Milla Davenport

Milla Davenport

  • Birthday: 1871-02-03
  • Deathday: 1936-05-17
  • Place of birth: Zürich, Switzerland
  • Also know as: Millie Davenport

Biography

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

The Defense Rests

1934

As Neighbor

Crazy Like a Fox

1926

As Mother

The Worldly Madonna

1922

As Jail Matron

Crossed Signals

1926

As Mother Slattery

The Red Lily

1924

As Madame Poussot

The Christian

1923

As Matron

The Wedding Night

1935

As Grandmother

Daddy-Long-Legs

1919

As Mrs. Lippett

Rip Van Winkle

1921

As Gretchen Van Winkle

Human Cargo

1936

As German

The Girl from Woolworth's

1929

As Ma Donnelly

The Forbidden Woman

1920

As Luisa

The Road to Glory

1926

As Aunt Selma

Merrily We Go to Hell

1932

As Prentice's Housekeeper (uncredited)

You Never Can Tell

1920

As Mrs. Jones

Patsy

1921

As Matron

Dulcy

1923

As Matty

Stronger Than Death

1920

As Mrs. Smithers

Social Briars

1918

As Mrs. Brown

The Brat

1919

As The Brat's Aunt

The Danger Rider

1928

As Housekeeper

Hey! Hey! Cowboy

1927

As Aunt Jane

The Girl from God's Country

1921

As Mrs. Kraus

Here Comes Cookie

1935

As Mrs. Dingledorp

She Couldn't Help It

1920

As Matron

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