Milla 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)

Birthday

Feb 3, 1871

Place of birth

Zürich, Switzerland

Deathday

May 17, 1936

Also known as

Millie Davenport
Mrs. Davenport

Credited in

As cast

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