Milla Davenport
Acting • Born 1871-02-03 – Died 1936-05-17
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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
33 credits
You Never Can Tell
Movie • 1920
Mrs. Jones
Patsy
Movie • 1921
Matron
Dulcy
Movie • 1923
Matty
Stronger Than Death
Movie • 1920
Mrs. Smithers
Social Briars
Movie • 1918
Mrs. Brown
The Brat
Movie • 1919
The Brat's Aunt
The Danger Rider
Movie • 1928
Housekeeper
Hey! Hey! Cowboy
Movie • 1927
Aunt Jane
Crazy Like a Fox
Movie • 1926
Mother
The Girl from God's Country
Movie • 1921
Mrs. Kraus
The Worldly Madonna
Movie • 1922
Jail Matron
Here Comes Cookie
Movie • 1935
Mrs. Flugsnort
The Solitary Sin
Movie • 1919
The Wedding Night
Movie • 1935
Grandmother
Daddy-Long-Legs
Movie • 1919
Mrs. Lippett
The Christian
Movie • 1923
Matron
The Red Lily
Movie • 1924
Madame Poussot
Crossed Signals
Movie • 1926
Mother Slattery
The Defense Rests
Movie • 1934
Neighbor
The Girl Who Stayed at Home
Movie • 1919
Rip Van Winkle
Movie • 1921
Gretchen Van Winkle
She Couldn't Help It
Movie • 1920
Matron
Dangerous Innocence
Movie • 1925
Stewardess
Human Cargo
Movie • 1936
German
The Girl from Woolworth's
Movie • 1929
Ma Donnelly
The Forbidden Woman
Movie • 1920
Luisa
The Road to Glory
Movie • 1926
Aunt Selma
Merrily We Go to Hell
Movie • 1932
Prentice's Housekeeper (uncredited)
In Love with Life
Movie • 1934
Mrs. Gootz
The Man Who Waited
Movie • 1922
Madre Sánchez
Leave It to Me
Movie • 1920
Mrs. Stephen Holmes
Why Trust Your Husband?
Movie • 1921
Aunt Miranda
In Mizzoura
Movie • 1919
Mrs. Vernon