Milla Davenport
Known For
Acting
Born
1871-02-03 in Zürich, Switzerland
Died
1936-05-17
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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)
Most Known For
Patsy
as Matron
Merrily We Go to Hell
as Prentice's Housekeeper (uncredited)
Dulcy
as Matty
The Wedding Night
as Grandmother
The Defense Rests
as Neighbor
Hey! Hey! Cowboy
as Aunt Jane
Rip Van Winkle
as Gretchen Van Winkle
Daddy-Long-Legs
as Mrs. Lippett
Here Comes Cookie
as Mrs. Flugsnort
Human Cargo
as German
Crazy Like a Fox
as Mother
You Never Can Tell
as Mrs. Jones
The Red Lily
as Madame Poussot
The Christian
as Matron
The Danger Rider
as Housekeeper
The Girl Who Stayed at Home
Social Briars
as Mrs. Brown
The Girl from Woolworth's
as Ma Donnelly
The Worldly Madonna
as Jail Matron
Leave It to Me
as Mrs. Stephen Holmes