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
Merrily We Go to Hell
Prentice's Housekeeper (uncredited)
The Wedding Night
Grandmother
Here Comes Cookie
Mrs. Flugsnort
Daddy-Long-Legs
Mrs. Lippett
Crazy Like a Fox
Mother
The Red Lily
Madame Poussot
The Girl from God's Country
Mrs. Kraus
The Defense Rests
Neighbor
Patsy
Matron
She Couldn't Help It
Matron
The Brat
The Brat's Aunt
The Girl Who Stayed at Home
The Girl from Woolworth's
Ma Donnelly
The Forbidden Woman
Luisa
Human Cargo
German
Hey! Hey! Cowboy
Aunt Jane
Dulcy
Matty
The Danger Rider
Housekeeper
Rip Van Winkle
Gretchen Van Winkle
Crossed Signals
Mother Slattery
The Road to Glory
Aunt Selma
Dangerous Innocence
Stewardess
You Never Can Tell
Mrs. Jones
The Christian
Matron
Social Briars
Mrs. Brown
Stronger Than Death
Mrs. Smithers
The Worldly Madonna
Jail Matron