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Milla Davenport
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Biography
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).
BODY OF WORK
Milla Davenport's Filmography
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Human Cargo
as German
Here Comes Cookie
as Mrs. Flugsnort
The Wedding Night
as Grandmother
The Defense Rests
as Neighbor
In Love with Life
as Mrs. Gootz
Merrily We Go to Hell
as Prentice's Housekeeper (uncredited)
The Girl from Woolworth's
as Ma Donnelly
The Danger Rider
as Housekeeper
Hey! Hey! Cowboy
as Aunt Jane
Crossed Signals
as Mother Slattery
Crazy Like a Fox
as Mother
The Road to Glory
as Aunt Selma
Dangerous Innocence
as Stewardess
The Red Lily
as Madame Poussot
The Right of the Strongest
as Melissa Thaggin
Dulcy
as Matty
The Christian
as Matron
The Man Who Waited
as Madre Sánchez
No Poster
The Worldly Madonna
as Jail Matron
No Poster
What No Man Knows
as Mother of missing girl (uncredited)
Rip Van Winkle
as Gretchen Van Winkle
The Girl from God's Country
as Mrs. Kraus
No Poster
Patsy
as Matron
Why Trust Your Husband?
as Aunt Miranda
She Couldn't Help It
as Matron
You Never Can Tell
as Mrs. Jones
Leave It to Me
as Mrs. Stephen Holmes
The Forbidden Woman
as Luisa
Stronger Than Death
as Mrs. Smithers
In Mizzoura
as Mrs. Vernon
The Brat
as The Brat's Aunt
The Solitary Sin
Daddy-Long-Legs
as Mrs. Lippett
The Girl Who Stayed at Home
Social Briars
as Mrs. Brown