Milla Davenport
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 3, 1871
- Died
- May 17, 1936 (aged 65)
- Birthplace
- Zürich, Switzerland
Biography
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
Filmography
Human Cargo
Movie · as German
Here Comes Cookie
Movie · as Mrs. Flugsnort
The Wedding Night
Movie · as Grandmother
The Defense Rests
Movie · as Neighbor
In Love with Life
Movie · as Mrs. Gootz
Merrily We Go to Hell
Movie · as Prentice's Housekeeper (uncredited)
The Girl from Woolworth's
Movie · as Ma Donnelly
The Danger Rider
Movie · as Housekeeper
Hey! Hey! Cowboy
Movie · as Aunt Jane
Crazy Like a Fox
Movie · as Mother
Crossed Signals
Movie · as Mother Slattery
The Road to Glory
Movie · as Aunt Selma
Dangerous Innocence
Movie · as Stewardess
The Red Lily
Movie · as Madame Poussot
The Right of the Strongest
Movie · as Melissa Thaggin
Dulcy
Movie · as Matty
The Christian
Movie · as Matron
The Worldly Madonna
Movie · as Jail Matron
The Man Who Waited
Movie · as Madre Sánchez
Patsy
Movie · as Matron
The Girl from God's Country
Movie · as Mrs. Kraus
Rip Van Winkle
Movie · as Gretchen Van Winkle
Why Trust Your Husband?
Movie · as Aunt Miranda
What No Man Knows
Movie · as Mother of missing girl (uncredited)
You Never Can Tell
Movie · as Mrs. Jones
Stronger Than Death
Movie · as Mrs. Smithers
She Couldn't Help It
Movie · as Matron
The Forbidden Woman
Movie · as Luisa
Leave It to Me
Movie · as Mrs. Stephen Holmes
The Brat
Movie · as The Brat's Aunt
The Solitary Sin
Movie
Daddy-Long-Legs
Movie · as Mrs. Lippett
The Girl Who Stayed at Home
Movie
In Mizzoura
Movie · as Mrs. Vernon
Social Briars
Movie · as Mrs. Brown