Milla Davenport
Actor
Biography
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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)
Filmography
The Wedding Night
as Grandmother 1935
Daddy-Long-Legs
as Mrs. Lippett 1919
Crazy Like a Fox
as Mother 1926
The Red Lily
as Madame Poussot 1924
The Defense Rests
as Neighbor 1934
Here Comes Cookie
as Mrs. Flugsnort 1935
The Girl Who Stayed at Home
1919
Crossed Signals
as Mother Slattery 1926
Rip Van Winkle
as Gretchen Van Winkle 1921
Human Cargo
as German 1936
The Road to Glory
as Aunt Selma 1926
In Love with Life
as Mrs. Gootz 1934
You Never Can Tell
as Mrs. Jones 1920
Patsy
as Matron 1921
Dulcy
as Matty 1923
Stronger Than Death
as Mrs. Smithers 1920