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