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 | Human Cargo | German | 1936-05-15 |
Movie | The Wedding Night | Grandmother | 1935-03-08 |
Movie | Here Comes Cookie | Mrs. Dingledorp | 1935-09-10 |
Movie | The Defense Rests | Neighbor | 1934-07-15 |
Movie | Merrily We Go to Hell | Prentice's Housekeeper (uncredited) | 1932-06-10 |
Movie | The Girl from Woolworth's | Ma Donnelly | 1929-10-27 |
Movie | The Danger Rider | Housekeeper | 1928-11-18 |
Movie | The Road to Glory | Aunt Selma | 1926-02-07 |
Movie | Crazy Like a Fox | Mother | 1926-08-26 |
Movie | Crossed Signals | Mother Slattery | 1926-09-28 |
Movie | The Red Lily | Madame Poussot | 1924-09-08 |
Movie | The Christian | Matron | 1923-01-14 |
Movie | Dulcy | Matty | 1923-08-27 |
Movie | The Worldly Madonna | Jail Matron | 1922-05-01 |
Movie | Patsy | Matron | 1921-02-01 |
Movie | The Girl from God's Country | Mrs. Kraus | 1921-09-18 |
Movie | Rip Van Winkle | Gretchen Van Winkle | 1921-10-02 |
Movie | Stronger Than Death | Mrs. Smithers | 1920-01-11 |
Movie | The Forbidden Woman | Luisa | 1920-02-22 |
Movie | You Never Can Tell | Mrs. Jones | 1920-09-22 |
Movie | The Girl Who Stayed at Home | 1919-03-23 | |
Movie | Daddy-Long-Legs | Mrs. Lippett | 1919-05-11 |
Movie | The Solitary Sin | 1919-07-01 | |
Movie | The Brat | The Brat's Aunt | 1919-09-01 |