Milla Davenport
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
- Acting
- Born
- 1871-02-03 · Zürich, Switzerland
- Died
- 1936-05-17
Known for
- Merrily We Go to Hell (1932) — Prentice's Housekeeper (uncredited)
- The Wedding Night (1935) — Grandmother
- Daddy-Long-Legs (1919) — Mrs. Lippett
- Crazy Like a Fox (1926) — Mother
- The Red Lily (1924) — Madame Poussot
- The Defense Rests (1934) — Neighbor
- Here Comes Cookie (1935) — Mrs. Flugsnort
- The Girl Who Stayed at Home (1919)
- In Love with Life (1934) — Mrs. Gootz
- Crossed Signals (1926) — Mother Slattery
- Rip Van Winkle (1921) — Gretchen Van Winkle
- Human Cargo (1936) — German
- The Road to Glory (1926) — Aunt Selma
- You Never Can Tell (1920) — Mrs. Jones
- Patsy (1921) — Matron
- Stronger Than Death (1920) — Mrs. Smithers