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