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 Defense Rests (1934)
as Neighbor

Why Trust Your Husband? (1921)
as Aunt Miranda
Patsy (1921)
as Matron

The Girl Who Stayed at Home (1919)
Actor

Crazy Like a Fox (1926)
as Mother
What No Man Knows (1921)
as Mother of missing girl (uncredited)

The Wedding Night (1935)
as Grandmother

The Man Who Waited (1922)
as Madre Sánchez

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

Here Comes Cookie (1935)
as Mrs. Flugsnort

In Love with Life (1934)
as Mrs. Gootz

The Right of the Strongest (1924)
as Melissa Thaggin

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

Human Cargo (1936)
as German

The Road to Glory (1926)
as Aunt Selma

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

The Red Lily (1924)
as Madame Poussot

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

The Christian (1923)
as Matron

Dangerous Innocence (1925)
as Stewardess

Stronger Than Death (1920)
as Mrs. Smithers

The Solitary Sin (1919)
Actor

Rip Van Winkle (1921)
as Gretchen Van Winkle

The Brat (1919)
as The Brat's Aunt

The Forbidden Woman (1920)
as Luisa

Hey! Hey! Cowboy (1927)
as Aunt Jane
The Worldly Madonna (1922)
as Jail Matron

Dulcy (1923)
as Matty

Crossed Signals (1926)
as Mother Slattery

Social Briars (1918)
as Mrs. Brown

The Danger Rider (1928)
as Housekeeper




