Milla Davenport

Birthday: 1871-02-03
Deathday: 1936-05-17
Birthplace: Zürich, Switzerland
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned

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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)

Credits

Year Title Character
1936-05-15 Human Cargo German
1935-09-10 Here Comes Cookie Mrs. Dingledorp
1935-03-08 The Wedding Night Grandmother
1934-07-15 The Defense Rests Neighbor
1932-06-10 Merrily We Go to Hell Prentice's Housekeeper (uncredited)
1929-10-27 The Girl from Woolworth's Ma Donnelly
1928-11-18 The Danger Rider Housekeeper
1927-04-03 Hey! Hey! Cowboy Aunt Jane
1926-09-28 Crossed Signals Mother Slattery
1926-08-26 Crazy Like a Fox Mother
1926-02-07 The Road to Glory Aunt Selma
1925-04-12 Dangerous Innocence Stewardess
1924-09-08 The Red Lily Madame Poussot
1923-08-27 Dulcy Matty
1923-01-14 The Christian Matron
1922-05-01 The Worldly Madonna Jail Matron
1921-10-02 Rip Van Winkle Gretchen Van Winkle
1921-09-18 The Girl from God's Country Mrs. Kraus
1921-02-01 Patsy Matron
1920-12-14 She Couldn't Help It Matron
1920-09-22 You Never Can Tell Mrs. Jones
1920-02-22 The Forbidden Woman Luisa
1920-01-11 Stronger Than Death Mrs. Smithers
1919-09-01 The Brat The Brat's Aunt
1919-07-01 The Solitary Sin
1919-05-11 Daddy-Long-Legs Mrs. Lippett
1919-03-23 The Girl Who Stayed at Home
1918-05-13 Social Briars Mrs. Brown