Milla Davenport
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).
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
You Never Can Tell
as Mrs. Jones
1920
Patsy
as Matron
1921
Dulcy
as Matty
1923
Stronger Than Death
as Mrs. Smithers
1920
Social Briars
as Mrs. Brown
1918
The Brat
as The Brat's Aunt
1919
The Danger Rider
as Housekeeper
1928
Hey! Hey! Cowboy
as Aunt Jane
1927
Crazy Like a Fox
as Mother
1926
The Girl from God's Country
as Mrs. Kraus
1921
The Worldly Madonna
as Jail Matron
1922
Here Comes Cookie
as Mrs. Flugsnort
1935
The Solitary Sin
1919
The Wedding Night
as Grandmother
1935
Daddy-Long-Legs
as Mrs. Lippett
1919
The Christian
as Matron
1923
Crossed Signals
as Mother Slattery
1926
The Red Lily
as Madame Poussot
1924
The Defense Rests
as Neighbor
1934
The Girl Who Stayed at Home
1919