Milla Davenport

Born: 1871-02-03 in Zürich, Switzerland

Died: 1936-05-17

Known For: Acting

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).

Filmography

1936

Human Cargo as German

1935

Here Comes Cookie as Mrs. Flugsnort
The Wedding Night as Grandmother

1934

The Defense Rests as Neighbor
In Love with Life as Mrs. Gootz

1932

Merrily We Go to Hell as Prentice's Housekeeper (uncredited)

1929

The Girl from Woolworth's as Ma Donnelly

1928

The Danger Rider as Housekeeper

1927

Hey! Hey! Cowboy as Aunt Jane

1926

Crazy Like a Fox as Mother
The Road to Glory as Aunt Selma
Crossed Signals as Mother Slattery

1925

Dangerous Innocence as Stewardess

1924

The Red Lily as Madame Poussot
The Right of the Strongest as Melissa Thaggin

1923

Dulcy as Matty
The Christian as Matron

1922

The Man Who Waited as Madre Sánchez
The Worldly Madonna as Jail Matron

1921

Why Trust Your Husband? as Aunt Miranda
What No Man Knows as Mother of missing girl (uncredited)
Patsy as Matron
Rip Van Winkle as Gretchen Van Winkle
The Girl from God's Country as Mrs. Kraus

1920

Leave It to Me as Mrs. Stephen Holmes
Stronger Than Death as Mrs. Smithers
The Forbidden Woman as Luisa
She Couldn't Help It as Matron
You Never Can Tell as Mrs. Jones

1919

Daddy-Long-Legs as Mrs. Lippett
The Solitary Sin
The Girl Who Stayed at Home
The Brat as The Brat's Aunt
In Mizzoura as Mrs. Vernon

1918

Social Briars as Mrs. Brown