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