Milla Davenport
Acting
1871-02-03 · Zürich, Switzerland
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(35)
movieHuman Cargo
as German · 1936 · 7.5
movieHere Comes Cookie
as Mrs. Flugsnort · 1935 · 7.2
movieThe Wedding Night
as Grandmother · 1935 · 5.9
movieThe Defense Rests
as Neighbor · 1934 · 7.1
movieIn Love with Life
as Mrs. Gootz · 1934 · 6.0
movieMerrily We Go to Hell
as Prentice's Housekeeper (uncredited) · 1932 · 6.5
movieThe Girl from Woolworth's
as Ma Donnelly · 1929 · 9.0
movieThe Danger Rider
as Housekeeper · 1928 · 7.0
movieHey! Hey! Cowboy
as Aunt Jane · 1927 · 9.0
movieCrossed Signals
as Mother Slattery · 1926 · 6.5
movieCrazy Like a Fox
as Mother · 1926 · 6.2
movieThe Road to Glory
as Aunt Selma · 1926 · 6.5
movieDangerous Innocence
as Stewardess · 1925 · 8.0
movieThe Red Lily
as Madame Poussot · 1924 · 6.2
movieThe Right of the Strongest
as Melissa Thaggin · 1924 · 8.0
movieDulcy
as Matty · 1923 · 7.0
movieThe Christian
as Matron · 1923 · 10.0
movieThe Man Who Waited
as Madre Sánchez · 1922 · 10.0
movieThe Worldly Madonna
as Jail Matron · 1922 · 9.0
movieWhat No Man Knows
as Mother of missing girl (uncredited) · 1921 · 7.0
movieRip Van Winkle
as Gretchen Van Winkle · 1921 · 7.5
movieThe Girl from God's Country
as Mrs. Kraus · 1921 · 7.0
moviePatsy
as Matron · 1921 · 10.0
movieWhy Trust Your Husband?
as Aunt Miranda · 1921 · 8.0