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Birthday: Feb 03, 1871
Place of Birth: Zürich, Switzerland

Milla Davenport

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)

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
You Never Can Tell Mrs. Jones 1920
Patsy Matron 1921
Dulcy Matty 1923
Stronger Than Death Mrs. Smithers 1920
Social Briars Mrs. Brown 1918
The Brat The Brat's Aunt 1919
The Danger Rider Housekeeper 1928
Hey! Hey! Cowboy Aunt Jane 1927
Crazy Like a Fox Mother 1926
The Girl from God's Country Mrs. Kraus 1921
The Worldly Madonna Jail Matron 1922
Here Comes Cookie Mrs. Dingledorp 1935
The Solitary Sin 1919
The Wedding Night Grandmother 1935
Daddy-Long-Legs Mrs. Lippett 1919
The Christian Matron 1923
Crossed Signals Mother Slattery 1926
The Red Lily Madame Poussot 1924
The Defense Rests Neighbor 1934
The Girl Who Stayed at Home 1919
Rip Van Winkle Gretchen Van Winkle 1921
She Couldn't Help It Matron 1920
Dangerous Innocence Stewardess 1925
Human Cargo German 1936
The Girl from Woolworth's Ma Donnelly 1929
The Forbidden Woman Luisa 1920
The Road to Glory Aunt Selma 1926
Merrily We Go to Hell Prentice's Housekeeper (uncredited) 1932
Series Cast Year
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