Milla Davenport
Acting
Born: 1871-02-03 in Zürich, Switzerland
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).
Known For
In Mizzoura
Mrs. Vernon
The Wedding Night
Grandmother
Merrily We Go to Hell
Prentice's Housekeeper (uncredited)
Why Trust Your Husband?
Aunt Miranda
Leave It to Me
Mrs. Stephen Holmes
Dulcy
Matty
You Never Can Tell
Mrs. Jones
The Girl Who Stayed at Home
The Right of the Strongest
Melissa Thaggin
The Man Who Waited
Madre Sánchez
She Couldn't Help It
Matron
The Christian
Matron
Human Cargo
German
Daddy-Long-Legs
Mrs. Lippett
Dangerous Innocence
Stewardess
The Brat
The Brat's Aunt
The Defense Rests
Neighbor
The Red Lily
Madame Poussot
Here Comes Cookie
Mrs. Flugsnort
Crazy Like a Fox
Mother
The Forbidden Woman
Luisa
Social Briars
Mrs. Brown
Hey! Hey! Cowboy
Aunt Jane
Rip Van Winkle
Gretchen Van Winkle
In Love with Life
Mrs. Gootz
Stronger Than Death
Mrs. Smithers
The Solitary Sin
The Girl from God's Country
Mrs. Kraus
The Girl from Woolworth's
Ma Donnelly
The Danger Rider
Housekeeper
The Road to Glory
Aunt Selma
Crossed Signals
Mother Slattery