Milla Davenport
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).
Acting
Movie
Merrily We Go to Hell
as Prentice's Housekeeper (uncredited)
1932
Movie
The Wedding Night
as Grandmother
1935
Movie
Daddy-Long-Legs
as Mrs. Lippett
1919
Movie
Crazy Like a Fox
as Mother
1926
Movie
The Red Lily
as Madame Poussot
1924
Movie
The Defense Rests
as Neighbor
1934
Movie
Here Comes Cookie
as Mrs. Flugsnort
1935
Movie
The Girl Who Stayed at Home
1919
Movie
Crossed Signals
as Mother Slattery
1926
Movie
Rip Van Winkle
as Gretchen Van Winkle
1921
Movie
Human Cargo
as German
1936
Movie
The Road to Glory
as Aunt Selma
1926
Movie
In Love with Life
as Mrs. Gootz
1934
Movie
You Never Can Tell
as Mrs. Jones
1920
Movie
Patsy
as Matron
1921
Movie
Stronger Than Death
as Mrs. Smithers
1920
Movie
The Danger Rider
as Housekeeper
1928
Movie
Hey! Hey! Cowboy
as Aunt Jane
1927
Movie
The Girl from God's Country
as Mrs. Kraus
1921
Movie
The Worldly Madonna
as Jail Matron
1922
Movie
The Solitary Sin
1919
Movie
The Christian
as Matron
1923
Movie
She Couldn't Help It
as Matron
1920
Movie
Dangerous Innocence
as Stewardess
1925