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
Patsy (1921)
as Matron

In Mizzoura (1919)
as Mrs. Vernon

Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)
as Prentice's Housekeeper (uncredited)

Why Trust Your Husband? (1921)
as Aunt Miranda

The Right of the Strongest (1924)
as Melissa Thaggin

The Wedding Night (1935)
as Grandmother
What No Man Knows (1921)
as Mother of missing girl (uncredited)

Crazy Like a Fox (1926)
as Mother

The Man Who Waited (1922)
as Madre Sánchez

Here Comes Cookie (1935)
as Mrs. Flugsnort

Daddy-Long-Legs (1919)
as Mrs. Lippett

The Red Lily (1924)
as Madame Poussot

Leave It to Me (1920)
as Mrs. Stephen Holmes

The Defense Rests (1934)
as Neighbor

The Road to Glory (1926)
as Aunt Selma

Dangerous Innocence (1925)
as Stewardess

Human Cargo (1936)
as German

Hey! Hey! Cowboy (1927)
as Aunt Jane

The Girl from Woolworth's (1929)
as Ma Donnelly

Crossed Signals (1926)
as Mother Slattery

In Love with Life (1934)
as Mrs. Gootz

Stronger Than Death (1920)
as Mrs. Smithers

The Solitary Sin (1919)
Actor

She Couldn't Help It (1920)
as Matron

The Christian (1923)
as Matron

Dulcy (1923)
as Matty
The Worldly Madonna (1922)
as Jail Matron

The Girl from God's Country (1921)
as Mrs. Kraus

The Girl Who Stayed at Home (1919)
Actor

The Brat (1919)
as The Brat's Aunt

Rip Van Winkle (1921)
as Gretchen Van Winkle

The Forbidden Woman (1920)
as Luisa

Social Briars (1918)
as Mrs. Brown

The Danger Rider (1928)
as Housekeeper

You Never Can Tell (1920)
as Mrs. Jones




