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)
Movie | Cast | Year |
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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 |
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