddy-Long-Legs (1919) with Mary Pickford, The Brat (1919) with Nazimova, Sins of the Fathers (1928) with Emil Jannings, and The Wedding Night (1935). Davenport continued to make movies well into the sound film era. Her last film credits are for roles in The Defense Rests (1934), Here Comes Cookie (1935), and an uncredited part in Human Cargo (1936)
Known For
Human Cargo
German
1936
Here Comes Cookie
Mrs. Flugsnort
1935
The Wedding Night
Grandmother
1935
The Defense Rests
Neighbor
1934
Merrily We Go to Hell
Prentice's Housekeeper (uncredited)
1932
The Girl from Woolworth's
Ma Donnelly
1929
The Danger Rider
Housekeeper
1928
Hey! Hey! Cowboy
Aunt Jane
1927
Crossed Signals
Mother Slattery
1926
Crazy Like a Fox
Mother
1926
The Road to Glory
Aunt Selma
1926
Dangerous Innocence
Stewardess
1925
The Red Lily
Madame Poussot
1924
Dulcy
Matty
1923
The Christian
Matron
1923
The Worldly Madonna
Jail Matron
1922
Rip Van Winkle
Gretchen Van Winkle
1921
The Girl from God's Country
Mrs. Kraus
1921
Patsy
Matron
1921
She Couldn't Help It
Matron
1920
You Never Can Tell
Mrs. Jones
1920
The Forbidden Woman
Luisa
1920
Stronger Than Death
Mrs. Smithers
1920
The Brat
The Brat's Aunt
1919
The Solitary Sin
1919
Daddy-Long-Legs
Mrs. Lippett
1919
The Girl Who Stayed at Home
1919
Social Briars
Mrs. Brown
1918