Milla Davenport
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
Human Cargo
1936
as German
Here Comes Cookie
1935
as Mrs. Flugsnort
The Wedding Night
1935
as Grandmother
The Defense Rests
1934
as Neighbor
In Love with Life
1934
as Mrs. Gootz
Merrily We Go to Hell
1932
as Prentice's Housekeeper (uncredited)
The Girl from Woolworth's
1929
as Ma Donnelly
The Danger Rider
1928
as Housekeeper
Hey! Hey! Cowboy
1927
as Aunt Jane
Crossed Signals
1926
as Mother Slattery
Crazy Like a Fox
1926
as Mother
The Road to Glory
1926
as Aunt Selma
Dangerous Innocence
1925
as Stewardess
The Red Lily
1924
as Madame Poussot
The Right of the Strongest
1924
as Melissa Thaggin
Dulcy
1923
as Matty
The Christian
1923
as Matron
The Man Who Waited
1922
as Madre Sánchez
- No poster
The Worldly Madonna
1922
as Jail Matron
- No poster
What No Man Knows
1921
as Mother of missing girl (uncredited)
Rip Van Winkle
1921
as Gretchen Van Winkle
The Girl from God's Country
1921
as Mrs. Kraus
- No poster
Patsy
1921
as Matron
Why Trust Your Husband?
1921
as Aunt Miranda