Milla Davenport
Acting
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
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movieHuman Cargo
1936
German
movieHere Comes Cookie
1935
Mrs. Flugsnort
movieThe Wedding Night
1935
Grandmother
movieThe Defense Rests
1934
Neighbor
movieIn Love with Life
1934
Mrs. Gootz
movieMerrily We Go to Hell
1932
Prentice's Housekeeper (uncredited)
movieThe Girl from Woolworth's
1929
Ma Donnelly
movieThe Danger Rider
1928
Housekeeper
movieHey! Hey! Cowboy
1927
Aunt Jane
movieCrossed Signals
1926
Mother Slattery
movieThe Road to Glory
1926
Aunt Selma
movieDangerous Innocence
1925
Stewardess
movieThe Red Lily
1924
Madame Poussot
movieThe Right of the Strongest
1924
Melissa Thaggin
movieDulcy
1923
Matty
movieThe Christian
1923
Matron
movieThe Man Who Waited
1922
Madre Sánchez
What No Man Knows
1921
Mother of missing girl (uncredited)
movieRip Van Winkle
1921
Gretchen Van Winkle
movieThe Girl from God's Country
1921
Mrs. Kraus
Patsy
1921
Matron
movieWhy Trust Your Husband?
1921
Aunt Miranda
movieYou Never Can Tell
1920
Mrs. Jones
movieLeave It to Me
1920
Mrs. Stephen Holmes
movieStronger Than Death
1920
Mrs. Smithers
movieIn Mizzoura
1919
Mrs. Vernon
movieThe Brat
1919
The Brat's Aunt
movieDaddy-Long-Legs
1919
Mrs. Lippett
movieSocial Briars
1918
Mrs. Brown