Milla Davenport
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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
Credits
The Wedding Night (1935)
as Grandmother
The Red Lily (1924)
as Madame Poussot
Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)
as Prentice's Housekeeper (uncredited)
The Defense Rests (1934)
as Neighbor
The Girl Who Stayed at Home (1919)
Actor
Human Cargo (1936)
as German
Patsy (1921)
as Matron
The Girl from Woolworth's (1929)
as Ma Donnelly
Crazy Like a Fox (1926)
as Mother
The Right of the Strongest (1924)
as Melissa Thaggin
In Love with Life (1934)
as Mrs. Gootz
Here Comes Cookie (1935)
as Mrs. Flugsnort
Leave It to Me (1920)
as Mrs. Stephen Holmes
The Road to Glory (1926)
as Aunt Selma
Why Trust Your Husband? (1921)
as Aunt Miranda
In Mizzoura (1919)
as Mrs. Vernon
The Solitary Sin (1919)
Actor
Dangerous Innocence (1925)
as Stewardess
Dulcy (1923)
as Matty
The Brat (1919)
as The Brat's Aunt
What No Man Knows (1921)
as Mother of missing girl (uncredited)
The Christian (1923)
as Matron
The Man Who Waited (1922)
as Madre Sánchez
Daddy-Long-Legs (1919)
as Mrs. Lippett
Rip Van Winkle (1921)
as Gretchen Van Winkle
She Couldn't Help It (1920)
as Matron
Social Briars (1918)
as Mrs. Brown
Stronger Than Death (1920)
as Mrs. Smithers
Hey! Hey! Cowboy (1927)
as Aunt Jane
The Danger Rider (1928)
as Housekeeper
The Girl from God's Country (1921)
as Mrs. Kraus
You Never Can Tell (1920)
as Mrs. Jones
The Worldly Madonna (1922)
as Jail Matron
The Forbidden Woman (1920)
as Luisa
Crossed Signals (1926)
as Mother Slattery