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
- The Wedding Night as Grandmother
- Here Comes Cookie as Mrs. Flugsnort
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
- Crossed Signals as Mother Slattery
- The Road to Glory as Aunt Selma
1925
- Dangerous Innocence as Stewardess
1924
- The Right of the Strongest as Melissa Thaggin
- The Red Lily as Madame Poussot
1923
- The Christian as Matron
- Dulcy as Matty
1922
- The Man Who Waited as Madre Sánchez
- The Worldly Madonna as Jail Matron
1921
- What No Man Knows as Mother of missing girl (uncredited)
- Patsy as Matron
- Why Trust Your Husband? as Aunt Miranda
- Rip Van Winkle as Gretchen Van Winkle
- The Girl from God's Country as Mrs. Kraus
1920
- You Never Can Tell as Mrs. Jones
- The Forbidden Woman as Luisa
- Leave It to Me as Mrs. Stephen Holmes
- Stronger Than Death as Mrs. Smithers
- She Couldn't Help It as Matron
1919
- In Mizzoura as Mrs. Vernon
- The Girl Who Stayed at Home
- Daddy-Long-Legs as Mrs. Lippett
- The Solitary Sin
- The Brat as The Brat's Aunt
1918
- Social Briars as Mrs. Brown