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









